November 14th, 2019 by cIRcle staff | Comments Off on CARL announces its Statement on Open Education

News Release from Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL):
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) endorses open education in view of the clear social and economic benefits it brings to the higher education sector and to society. CARL believes that the mission of universities is to create and disseminate knowledge, and that an open scholarship system that is accessible to all readers offers the surest path towards positively impacting human life on all parts of the globe. CARL further believes that opening all forms of scholarship to wide scrutiny enhances quality, increases accountability and promotes collaboration – thus leading to higher visibility and impact. Open education practices align well with these principles, as they reduce barriers to education, leverage technology to improve teaching and learning, and can result in high quality learning experiences.
But open education also relies heavily on the participation of a variety of important players, including instructional designers, web developers, graphic designers, librarians, and other professionals within libraries and teaching and learning centres.
Visit the CARL website for details
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Learn about Open Access at UBC
Explore Open Scholarship at UBC
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August 27th, 2019 by cIRcle staff | Comments Off on Augmenting the Research Data Management ecosystem in Canada – CANARIE announces $2M funding for the CARL Portage Network

News Release from CANARIE:
CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital research infrastructure ecosystem supporting research, education and innovation, today announced $2M in funding to support the Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Portage Network. CARL Portage is a national, library-based research data management (RDM) network that fosters initiatives to build capacity and to coordinate activities in research data management.
The ability to manage and reuse research data helps accelerate discovery, allows for reproducibility of scientific results, and maximizes return on investment of research funding. Research data management best practices help ensure the accessibility and protection of data during the research lifecycle and beyond, and help meet growing requirements of research ethics and reproducibility, along with evolving funder policies. This funding broadens the functionality of current Portage services and tools and adds capacity to national RDM resources.
Read the full press release
Quick facts about CANAIRE:
- 31,000 – Length in KM of CANARIE’s coast-to-coast ultra-high-speed research and education network
- Nearly 170 – higher education institutions currently participating in the Canadian Access Federation (CAF)
- 46 – percent by which traffic on the CANARIE network has been growing over the past ten years
About Research Data Management (RDM) at UBC
Explore RDM tems in Open Collections
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Posted in Blog, Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), CANARIE, cIRcle (UBC’s Digital Repository), Data Management Planning (DMP) Assistant, Dataverse, Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) & National Discovery Service, News, Open Access, Open Collections, open data, Portage Network, research data management, Scholarly Communication, scholarly publishing, University of British Columbia (UBC), University of British Columbia (UBC) Library | Comments Off on Augmenting the Research Data Management ecosystem in Canada – CANARIE announces $2M funding for the CARL Portage Network
July 24th, 2019 by cIRcle staff | Comments Off on Collaborating together to progress Research Data Management internationally: RDA & COAR

News Release from Research Data Alliance (RDA):
The Research Data Alliance (RDA) and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) are pleased to announce an agreement to work together to strengthen and expand capacities for research data management within the international data repository community.
COAR and RDA have a shared mission to improve access and use of research outputs, leading to better research and new discoveries. As part of this agreement, the organizations intend to coordinate more closely on strategic initiatives of shared interest, regularly exchange information about activities, and conduct joint webinars and events to support common aims.
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About Research Data Management (RDM) at UBC
Explore RDM items in Open Collections
Make your UBC research openly accessible via cIRcle
Posted in Blog, cIRcle (UBC’s Digital Repository), COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories), digital preservation, News, Open Access, Open Collections, open data, RDA (Research Data Alliance), research data management, Scholarly Communication, scholarly publishing, University of British Columbia (UBC), University of British Columbia (UBC) Library | Comments Off on Collaborating together to progress Research Data Management internationally: RDA & COAR
July 1st, 2019 by Kristen Wong | Comments Off on The Public Knowledge project at 21: Activism, Scholarship, Security Patches
Join us in conversation on July 11 with the creator of the Public Knowledge Project, Professor John Willinsky. Co-hosted by UBC Library and UBC iSchool.
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May 23rd, 2019 by cIRcle staff | Comments Off on New Release of Updated Canadian Author Addendum and New Author Rights Guide by CARL

News Release from Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL):
CARL is pleased to announce the release of three resources supporting awareness of authors’ rights and ways to retain key rights during the publication process.
The revised Canadian Author Addendum to Publication Agreement is a tool that can be used by authors to negotiate with publishers for the right to retain important rights, such as the ability to share and reuse their work – including the ability to make their work available to all via an open access repository. The accompanying CARL Guide to Using the Canadian Author Addendum provides practical straightforward guidance on how to use the addendum.
The CARL Guide to Author Rights seeks to situate use of the addendum within the broader context of copyright and ownership of scholarly works, including how rights retention can be taken into consideration at each stage of the publication lifecycle. This guide may assist both authors and librarians in knowing when and how to use the addendum as well as informing a broader understanding of author rights as they pertain to the creation and dissemination of academic research.
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See the UBC Tri-Agency Open Access Policy
Make your UBC research openly accessible via cIRcle
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March 20th, 2019 by cIRcle staff | Comments Off on CARL and CRKN announce collaboration in Canadian support of global open infrastructure for open science


