Teaching and Learning
Our Library staff and subject librarians are here to support all aspects of your work.
Library Instruction
The library offers several options to integrate the library and information literacy instruction into courses. Learn what librarians teach, how we teach, and some general guidelines on bringing the library into your classes.
Subject Librarians
Subject Librarians help teach and facilitate the development of skills that students need to find, evaluate, use, synthesize, create, and cite information sources. Librarians can provide instruction in-class, online, or through asynchronous resources.
Curriculum Library Consultation
For new courses or programs, or for substantial changes to existing ones, consultation with the Library is essential in the early planning stages.
Course reserves
UBC Okanagan Library offers two ways to enter readings into course reserves.
Let the Library take care of it for you by logging in with your CWL and using the Add Syllabus button. If you have questions about the service, email the UBC Okanagan Course Reserves Team at okanagan.reserve@ubc.ca.
Or set up your course reserves yourself by logging in. View the user guide for help.
Open educational resources
UBC Library provides in-depth services for Open Educational Resource (OER) development.
UBC Library can also support open pedagogy in courses where learners become contributors to knowledge by actively creating open, public and re-usable resources for public audiences.
Contact Donna Langille, Open Education Librarian, for a consultation.
Streaming services AND MEDIA booking
Interested in incorporating a video or film into your course? The Library provides access to a number of streaming services.
To guarantee the availability of media for classroom presentation on a specific date, you will need to make a booking two to three weeks in advance. Use the online UBC Library Media Booking System.
For more information about Media Booking services, please see Videos and Films.
Research Support
As a leading research university, we recognize the need for research support at every stage of a faculty member’s academic career.
Centre for Scholarly Communication
The CSC provides one-on-one consultations about all aspects of scholarly communication, including writing support for journal articles, grant proposals, and conference presentations, as well as copyright, open access, and author rights.
Open Access Publisher Discounts
UBC Library’s commitment to open access extends to securing licensing agreement and memberships with a variety of publishers and organizations.
subject librarians
We help support research activities across myriad disciplines and can assist in publishing and research dissemination. Whether you’re looking for information about preserving your research data, choosing a journal for your article, or building your academic profile, we will help you navigate your research path.
Knowledge Synthesis Service
Librarians can provide a systematic or scoping review consultation. To arrange a consultation, please complete the form below. For more information on how UBC Librarians can support your systematic or scoping review project, see Systematic and Scoping Reviews Search Methodology.
Copyright
All creators, researchers, and distributors of intellectual property must comply with copyright law and the terms of the UBC Copyright Requirements.
One intellectual property right that is very important to UBC faculty, staff and students is copyright. Infringing copyright is a serious matter and UBC requires each of its faculty, staff and students to comply with copyright. See the suite of guides, links and helpful information in the Instructors portal and the Copyright at UBC website.
Other resources:
Contact
For detailed questions, or to request assistance in making your copyright analysis, please contact copyright.ok@ubc.ca or email your subject librarian.
Collections and Access
Borrowing
The Library provides a Document Delivery service for items from UBC Vancouver and an Interlibrary Loan service for materials not held by UBC Library.
These are free services that allow you to access items from UBC and around the world.
Okanagan Special Collections & Archives
Okanagan Special Collections & Archives manages and stewards numerous distinct repositories with a combined aim of documenting the campus, the Okanagan area, and the broader context of southern interior of BC. Collections include archival records, photographs, audio-visual, and ephemera as well as published works of and about our geography of focus.
Streaming media
The Library provides access to a number of streaming services.
Physical Media
To borrow physical media, use the online UBC Library Media Booking System.
Connect from anywhere
Connect to UBC Library’s resources from anywhere! To get instant access when off-campus, all you need to do is start your research from the UBC Library web site.
Your Library card
Your UBCcard is both your institutional ID and your Library card. You can apply for your card online.
If you hold an active appointment with and are paid by UBC, you have full access to UBC Library’s print and electronic collections. This is true even if you work at a distance from UBC. In this case, you are eligible for home delivery by means of our Interlibrary Loans Department. To access the electronic collections remotely, you will need a valid UBC CWL account.
If you need a Faculty Authorization Card for research assistants, associates and administrative staff, fill out the UBC Library Card Application Form for Faculty and bring it in-person to the Borrower Services desk at your UBC Library branch.