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What Students Don’t Know
A new study at Illinois Academic Libraries studied college students’ reasons for not approaching academic librarians for help in finding information. According to the study authors, students’ research habits are worse than librarians have realized. Problems include over-reliance on Google, misunderstanding of search logic, and preference for simple databases over scholarly ones. Whose fault is […]
Library Support of the Jump Start Program
UBC Jump Start is an intensive two-week program which provides new international students with academic preparation for university life. Jump Start orientations are done in cohort groups for Arts, Applied Science, Business and Science and include one-hour library workshops taught by liaison librarians in those areas. David Lam Librarians taught three of the thirteen library […]
UBC Library’s Copyright Information Sessions for Faculty
UBC Library is offering information sessions on copyright guidelines for UBC faculty, instructors and researchers. The aim of these sessions is to provide participants with: an overview of copyright and fair dealing provisions an understanding of use permissions for copyrighted materials and licensed material for classroom, research and instructional use an understanding of author’s scholarly […]
The new “Search Collections” portal
UBC Library is streamlining its website, introducing more user-friendly tools and design features. On Monday, August 15th, the library launched its new Search Collections portal, available via the navigational bar at the top of every library page. This portal enables users to perform a basic search of the library catalogue, online and print journals, indexes […]
New David Lam Library website launched
Today we launched the new David Lam Library website. The new website is part of a UBC Library wide move to the WordPress platform. The website has a new URL: http://www.lam.library.ubc.ca. Although there is a redirect from the old site, we encourage you to update your links. We have taken this as an opportunity to […]
Teaching in August
Although the library and learning commons are quiet during August, Lam librarians are working hard to prepare and update their instructional sessions for fall. Upcoming classes and orientations that we are currently working on include the MBA Precore, The MBA Core, the JumpStart orientation for international students, the Early Career Master’s orientation, and the MBA […]