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    • Copyright session scheduled for Sauder School

    Posted on Sep 15, 2011 by janwallace
    David Lam Library is hosting an information session on copyright guidelines for Sauder faculty, instructors, researchers and staff on Tuesday, September 27th from 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. in the Canaccord and Peter M. Brown Amphitheatre (DL 125). Joy Kirchner, UBC Library’s Scholarly Communications Coordinator, is the guest speaker and has presented several workshops on […]

    What Students Don’t Know

    Posted on Aug 26, 2011 by janwallace
    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

    Posted on Aug 25, 2011 by csylka
    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

    Posted on Aug 18, 2011 by csylka
    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

    Posted on Aug 16, 2011 by csylka
    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

    Posted on Aug 03, 2011 by lindsayu
    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

    Posted on Aug 02, 2011 by janwallace
    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 […]

    Database Freedonia adds country reports

    Posted on Jul 28, 2011 by janwallace
    Freedonia Focus, a market research database subscribed to by the UBC Library, is adding considerable international content over the next year. Freedonia content has traditionally been US-focused. New country reports will cover 14 countries including Canada, China, India and Brazil. Access Freedonia Focus here.

    New Healthcare Administration Research Guide Published

    Posted on Jul 22, 2011 by janwallace
    The David Lam Management Research has published a new research guide on Health Care Administration, for use by MBA and EMBA students at the Sauder School of Business who are researching topics related to business plans, marketing, operations, efficiency, purchasing, etc. in the healthcare industry.

    Changes to RefWorks

    Posted on Jul 06, 2011 by lindsayu
    If you use RefWorks, you may have noticed that the RefWorks interface has a new look: http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901. Our understanding is that most of the changes are cosmetic (intended to improve the interface) and do not affect the functionality. To allow users some time to adjust, the old interface is still available until the end of the […]