Overview (as of March 31, 2011):
- More than 6.3 million volumes
- More than 875,000 e-books
- More than 165,000 serial titles
- Nearly 5.7 million digital collections (pages, images)
- More than 5.3 million microforms
- More than 883,000 maps, audio, video and graphic materials
- Library staff of 325 FTE
- Nearly 36,000 participants in more than 1,300 classes
- Nearly 171,000 questions answered
- More than two million loans to UBC student, faculty and community borrowers
- More than 8.8 million e-book and e-journal downloads
- Nearly four million annual visits
- Nearly 6.9 million visits to the UBC Library website (www.library.ubc.ca)
UBC Library:
- Features the first automated storage and retrieval system in a Canadian library, with a capacity of more than one million volumes.
- Holds the first book published in B.C., a legal work that was the personal copy of David Cameron, the one-time Chief Justice of Vancouver Island.
- Has digitized more than 30,000 UBC theses as part of the Retrospective Theses and Dissertation project. When combined with the Electronic Theses and Dissertations program, UBC Library provides full-text access to almost 35,000 UBC theses.
- Holds the extensive archives of Douglas Coupland, one of Canada’s most renowned authors and an internationally recognized visual artist who popularized the term “Generation X.”
- Is home to Xwi7xwa Library, the only Aboriginal branch of a university library in Canada.
- Is home to the outstanding Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection, a designated national treasure.
For a complete listing of on- and off-campus Library branches and divisions, please visit the Hours and Locations page.
For more information, please contact:
Glenn Drexhage
Communications Manager, UBC Library
Tel: 604-827-3434
E-mail: glenn.drexhage@ubc.ca
