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    • Fully downloadable books are available via Palgrave Connect

    Posted on Jul 06, 2011 by janwallace
    New full-text, downloadable, academic, business books are being added each month to Palgrave Connect’s 2011 Business & Management Collection. Palgrave employs permissive Digital Rights Management, which allows authorized users to download ebook content without any physical restrictions. Books in this collection can also be downloaded in EPUB format, which is compatible with most reading devices, […]

    Two new entrepreneurial database trials

    Posted on May 26, 2011 by janwallace
    We currently have two trials running of databases with market research content for business planning: EBSCO’s Entrepreneurial Studies Source http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1736/ offers users full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles Proquest Entrepreneur http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1742/ includes scholarly journals, […]

    Entrepreneurial Studies Source – Trial access

    Posted on May 09, 2011 by lindsayu
    UBC users have trial access to Entrepreneurial Studies Source, an EBSCO database, until May 31. This database offers full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series and Vator.TV, one of […]

    Two streaming video collections available during May

    Posted on May 06, 2011 by janwallace
    UBC Library users have trial access during May to two streaming video collections from the Alexander Street Press, an electronic publisher of award-winning online collections in the humanities and social sciences. Filmakers Online Library (http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1735/) is an award-winning, cross-disciplinary collection of over 913 global documentaries, covering  race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, […]

    New additions to the David Lam Library FAQs database

    Posted on Apr 19, 2011 by lindsayu
    The David Lam Library’s Business FAQs database was launched in December 2010, with FAQs relating to business databases, the David Lam Library and the Canaccord Learning Commons. We have just added two new categories of to the FAQs: Labour: FAQs relating to the labour market and industrial relations research Management: FAQs relating to researching executive […]

    Clean Capitalism Report 2010

    Posted on Mar 14, 2011 by janwallace
    The Clean Capitalism Report 2010 is now available for UBC researchers interested in Canadian corporate social responsibility to explore in both online and print form. This important 150 page report on environmental, social and governance practices of Canada’s largest companies is based on the results of a quantitative research project conducted by Corporate Knights and the Delphi Group for the Globe and Mail’s […]

    David Lam Library staff moving back

    Posted on Jan 27, 2011 by janwallace
    The staff of the David Lam Library are moving back to their offices in the new Canaccord Learning Commons on Monday January 31. During the week of January 31, we will be moving in, setting up equipment, and retrieving our book and journal collection from Koerner Library. Staff and student assistants will finalize and train […]

    Trial access to Capital IQ

    Posted on Jan 12, 2011 by janwallace
    UBC students, faculty and staff have trial access to Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ database from January 11 until February 11, 2011. Capital IQ provides detailed coverage of public and private companies,  private investment firms, and executives. It also provides data on capital transactions.  Capital IQ’s software functionality includes sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools which enable users to screen the database […]

    Copyright changes to cost universities

    Posted on Jan 07, 2011 by janwallace
    A copyright fee increase set by Access Canada will add considerable costs to coursepacks created at universities. UBC currently spends about $650,000 on copyright fees. The fee increase is predicted to increase UBC’s copyright expense to almost $2 million. The previous copyright agreement ended December 31, and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada […]

    UBC Small Business Accelerator Debuts

    Posted on by janwallace
    The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre recently launched its Small Business Accelerator Program. The SBA initiative was originally conceived by David Lam Management Research Library librarian Jan Wallace during her term as interim director of the IKBLC. The concept began with a visit from an economic development officer from Nelson, BC, who was seeking assistance […]