An article on cIRcle and its Olympic aspirations appears in Game Time, the e-newsletter of the UBC 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Secretariat.

cIRcle is UBC’s institutional repository, developed by UBC Library. 

You can view the article here: http://www.webcommunications.ubc.ca/ubc2010/2009/10/22/ubc-and-the-winter-games-come-full-circle/

A trio of exhibits is now on display in the gallery space of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Please see below for more information.

The gallery is located on level two of the Learning Centre, to the left of the circulation desk. For information about the space, please contact Allan Cho at allan.cho@ubc.ca or 604-827-4366.

Cantonese Music: Where East meets West (until December 5, 2009) – courtesy of UBC’s Asian Library

Westernization has been a major process in Chinese music since the beginning of the 20th century, illustrated by the adoption of Western harmony, counterpoint and performance practices. Western elements have also influenced the design of instruments, introducing new sonorities to traditional texture.

This exhibit includes samples of hammer dulcimers, two-stringed fiddles, three-stringed lutes and a zither, along with scores. It’s believed that Steven Lee, who was an active member in Vancouver’s Chinese community in the 1940s and 1950s, collected these instruments.

For more information on this display, please contact Phoebe Chow at phoebe.chow@ubc.ca or 604-822-2427.   

Taiwan Sublime (until December 7)

Taiwan Sublime comprises four series of photographs taken by four Taiwanese photographers who have crisscrossed Taiwan and its smaller sister islands to create a record of its natural and human wonders.

This exhibit, presented by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, features 20 photos by Taiwanese photographers Chen Chih-hsiung, Liu Chen-hsiang, Huang Ting-sheng and Chi Po-lin.

For those interested in Taiwanese literature and culture, UBC is presenting a lecture featuring three Taiwanese authors – Chu T’ien-wen, Liu Ka-shiang and Ko Yu-fen – will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27 at the Learning Centre gallery.

As part of this series, the film A Time To Live, And A Time To Die by Director Hou Hsiao-hsien is scheduled for a 3 p.m. screening on Monday, October 26 in the Fairmount Social Lounge at St. John’s College (2111 Lower Mall). A discussion with screenwriter Chu Tien-wen will be held after the screening.

As Is – by Lincoln Clarkes (until November 7)

As Is, a collection of colour photographs of Vancouver’s distressed Downtown Eastside, is Lincoln Clarkes’s most eclectic series to date, incorporating people, architecture, still life, abstractions and signage.

Clarkes is enrolled at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where he originally studied painting before switching to photography.

The Fall 2009 issue of Insight, UBC Library’s newsletter for faculty, is now available. Read about digitization, the First International Open Access Week, UBC Library Vault, collections developments, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and more.

You can view the issue here: Insight – Fall 2009

UBC’s participation in the First International Open Access Week, which takes place on campus from October 20 to October 22, is highlighted in the latest issue of e-Strategy, the newsletter from UBC IT.

Open access (OA) is about access to information and knowledge for all. It is a growing international movement that encourages the unrestricted sharing of research that is typically taxpayer-funded.

You can find out more in the e-Strategy article: http://update.estrategy.ubc.ca/2009/10/14/open-access-at-the-ubc-library

The Chinese Experience in British Columbia, a new website that offers a fascinating look at a century of local Chinese-Canadian heritage, is featured in the Vancouver Observer.

The site, which features digitized holdings from the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection at UBC, and the Yip family and Yip Sang Company collection at the City of Vancouver Archives, can be viewed at www.library.ubc.ca/chineseinbc.

 You can view the Observer article here: http://www.vancouverobserver.com/city/2009/10/14/new-site-promotes-chinese-canadian-heritage

The fall issue of Connects, the newsletter of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is now available. Read up on achievements of the past year and get a preview of projects to come.

You can view Connects online at www.supportubclibrary.ca/newsletters/Connects_Fall%2009_fa.pdf

Join us at UBC as we take part in the First International Open Access Week.

Open Access is a growing international movement that uses the Internet to throw open the locked doors that once hid knowledge. It encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement and enjoyment of science and society. Open Access is the principle that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication, and it’s gaining ever more momentum around the world as research funders and policy makers throw their weight behind it.

UBC has joined SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), the Public Library of Science, Students for Free Culture, OASIS (the Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook), Open Access Directory and eIFL.net (Electronic Information for Libraries) – along with more than 120 institutions worldwide – to celebrate the First International Open Access Week.

Various events hosted by UBC Library will take place from Tuesday, October 20 through Thursday, October 22, 2009 in the Dodson Room, located on level three of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.  The event’s themes are: Open Access Around the World; Surfacing UBC Scholarship; and Journal Publishing.

Attend a workshop, participate in a panel discussion and hear from UBC colleagues about how they participate in the open access movement.  Come learn about open access and share your perspective!

For a schedule of events, and to register, go to www.library.ubc.ca/schol_comm/oa/start.html

For more information, contact Joy Kirchner at joy.kirchner@ubc.ca

The B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is in the October 2009 issue of UBC Reports.

You can view the article here: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2009/10/01/sharing-island-treasures/

A story about a digitization project supported by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre appears in the Cariboo Observer. The project involves the digitization of community newspapers, and also was supported by the Observer, the City of Quesnel and the Friends of Quesnel Museum.

You can view the story here: http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_cariboo/quesnelobserver/news/63187607.html

Check out your own books at UBC Library – and have a chance to win an 8GB iPod Touch!

The event is sponsored by 3M to promote usage of the Library’s 3M self-serve book checkout units, which are in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Koerner Library and Woodward Library.

On November 2, a draw will be made from all self-serve transactions that took place during the entire month of October. A lucky patron will be selected to win the iPod Touch, courtesy of 3M. All UBC Library cardholders are eligible to enter the raffle.

Look for more information on Library signage and digital displays, the Library’s homepage (www.library.ubc.ca) and at the bottom of the self-serve printouts.