Please note that the ehPod will remain open should
BCIT close the Burnaby Campus & Library.
Materials that are due within the periods of snow
closure will not be required to pay fines.
Peer Tutor Tuesdays with Mae Whyte
Name: Mae Whyte
Program: Fish, Wildlife and Recreation
What attracted you to becoming a Peer tutor?
I wanted to give back to the BCIT community. Getting paid to give back is even better.
How has tutoring helped you?
Working as a Writing Centre tutor has helped me improve my own writing skills. Be concise! Be specific!
If you could give one piece of advice to a BCIT student what would it be?
Don’t stress it. That may sound glib, but I’m serious. Stress can make you sick. You’re too busy to be sick.
Invest time in meditation and exercise so you don’t miss out on your education. Take care of yourself.
What would your dream job be when you leave BCIT?
I’d love to work in invasive species management or habitat restoration. Something involving fish, wildlife, and/or recreation. I have many dream jobs, and most of them involve spending my day in the woods.
If you had a free day, how would you spend it?
In the woods! Okay, realistically half in the woods adventuring and half on the couch with a novel.
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Open Publishing and Student Journals at BCIT Library
There are opportunities for open publishing of student work at BCIT that have benefits for both students and the institution. Please join us at the Burnaby Campus Library to hear our guest speakers discuss their firsthand experience with student publishing.
When: Wednesday, November 30, 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Where: Burnaby Campus Library, room 303
Kevin Stranack
Associate Director for Community Engagement & Learning at the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) at Simon Fraser University and adjunct faculty member at the iSchool at UBC
Elizabeth Padilla
Institution Repository Coordinator and Business Liaison Librarian at BCIT
Suzanne Jay
Graduate student at the iSchool@UBC: School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS). She is the Managing Editor of See Also, a student run, open access journal publishing the scholarly work of SLAIS students.
Bobby Sidhu
BCIT faculty member with the Department of Occupational Health and Safety with a background in computer science and public health.
For more information, visit our website at http://circuit.bcit.ca/repository.
Authorized! with Dr. Abdolreza Joghataie
Dr. Abdolreza Joghataie
Reza Joghataie, a BCIT instructor in Part-Time Studies has authored a novel that is more technical than fiction – ADANculus: neuropsychology and mapping of a two phase brain – a scientific novel.
In Reza’s own words:
“The book is about the discussions and interactions of an expert scientist in neurology and artificial intelligence, with an artificial mind. It is about the emergence of the human-robot society and the new philosophies and viewpoints about existence that have already begun to form because of the rapid progress in the development of the artificial brain. Since one of my research areas is in artificial neural networks and modeling of brain like systems, I have included some ideas about building an artificial brain in the book as well. The book has also some points about how the developments in building the artificial brain will impact other subjects such as the rights of animals and robots.
I intend to use my income from the book to advance my research on the artificial brain and modeling of the natural brain which have applications in the better understanding and treatment of the natural brain diseases and problems. ”
Adanculus
ADANculus is available from the BCIT Library’s Popular Reading collection.
Read Local BC
Read Local BC is a project to celebrate the extraordinary depth of BC publishing. The campaign features publishers, authors, bookstores and libraries from across the province.
To support this project, the BCIT Library is showcasing some open textbooks as well as BCIT authors from October 28 to November 7, 2016. Come check them out at the 2nd floor of the library.@ABPBC @bcit @bcitlib #readlocalbc
Spare Change Changing Lives
Looking for something useful to do with the spare change cluttering up your pockets, school bag or vehicle? You can use that spare change to help make a difference by donating it to the Change Live with Change fundraiser! All proceeds will go towards the United Way of the Lower Mainland.
Simply drop your spare change in the collection bottle located at the library service desk. No amount is too small. Your contributions will go a long way in helping kids, families and seniors in our community have a better life.
Thank you for your support!
BCIT students donating their spare change with a smile 🙂
OPEN IN ACTION – A free-ranging conversation
Tuesday, October 25, 12-1
BCIT Burnaby Library, Learning Commons
Please join us to listen in on a free-ranging discussion of open education resources and practices.
Bring your lunch, we’ll provide coffee and tea.
Participants include:
Courtney Miller is an English major at SFU and regularly shares her opinions on issues close to the student body’s heart via SFU’s student-run newspaper, The Peak.
Matt Vickars is a textbook veteran in his 3rd year of Mechanical Engineering at BCIT with other post-secondary education prior to that.
Farhad Dastur is a KPU faculty member in the Department of Psychology. He is currently writing an open textbook on Critical Thinking
Ken Jeffery is a Graphics Communication Technology Instructor at BCIT and an open textbook author.
James Rout is BCIT’s Library Services Director.
Rosario Passos is BCcampus’ Advisor for Open Education. She works with post-secondary institutions in BC to advocate for and advise on the use of OER and Open Textbooks to enhance teaching and learning
Lin Brander is Collections Coordinator and Open Education Librarian at BCIT
Youdan Zhang is an Instructional Development Consultant at BCIT.
View event poster
For more Open Access events, check the BCCampus Calendar
Celebrate Science Literacy Week in the Library, September 19 – 25
Science Literacy Week highlights Canada’s outstanding scientists and science communicators from coast-to-coast. The goals are to showcase the excellence and diversity of Canadian science and to show how exciting science is.
