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Canada Excellence Research Chairs – Phase 1 Competition Results

By Kevin Lindstrom on April 24, 2009

Canada Excellence Research Chairs – Phase 1 Competition Results Overview In 2008, the Government of Canada created a new permanent program to establish 20 prestigious research chairs–Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC)–in universities across the country. The CERC program invests $28 million a year to attract and retain the world’s most accomplished and promising minds and [...]

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Ebooks? You want Ebooks? We got Ebooks!

By Kevin Lindstrom on September 12, 2008

We’ve got ebooks on almost any topic under the sun and pdf’s are a lot lighter to carry than paper. You want books on how to write code in Python or how to fix your new laptop running Microsoft Vista? Have a look at the Books 24X7 IT Collection. Trying find some good stuff on [...]

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About us

By Eugene Barsky on May 6, 2008

This blog is created and (being) maintained by three Science and Engineering librarians at the University of British Columbia (UBC): Aleteia Greenwood, Kevin Lindstrom and Eugene Barsky. The purpose and mandate of this blog is to serve as a communication tool for us to let our liaison departments know about the services we offer to [...]

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