October 30th, 2019 by cIRcle staff | Comments Off on Open Access, Open Data, Open Education – News Round-Up

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INTERNATIONAL
Open Access
We Support the UNESCO Recommendation on OER
The role of preprints in research dissemination
A young researcher’s guide to open access publishing
Open Access Week 2019
Plan S compliance for Open Access Journals – what we know so far and where we think we’re heading
NOTE: See also Recordings: LINK and Slides: PDF on SlideShare
“Flipping” to (more) open when you’re already open
Preprints and the long and winding road to Open Access
Open and Engaged: Open Access Week at the British Library
Taking the Long View of Open Access
Open Data
The State of Open Data Report 2019
Open Education
For the Edtech Innovation Today’s Learners Need, Look Not to Companies, But to Campuses
Reaping the benefits of Open Data in public health
NATIONAL
SPARC Landscape Analysis
Canadian Science Publishing – Open A Conversation Q&A series for Open Access Week with Dr. Alana Westwood
JHU Press celebrates International Open Access Week by publishing 100 OA books
Call for Submissions: Innovations in Open
LOCAL
Open Access Week at UBC
Ongoing Adoption – Estimating, Calculating, and Tracking
BCcampus heads to #OpenEd19
AMS Open Champions Celebration
2019 OER Faculty Panel Roundup
Open, Equitable, Affordable, and Transparent: Progress on the Road to True Open Access: A Talk by Ginny Steel
Can we Decolonize Open? An Open Access Week Event presented by Langara, Kwantlen, BCIT, SFU, and UBC
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October 18th, 2017 by michelle blackwell | Comments Off on Food for Fines 2017 runs until November 6
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November 19th, 2015 by Jessica Woolman | Comments Off on Final tally for Food for Fines
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October 22nd, 2015 by Jessica Woolman | Comments Off on Food For Fines at UBC Library
For the thirteenth consecutive year, UBC Library and the Alma Mater Student Society are running their annual Food for Fines Campaign.
From October 26 to November 9, $2 will be waived for every non-perishable food item (up to a maximum of $30). Visit any Library branch to donate items at the circulation desk.
Non-perishable donations of items such as peanut butter, canned fruits and dried pasta are preferred. For a full list of the most-needed items, visit the AMS Food Bank donation website.
The AMS Food Bank provides food relief for students in need, including non-perishable foods, supplies and information about additional resources on- and off-campus.
Follow @AMS_UBC or @UBCLibrary with #ubcfoodforfines for campaign updates.
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November 12th, 2014 by Jessica Woolman | Comments Off on Food for Fines final numbers
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October 10th, 2014 by Jessica Woolman | Comments Off on Food For Fines at UBC Library
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May 27th, 2013 by Library Communications | Comments Off on Library users help feed the hungry with Food for Fines
For the past nine years, UBC Library and UBC’s Alma Mater Student Society (AMS) have run the Food for Fines campaign, an initiative to support the AMS Food Bank and the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. Library users who wish to reduce their fines can donate non-perishable food items – $2 in fines are covered for each item donated, up to a maximum of $30.
Increasing numbers of donations highlight the generosity of the UBC campus; last year’s donations totalled more than 3,100 items collected at branches, and more than $6,300 in fines were waived.
Donations are split evenly between the two food banks once the campaign is completed, usually in early November. “Donations received from the Library provide a substantial part of our food bank inventory,” says Emilia Moulechkova, Coordinator for the AMS Food Bank this past year. “This enables us to keep up with the growing demand for our service and ensures that campus communities have access to food as a right, not a privilege.”
Read more from UBC Library’s Community Report (2013).

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October 3rd, 2011 by Jessica Woolman | Comments Off on Food For Fines returns October 17 – 31

For the ninth consecutive year, UBC Library and the Alma Mater Student Society of UBC are once again running their Food for Fines Campaign.
Reduce your library fines by donating non-perishable food items. Each food item donated counts toward $2 in fines, up to a maximum of $30. Donated items will be distributed to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank and the AMS Food Bank. The program takes place from October 17 – 31 inclusive.
Help us raise exceed our goal of raising more than $5,000 in donations to helping those who need it the most in our communities. Review the list of most-needed items by the Food Banks. Find out more about this program by visiting the Food for Fines Facebook page or emailing the AMS Food Bank.
Donations received at UBC’s Okanagan campus will go to the UBC Okanagan Student Food Bank.
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