November 30th, 2010 by | Comments Off on ALPSP Learned Journals: EZproxy Error Message
*EZproxy working for this collection now. Clear browser’s cache & cookies and link away*
Linking to the ALPSP Learned Journals Collection from our ejournal A-Z list or via SFX (our OpenURL resolver) is leading to an error message some thing like…
To allow http://www.swetswise.com/link/access_db?issn=1387-2877 to be used in a starting point URL, your EZproxy administrator must first authorize the hostname of this URL in the config.txt file.
Within this database’s section of config.txt, either the following line must be added:
Host www.swetswise.com
====================
We are looking into the problem. To get around this error on campus only, you can cut & paste whichever URL appears after the “To allow” (at the start of the message). Stay tuned.
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November 30th, 2010 by | Comments Off on UBC Computer Science Professor Tamara Munzner is co-author of A Guide to Visual Multi-Level Interface Design from Synthesis of Empirical Study Evidence
The UBC Library has paid for online access to this book through Synthesis. UBC students, faculty and staff can access it at this link: http://www.morganclaypool.com/doi/abs/10.2200/S00308ED1V01Y201011VIS001
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November 30th, 2010 by | Comments Off on Featured place: Nimpkish
Every two weeks, Rare Books and Special Collections is featuring a historic document based on a B.C. place name used in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Our third featured B.C. place is the Nimpkish area. The community of Nimpkish is on the end of Nimpkish Lake, on the northern part of Vancouver Island. An area known for forestry (as part of the North island Central Coast Forest District), it is also the home of the Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park, and the traditional territory of the ‘Namgis First Nation.
The document shown comes from the Yorkshire Trust Company fonds, and the files from this collection show the establishment of the Nimpkish Lake Logging Company in the early 20th century. The files contain minutes and correspondence regarding shares and timber leases.

From the Yorkshire Trust Company fonds, file 2-28
The Yorkshire Trust Company was based in England, but established an office in Vancouver in 1880. Being one of the first financial companies to operate in British Columbia, its records include valuable historical information on a variety of early British Columbia businesses. These records are available for consultation in the Rare Books and Special Collections division of the library.
In the Barber Centre, the Nimpkish Study Area is room 387, and is part of the Science One and Arts One area on the third floor.

Entry to Science One and Arts One
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November 30th, 2010 by sromkey | Comments Off on Featured place: Nimpkish
Every two weeks, Rare Books and Special Collections is featuring a historic document based on a B.C. place name used in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Our third featured B.C. place is the Nimpkish area. The community of Nimpkish is on the end of Nimpkish Lake, on the northern part of Vancouver Island. An area known for forestry (as part of the North island Central Coast Forest District), it is also the home of the Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park, and the traditional territory of the ‘Namgis First Nation.
The document shown comes from the Yorkshire Trust Company fonds, and the files from this collection show the establishment of the Nimpkish Lake Logging Company in the early 20th century. The files contain minutes and correspondence regarding shares and timber leases.

From the Yorkshire Trust Company fonds, file 2-28
The Yorkshire Trust Company was based in England, but established an office in Vancouver in 1880. Being one of the first financial companies to operate in British Columbia, its records include valuable historical information on a variety of early British Columbia businesses. These records are available for consultation in the Rare Books and Special Collections division of the library.
In the Barber Centre, the Nimpkish Study Area is room 387, and is part of the Science One and Arts One area on the third floor.

Entry to Science One and Arts One
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November 29th, 2010 by | Comments Off on ESRI International User Conference: 2010 Technical Workshops
Billed as the “BIGGEST GIS event on Earth”, the 2010 ESRI International User Conference was held in held in San Diego, CA July 12-16, 2010. Here are the Technical Workshops from that conference in video, print, PowerPoint and audio formats.
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November 29th, 2010 by | Comments Off on New Books at the Law Library – November 29, 2010
KE752 .R63 2010 (LC) Law Reserve Joseph E. Roach, The Canadian Law of Mortgages, 2d ed. (Markham: LexisNexis, 2010).
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November 26th, 2010 by deewinn | Comments Off on Infusing Some Queer into Teacher Education
Publically-funded schools in North America are often scary and dangerous places for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning (GBLTQ) youth, and many teens suggest that the adults charged with ensuring their safety and learning often do little to promote their acceptance and safety among their peers. Educators need preparation to become more sensitized to GBLTQ teen issues and equipped with the empathy, knowledge, and skills to support and protect these marginalized students in their care. The Faculty of Education at the University of Prince Edward Island has introduced a number of initiatives into its pre-service teacher education programs to help new teachers unpack their own beliefs, attitudes, and personal experiences with gender identity and sexual orientation and prepare them to become advocates for their GBLTQ students.
Click here to read the article in the current edition of Canada Education.
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November 26th, 2010 by Christina Sylka | Comments Off on Trial access to the complete collection of Palgrave ebooks
Library users have unlimited trial access from now until December 15th to over 4, 500 electronic titles currently published by Palgrave MacMillan. Visit http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1687/ to explore the complete collection.
Palgrave MacMillan publishes textbooks, journals, monographs, professional and reference works in eight subject areas:
Business & Management
Economics & Finance
History
Language & Linguistics
Literature & Performing Arts
Political & International Studies
Social & Cultural Studies
Religion & Philosophy
UBC Library currently has a site license for the 2008-2009 Business and Management collections which contains 120 titles.
The trial is only available until December 15, 2010. Your feedback is important. Please tell us what you think either by completing this form or by contacting Christina Sylka. Thanks to Kat McGrath for setting up the trial.
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November 26th, 2010 by Kat | Comments Off on Navigating the Internet for Learning Purposes
Posted in 2010 Lecture, Archived Presentations, information seeking behavior, Malinda Desjarlais, University of Northern British Columbia, Vancouver Lectures, Victoria Lectures | Comments Off on Navigating the Internet for Learning Purposes
November 25th, 2010 by Kat | Comments Off on G. Sayeed Choudhury: The Case for Open Data & eScience
Posted in 2010 Lecture, Archived Presentations, Data Curation, G. Sayeed Choudhury, Johns Hopkins University, open data, Vancouver Lectures | Comments Off on G. Sayeed Choudhury: The Case for Open Data & eScience