Teaching & Learning @ UBC Library

British Columbia Inter-university Research Data Centre (BCIRDC)

Information Session for New Researchers

Monday, October 5th, Henry Angus Building, Room 426, University of British Columbia, 4:00 – 5:00pm

The British Columbia Research Data Centre offers on-campus access to restricted-access Statistics Canada microdata files.

Are you interested in learning more about the Research Data Centre programme? The information session will answer questions like:

- What is the RDC?
- What data sets are available?
- Who is eligible to use the data centre?
- What is the application process?

The session is aimed at any researcher who might be interested in learning how to access RDC data through our centre.

Please share this notice with colleagues either on or off campus who may be interested in attending this session.

For more information, please contact the BCIRDC Assistant Director Anat Halevy.

Kevin Milligan, RDC Academic Director
UBC Economics
Visiting SFU Economics until Aug. 2009
778-782-8556
kevin.milligan@ubc.ca

In response to feedback from our users, UBC Library is developing a new search tool to enhance the findability of our electronic and print resources.   Learn how to search the library catalogue, electronic journal collections, digital collection and institutional repository resources all at once!  Come to the following session to try out our new tool, learn how to use it, and how you can provide feedback so we can enhance its functionality. Provide feedback and you could win an iPod Touch!

UBC Library Beta Search Tool
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:00PM – 1:00PM
Koerner Library, Room 217

This workshop is part of our Student to Scholar Workshop Series and Graduate Student Workshop Series.

Register online.

Today the Library is offering two RefWorks workshops:

RefWorks for the Sciences (online demo)
Time: 9:30 am – 11:00 am
Location: Online
RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool sponsored by the UBC Library and available free-of-charge to current UBC faculty, staff, and students. In this workshop you’ll learn how to download citations from online resources such as Web of Science, PubMed and Google Scholar, and then add these references to your papers and format the bibliography in a style of your choice.

This session will be held online using Wimba Classroom. To participate, you will need:

* Speakers or Headset
* Microphone (optional)
* Windows 2000+, Mac OSX 10.3+
* 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
* IE 6.0+, Safari 1.2+, Firefox 1.5 – 2.0 (Java and JavaScript enabled)
* Internet access at 56k or above

After registering, we’ll contact you with additional information.

RefWorks the Basics
Time: 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Location: Scarfe 155
Set yourself up to use RefWorks (create an account, import citations from databases, create a bibliography) Also tips about RefGrabit and editing output styles. Bring your laptops (optional) and your questions (mandatory).

UBC Library is one partner among many in the Student Development led Student to Scholar Program, a certification program for students looking to expand their academic skills and knowledge outside the classroom.  Participants attend a variety of workshops under four main categories: lifestyle balance, academic learning skills, library research and citation resources, and technology skills.

Library workshops that are part of the Student to Scholar Program begin this week.  View and register for them online.

For a complete listing of all Student to Scholar workshops, check out the program deadlines & workshop schedule.

This weekend the Times-Colonist published an article called Checklist for Maintaining a Healthy Digital Identity.  In addition to providing some great information, it highlighted Digital Tattoo, an online resource is designed to help you explore how your online identity affects you, your friends, your school and your job – for better and for worse – and how to make informed choices about what you create and who gets to see it.

Digital Tattoo is a collaborative project of UBC Library, the Office of Learning Technology, Student Development – Access & Diversity, Student Development – Career Services, and the Writing Centre.

On November 2nd, we’re offering a Digital Tattoo workshop as part of the Student to Scholar Series.  You can register online.