UBC Library research project explores Indigenous perspectives in open education resource development

UBC librarians are embarking on a new collaborative research project that aims to address a fundamental problem in how open educational practices approach Indigenous Knowledges, and instead replicate colonial concepts of ownership and knowledge transfer.

UBC Library – 2020/2021 Open Education Impact & Activity Report

UBC Library Open Education Impact & Activity Report – 2020/2021 The UBC Library Open Education Impact & Activity Report 2020-2021 is live on the Open UBC website. The report showcases some of the accomplishments for open education on both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. For more information, or to share feedback please contact scholarly.communications@ubc.ca Read the […]

Webinar Recording : Emerging Perspectives in Open Access Book Publishing

   Open Access monograph publishing is a rapidly expanding and evolving strategy for making scholarly work globally accessible. Universities, academic publishers, libraries, and scholarly organizations are developing new initiatives, partnerships, services, and business models to support open access options for authors of scholarly monographs, textbooks, and academic books. This event will explore the opportunities, […]

Open Scholarship in Practice Events

Join us November 2-6 for a week of workshops and webinars that will transform the way you create and share your research.

Open Education Impact Report

Open Education Impact Report September 2019 – April 2020 Recently the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office released an open education impact report showcasing some of the year’s highlights and accomplishments. For more information, or to share feedback please contact scholarly.communications@ubc.ca Read the Report

New Open UBC Site Focuses on Open Scholarship

The new Open UBC site has launched today on Aug 26, Monday morning. Goals for the site relaunch There were three goals for the site relaunch. We wanted to: Broaden the site focus by including Open Access and Open Research as major themes of the site, since they are important component of the open scholarship […]