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Connect unavailable Saturday, September 28th from 7am to noon due to system upgrades
Please be advised that Connect will be unavailable on Saturday, September 28th from 07:00-12:00 PT due to system upgrades. For further information and updates, please see UBC IT bulletins at http://bulletins.it.ubc.ca/. If you have any questions about the outage, please contact UBC IT at 604.827.4357 (7-HELP), or via the UBC IT Contact Form: http://it.ubc.ca/SOS
Food for Fines Oct. 21 to Nov. 3, 2013: Clear your fines while helping those in need
UBC Library users who wish to donate non-perishable food items may have $2 in fines paid for each food item donated up to a limit of $30. Food donations will be given to local food banks. The Food for Fines program will take place in all UBC Library branches from October 21st to November 3rd, 2013. […]
Celebrate Science 2013: An event for parents, teachers, writers, and librarians
A celebration of science! An event for parents, teachers, writers, and librarians! Want to engage youth in science and math? Why not use interesting books, simple hands-on activities, scientific collections, quests and above all make it fun! 9:30-12:30 pm Beaty Biodiversity Museum 2212 Main Mall, UBC Saturday, October 26, 2013 Featured Scientist—Dr. Andrew Trites, Professor […]
Fall 2013 Colloquium Series: Sept. 25th, Canadian Poet, JonArno Lawson will present “A Talk from the Bottom of the Box: Reflections of an Award-winning Poet for Youth.”
The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, the iSchool at The University of British Columbia, cordially invites you to the first of our Fall 2013 Colloquium Series, where JonArno Lawson, Canadian Poet, will present “A Talk from the Bottom of the Box: Reflections of an Award-winning Poet for Youth.” This colloquium is sponsored by […]
Wear Orange September 25th – SAFE SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS
The United Nations Secretary-General’s campaign UNiTE to End Violence Against Women has declared the 25th of each month #OrangeDay. This month they are calling for all girls to have access to violence-free education. Are you involved in initiatives to improve the safety of girls at and on the way to and from school? Share them @SayNo_UNiTE. […]
UBC launches first local open online course
The Faculty of Education and UBC Library have teamed up to introduce UBC’s first LOOC – or local open online course. The offering, part of UBC’s Master of Educational Technology program, is meant to help UBC students, staff and faculty hone their digital literacy skills. The course, called M101, features topics including Mining (research), Meshing […]
Boston Public Schools will start serving a free lunch and breakfast to every student
The Boston Public Schools announced this week that they will be offering free universal meals for every student regardless of income status. This change amounts to a savings of $450 per year per family. ““Children can focus on learning when they are well-fed, and families can focus on education when they don’t have to budget […]
Students’ use of laptops in class lowers grades: Canadian study
From the Globe and Mail article: “Laptops have replaced pen and paper for many post-secondary students but a Canadian study suggests using computers during lectures could be hurting their grades and lowering their classmates’ marks.” Click here for the full article
Enrolment in BC schools down once again, but downtown and UBC booming
From NEWS1130 article: “Enrolment numbers in BC schools continue to drop. Province-wide, the population has declined by more than 70,000 students since the 2001-2002 school year. “Downtown Vancouver is booming,” says School Board Chair Patti Bacchus. “Our schools are full. We have families on waiting lists who are having to go out of our communty […]