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New in the David Lam Library: Pass it On, Preservation Week at UBC Library

UBC Library is hosting a series of events from April 28th to May 2nd to celebrate Preservation Week. Events include webinars on preserving family archives and scrapbooks, talks on digitization devices and strategies, and a bookbinding exhibition. To read more or to view all the events being hosted, please visit about.library.ubc.ca/2014/04/14/pass-it-on-preservation-week-at-ubc-library/ Webinars and talks will […]

New in the Lam Library: Free Portal of Entrepreneurship Videos and Podcasts

eCorner, the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) Entrepreneurship Corner, is a  free archive of entrepreneurship resources, providing access to over 3,000 videos and podcasts featuring entrepreneurship and innovation thought leaders. The most popular videos currently on the site include: The Art of Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation / Tina Seelig The Power of Curiosity and Inspiration […]

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“This is perfect!! Thank you very much. It has got exactly what I need!!”

Sauder School MBA student

April 2014

New in the Lam Library: MOOCs in Business

MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, are free courses offered over the web, accessible to anyone, anywhere. There are no formal application processes, no prerequisites and no formal academic credits. MOOCs provide instruction via tools like videos, computer and peer-graded homework, and quizzes and exams. Students often interact with peers in online discussion forums. Jeff […]

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“Thanks for this. You are always three steps ahead!”

Sauder School of Business Staff Member

April 2014

New in the Lam Library: Free Access to Oxford University Press Online Products from April 13-19, 2014

Oxford University Press is celebrating U.S. National Library Week and showing its appreciation of the work librarians do to support their patrons by offering free access to OUP online products for the duration of the week. Oxford UP online products include multidisciplinary reference tools like Oxford Bibliographies, the Oxford English Dictionary and Very Short Introductions, as […]

What they are saying 58

“Thank you for helping with the databases for the presentation. Thanks to you, we placed as a runner up in the competition!”

Sauder BComm student

April 2014

What they are saying 57

“Thank you so much for helping me prepare for my presentation. You went way above and beyond…and I cannot say how much I appreciated that. You’re a huge asset to us students.” Masters of Management student, April 2014  

What they are saying 56

“Thank you very much for your help yesterday. We really appreciate your guidance in all the sources, not to mention how detailed you explained everything. I am sure all these links will help tremendously in our project”

Sauder School of Business BComm students

March 2014

New in the Lam Library: International Women’s Day 2014

Celebrated annually on March 8th, the official theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is “Equality for women is progress for all” (United Nations). The following is a selection of recently published online books acquired by the library which explore women’s achievements in business, entrepreneurship and leadership: Female entrepreneurship and the new venture creation: an […]