During the week of September 19 – 25, the BCIT Burnaby Campus Library will be showcasing various events, games and student displays.
Periodic Table Writer
All week | Library, main floor
Write your own text using the chemical elements of the periodic table and enter for a chance to win some great prizes.
“Geeky” Photo Booth
Monday, September 19 | 1:00—3:00 | Library, main floor
Kick off SLW by taking a selfie and sharing it on social media with the tags #scilitweek and #bcitlib for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the BCIT Bookstore.
Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Wednesday, Sept. 21 | 1:00 – 3:00 | Library, room 312
The theme is local women in science, and our plan is to create entries for some of the notable scientists at BCIT. A special treat will be handed out for participation.
Energy OASIS – BCIT’s SMART MicroGrid Tour
Wednesday, Sept. 21 | 1:30 – 2:00 | meet in the lobby of the Library
Ever wonder what the covered parkway is all about? Take a guided tour of BCIT’s SMART MicroGrid project in the P7 parking lot.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Wednesday, Sept. 21 | 2:30—3:30 | Library, main floor
Attention all students and faculty!
Find all the information you need – IEEE standards, articles, conference proceedings – in less time. Michael Shapiro from IEEE will be here to demo advanced use of the IEEE Explore Digital Library. Light refreshments will be provided.
Open Education Sprint Grants
Sponsored by the AVP, Educational Support and Innovation, the BCIT Open Education Working Group, the BCIT Library, and the Learning and Teaching Centre are providing small grants (up to $5,000) this fiscal year to fund “sprints” to develop open ancillary resources (test banks, case studies, slide decks, etc.) or to redesign courses to incorporate open educational practices and open course materials. The Open Education Working Group, the Library, and the LTC offers additional support to apply for the grants, set up and run the sprints, find and adapt high-quality open educational resources, apply a Creative Commons licence (CC BY or CC BY-SA), and add newly created OER to the BCIT Open Repository.
What is an open education sprint? It is when a group of people get together for one or more days to develop something that will be given a Creative Commons License like the Great Psychology Test Bank Sprint.
There is a possibility of receiving matching funding from BCcampus.
BCcampus is also offering $250 honorariums to faculty who review open textbooks from the BCcampus collection.
How to apply for an Open Educational Resources Grant
- Review the information below, if you need more information, contact open@bcit.ca
- Submit the completed application form to open@bcit.ca (or click the submit button on the form)
Eligibility
Full and part-time instructors at BCIT may receive an open education grant. The sprint can include colleagues from other post-secondary institutions.
Deadline
Apply anytime before December 31, 2016, complete the sprint by March 31, 2017
Application
Three grants of up to $5,000 will be provided in the 2016/17 fiscal year. The intent of the grants is to enable instructors teaching courses at BCIT to receive support to participate in a sprint to create open ancillary resources (test banks, case studies, slide decks, etc.), or to redesign a course to incorporate open educational resources and open educational practices. Institutional support will be provided by the Open Education Working Group, the Library, and the LTC.
Open Education Sprint Grant Application Form
Authorized! with Dr. Mehrzad Tabatabaian
Dr. Mehrzad Tabatabaian
Dr. Mehrzad Tabatabaian is a Faculty Member and Program Head for the Mechanical Engineering Department, Bachelor of Engineering program at BCIT. We asked him to tell us about the books he’s written and this is what he had to say:
When I came up with the idea of writing a book on engineering topics and discussed it with some colleagues with similar past experiences, at BCIT and other Universities, their overall feedback was unanimous – it will be a lot of work! After having published three books, I can say writing a book is a lot of work and I would give this same advice to faculty and authors interested in publishing. However, I would add that it is also a rewarding exercise, both for academic satisfaction and professional development, even more so when you see that your students actually use your book(s) and learn from them.
For me, it all started in late 2012, and from there it has been a continuous journey. Choosing the Multiphysics simulation of engineering problems as my topic was a natural fit and easy, since I had experience both in the industry and in teaching the topic. I also saw a gap in available learning resources in terms of books that actually guided students and contained practical step-by-step hints for them to build a model. Modeling is a very comprehensive process, a task that requires students to take several background courses to grasp the relevant physics, mathematics, and numerical methods, not to mention to have the real skills to operate and use a simulation tool.
Photo by Cathy Hyska
After 2012, the journey continued and after a year or so my first book was published, COMSOL for Engineers (MLI, 2014), followed, relatively quickly, by the second version COMSOL 5 for Engineers (MLI, 2015, available through BCIT library). COMSOL Multiphysics is a valuable tool for engineers and scientists alike, helping them to address complex real-world problems in a virtual setting. The Multiphysics models that are featured and presented in these books address a range of simple to complex problems with corresponding engineering principles, design criteria, and mathematical fundamentals presented for each model. The third book, CFD Module: Turbulent Flow Modeling (MLI, 2015, available through BCIT library) is more focused on technical aspects of modeling complex turbulent flows and explains different models and their merits for readers to choose from.
My greatest satisfaction from writing these books is to witness students using them to learn the COMSOL software nuts-and-bolts and apply them for their Capstone projects and courses. I have received encouraging feedback from my students about the applicability and usefulness of my books.
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