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2008
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Learning Centre-backed digitization project in the Times Colonist, Globe and Mail
A new B.C. electronic resource that involves support from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre has launched. The British Colonist Digitization project is a joint venture with the Victoria Times Colonist newspaper and the University of Victoria Library, with support from other organizations including the Learning Centre. The project involves the digitization of issues of [...]
UBC librarians publish on podcasting
Eugene Barsky and Kevin Lindstrom – two Science and Engineering librarians at UBC Library – have published an article entitled “Podcasting the Sciences: A Practical Overview.” The article appears in Issues in Science & Techology Leadership.
Friends – Fall/Winter 2008/09
The Fall/Winter 2008/09 issue of Friends, UBC Library’s newsletter, is now available. View other UBC Library publications online.
Report to the Senate 2007-2008
The 2007-2008 UBC Library Report to the Senate is now available. Read about the library’s developments and future directions. To view other UBC Library publications, please visit http://www.about.library.ubc.ca.
Insight – Fall 2008
Welcome to Insight, UBC Library’s newsletter for faculty. To view other UBC Library publications, please visit http://www.about.library.ubc.ca.
Facts and Fictions: photography at Koerner Library
This free exhibition of photographic works is selected from Intermediate and Advanced Photography classes from the Visual Art program in the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at UBC. These works, done in response to course assignments or as self-directed projects, reflect a variety of approaches and ideas about the medium. Facts and [...]
UBC Library and Learning Centre in CPSLD Newsletter
Read about the latest developments at UBC Library and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre in the Fall 2008 issue of the CPSLD Newsletter – a publication from the Council of Post Secondary Library Directors, British Columbia. Coverage includes space renovations, cIRcle, LibQUAL+ assessment, and UBC Library Vault, beginning on page 17 of the newsletter.
RBSC participates in Archives Week
Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) is participating in Archives Week, which runs from November 16-22. The event is organized by the Archives Association of British Columbia, and this year the theme is “Taking Care of Business: the Heritage of Trade and Commerce.” As part of this effort, RBSC offers an introduction to Yip Sang, [...]
Tony Harrison: Workshop on Speaking Verse
Tony Harrison and award-winning actress Sian Thomas lead a master class at UBC on reading poetry aloud and delivering verse in performance. Some participants will have the opportunity to continue working with Harrison and Thomas on the delivery of verse and to perform scenes from Harrison’s plays as part of his final event at UBC [...]
LOOP exhibition at Koerner Library
Danny Askew// Kath Blair// Nancy Chang// Alex Coates// Jessica Delisle// Chris Hettel// Julia Higgs// Heather Kaytor// Jason Lee// Andrew Lunny// Elnaz Maassoumian// Lauren Mckenna// Robin Mcnulty// Felix Suen// Max Taffet// Pia Ugarte// Andrea Van Schubert// Brendan Williams LOOP presents works by UBC students from VISA (Visual Art) 470A. Explore the nature and perception of TIME [...]
