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Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office Impact Report 2018/19
Recently the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office released its 2018/2019 Impact and Activity 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.
John Willinsky to Speak at UBC Library
The Public Knowledge Project at 21: Activism, Scholarship, Security Patches A Conversation with Professor John Willinsky Co-hosted by the UBC Library and the UBC iSchool (Library, Archival and Information Studies) Date/location: July 11, 2019, 2:00-3:30pm (a one-hour talk followed by thirty minutes for informal conversation and refreshments) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Lillooet Room | […]
Updated Canadian Author Addendum and Author Rights Guide Available
CARL, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries recently released an updated version of the Canadian Author Addendum along with an Authors Guide that supports the use of the addendum. Author addenda help authors insert legal language into their publishing contracts that allow them to retain rights in their work. This may be particularly useful in […]
Fair Dealing Week event recording now available
Recording of Balancing the scales: The role of fair dealing in Canada now live in UBC’s institutional repository. The planning committee for the joint SFU, UBC, Langara, KPU, Douglas, VCC and JIBC Fair Dealing Week event is happy to announce that an archived copy of the talk is now available for viewing in UBC’s institutional […]
Open in Action for Open Education Week
The week of March 4th is Open Education Week, an annual celebration of the global Open Education Movement. This year we invite the UBC community to join us and our colleagues from other higher ed institutions from the Lower Mainland at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Richmond campus for a one day “Open in Action” event on […]
Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services
In response to a growing concern about the increasing concentration of control of research communication functions by a small number of players, SPARC and COAR have developed a list of seven Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication. The List is meant to “provide a framework to ensure that services are transparent, open, and support the […]
Celebrate Fair Dealing Week
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is an annual celebration of the doctrines of fair use and fair dealing — a perfect opportunity to reflect on what is quickly becoming a pivotal period in the history of copyright in Canada. York University has appealed the decision in its case with Access Copyright, the statutory review of the […]
Open Access Week @ UBC
UBC Library is proud to support International Open Access Week through an exciting series of events happening during the week of October 22-28. Please refer to the Library’s Open Access Week page for information about individual events and how to register. ScholComm@UBC looks forward to seeing you there!
Our First TLEF Supported project is Live
As mentioned in a previous blog post, the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office was awarded a Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund grant for the 2018/2019 cycle. With this grant funding, we have in turn granted out smaller amounts to support faculty creation of OER and open textbooks. We are now proud to introduce the first […]
Scholarly Communications and Copyright Unit Impact Report
Recently the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office released its 2017/2018 Impact and Activity 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.