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Scholarly Communications at UBC
Ingrid ParentUniversity Librarian
UBC Library
SLAIS LIBR 559L: Scholarly Communications May 31, 2011Vancouver, BC
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From Scholarly Communications website:http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/
Scholarly Communications atThe University of British Columbia
-Place and Promise (Strategic Plan) references open access and scholarly communication
- Develop a campus strategy for making UBC research accessible in digital repositories, especially open access repositories
- Enhance UBC’s scholarly communications on global issues, including the web
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Scholarly Communications atUBC Library
-Library Strategic Plan reinforces UBC priorities for open access and scholarly communication-Accelerate research
- Increase the impact of UBC research by making it widely available in open access digital repositories
- Be a leader in developing and promoting open access and open source methods and tools
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Scholarly Communications atUBC Library
-cIRcle is the University of British Columbia's digital repository for research and teaching materials created by the UBC community and its partners. Materials in cIRcle are openly accessible to anyone on the web, and will be preserved for future generations.
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UBC Library activities
•Library reorganization so that Digital Initiatives portfolio includes scholarly communications and cIRcle•Accelerate Research Project Charter
• Capacity building for cIRcle• Copyright website (completed)• Open Access fund (recommendation)• Digital Repository survey (2012)
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UBC Library activities
•License Database: http://licenses.library.ubc.ca/
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UBC campus activities
•Open Access Week•GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award•Innovative Dissemination of Research Award
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Dimas Yusuf, 2011 winner for his Transcription Factor Encyclopedia (Tfe)http://www.cisreg.ca/cgi-bin/tfe/home.pl
UBC Scholarly Communications Steering Committee
•Co-chaired by University Librarian and Vice Provost, Academic Resources•Includes membership from all faculties and colleges, with library and student representation Purpose of the Committee•To create a wider forum for discussion and consideration of changes to the system of scholarship •To recommend action •To support to manage new scholarly distribution and information dissemination models
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UBC Scholarly Communications Steering Committee
Highlights from Year OneThree priorities were identified by the Steering Committee:•Open Access Working Group•Tenure and Promotion Working Group•University Publishing (Scholarly Publishing) Working Group
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IFLA and Scholarly Communication
•Berlin Declaration•Manifesto on Open Access•IFLA Project: Digital Reference Guidelines and Standards
• http://www.ifla.org/en/node/1776
•IFLA Working Group on Guidelines for Digital Libraries
• http://www.ifla.org/en/digital-libraries/guidelines
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Further Reading… UBC’s Strategic Plan. http://strategicplan.ubc.ca/the-plan/
UBC Library. Strategic Plan 2010-2015. http://strategicplan.library.ubc.ca/
UBC Library Copyright website. http://collections.library.ubc.ca/copyright
UBC Scholarly Communications website. http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/
Innovative Dissemination of Research Award. http://scholcomm.ubc.ca/events-awards/award/
2010 Canadian University Publishing Symposium held at UBC March 21-22, 2010. http://blogs.ubc.ca/universitypublishing/.
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