Announcements

UBC iSchool Syllabus EDI Survey Report

UBC iSchool Syllabus EDI Survey Report

Student members of the EDI committee will report the findings of the survey conducted last year and provide a forum for students to give feedback.

Communicating Research: User Engagement and Comprehension of Video Abstracts

Communicating Research: User Engagement and Comprehension of Video Abstracts

MLIS student Alice Li is looking for participants for this pilot study about user engagement and comprehension with research videos.

Dr. Hannah Turner receives 2021 Labrecque-Lee Book Award

Dr. Hannah Turner receives 2021 Labrecque-Lee Book Award

The prize recognizes her book “Cataloguing Culture” and its valuable insight into the history of anthropology and its complicity in the dispossession of Indigenous peoples in North America.

UBC iSchool Town Hall 8.0

UBC iSchool Town Hall 8.0

Students are invited to join this student-focused Town Hall to engage in conversation with faculty, staff and LASSA presidents and address any questions or concerns.

UBC iSchool Student Conference Travel Fund

UBC iSchool Student Conference Travel Fund

The UBC iSchool Student Conference Travel Fund is to support student travel to conferences. The application deadline is Monday, February 28.

Designing for People (DFP) Grad Training Program

Designing for People (DFP) Grad Training Program

The DFP CREATE Program invites UBC iSchool PhD and Masters’ candidates to apply for their Fall 2022 cohort.

William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library

William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library

The texts, edited by Shakespeare’s close friends, fellow writers and actors, are considered the most authoritative of all early printings.

Technology in the Core Winter 2022

Technology in the Core Winter 2022

These hands-on workshops are led by the iSchool Peer Technology Advisors to ensure that you acquire the minimum required IT skills and knowledge for your graduate program.

UBC Library becomes first Canadian institution to join Dryad membership

UBC Library becomes first Canadian institution to join Dryad membership

Dryad is a nonprofit organization and provider of a well-established open data repository that makes research data discoverable, freely reusable and citable.

Dr. Cherie Givens appointed North Carolina’s first privacy officer

Dr. Cherie Givens appointed North Carolina’s first privacy officer

Givens (PhD ’09) will be tasked with managing risk related to information privacy laws and compliance regulations to allow for stronger authority for making privacy decisions.