News Release from Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL):
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) are collaborating to facilitate Canadian support of international open infrastructure through the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS). Under this initiative, Canadian institutions will contribute toward the sustainability of selected key international services in the open scholarship ecosystem.
SCOSS aims to help sustain essential open scholarship infrastructure. In doing so, SCOSS brings together a community of experts to evaluate critical open science services that lack sustainable financing, and then encourages institutions worldwide to financially support the services that it recommends.
Through the collaboration between CARL and CRKN, Canadian institutions will have the option of supporting SCOSS-endorsed services collectively. Benefiting from CRKN’s national infrastructure, CARL and CRKN members can contribute at reduced rates. This increases efficiency, reduces administrative overhead, and has the potential to increase Canadian participation.
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See the UBC Tri-Agency Open Access Policy
Make your UBC research openly accessible via cIRcle
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June 28th, 2018 by cIRcle staff | Comments Off on New Tri-Council Research Fund needs stakeholder feedback

News Release from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Government of Canada):

The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, is inviting stakeholders, researchers, community leaders and public policy-makers to help shape a new $275-million Tri-Council Fund focused on international, interdisciplinary and high-risk research activities. Funding for the five-year initiative is a result of the federal government’s unprecedented investment of close to $4 billion in science announced in Budget 2018.
Designed by the Canada Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC), the new Tri-Council Fund will strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration between researchers and students across the country to accelerate Canada’s transition to a more modern approach to research. It will enable our researchers to undertake important work that can lead to discoveries that positively impact the lives of Canadians.
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See the UBC Tri-Agency Open Access Policy
Make your UBC research openly accessible via cIRcle
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April 6th, 2018 by cIRcle staff | Comments Off on Upcoming Faculty Town Hall with SSHRC – April 10, 2018

Are you a new UBC faculty member? Attend the next Faculty Town Hall with SSHRC
The Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation, and SPARC office invite you to attend a Faculty Town Hall with SSHRC.
Hear about the latest information and resources available regarding the SSHRC funded programs as well as its future plans.
SPEAKER: Tim Wilson, Executive Director, SSHRC Research Grants and Partnerships
WHEN: 2pm-3:30pm on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
WHERE: Michael Smith Labs, room 102
Register here
Above text is courtesy of SPARC
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November 15th, 2017 by cIRcle staff | Comments Off on Government of Canada invests $265 million plus in SSHRC funding support for researchers across Canada

News Release from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC):
Research is at the heart of understanding the challenges and opportunities people face in areas such as education, immigration and technology. That’s why the Government of Canada continues to support the work of our country’s social scientists and humanities researchers. The evidence they produce informs policies that improve our understanding of each other and our communities.
To support their efforts, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, announced today more than $265 million in funding for over 3,300 social sciences and humanities research projects across Canada.
The funding is being awarded through scholarships, fellowships, and grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), one of the three federal granting councils responsible for supporting researchers whose work helps fuel a stronger economy, healthy communities and a growing middle class.
Read the full press release
See the Award Recipients‘ list
Explore UBC’s Tri-Agency Open Access Policy here
Make your UBC research openly accessible here
Posted in Awards, Blog, cIRcle (UBC’s Digital Repository), Government of Canada, innovation funding and support, News, Scholarly Communication, scholarly publishing, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Tri-Agency Open Access Policy, UBC Library, University of British Columbia (UBC) | Comments Off on Government of Canada invests $265 million plus in SSHRC funding support for researchers across Canada
November 15th, 2017 by cIRcle staff | Comments Off on Government of Canada invests $265 million plus in SSHRC funding support for researchers across Canada

News Release from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC):
Research is at the heart of understanding the challenges and opportunities people face in areas such as education, immigration and technology. That’s why the Government of Canada continues to support the work of our country’s social scientists and humanities researchers. The evidence they produce informs policies that improve our understanding of each other and our communities.
To support their efforts, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, announced today more than $265 million in funding for over 3,300 social sciences and humanities research projects across Canada.
The funding is being awarded through scholarships, fellowships, and grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), one of the three federal granting councils responsible for supporting researchers whose work helps fuel a stronger economy, healthy communities and a growing middle class.
Read the full press release
See the Award Recipients‘ list
Explore UBC’s Tri-Agency Open Access Policy here
Make your UBC research openly accessible here
Posted in Awards, Blog, cIRcle (UBC’s Digital Repository), Government of Canada, innovation funding and support, News, Scholarly Communication, scholarly publishing, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Tri-Agency Open Access Policy, UBC Library, University of British Columbia (UBC) | Comments Off on Government of Canada invests $265 million plus in SSHRC funding support for researchers across Canada
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