UBC Library opens Chung | Lind Gallery
by Library Communications on April 22, 2024
UBC Library is excited to announce the official opening of the Chung | Lind Gallery showcasing the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection and Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with Chung Collection, Chung Lind Gallery, Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection
UBC researchers eligible for new open access publisher discounts from Elsevier and Oxford University Press
by Library Communications on April 18, 2024
UBC authors looking to publish in peer-reviewed journals by Oxford University Press and Elsevier are now eligible for cost-savings thanks to new transformative agreements signed by the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN).Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with open access, research learning and scholarship, scholarly communications
UBC Library acquires access to digital newspaper historical archives from around the globe
by Anna Moorhouse on April 15, 2024
UBC faculty, staff and students can now access three new digital collections of newspapers. Explore digital archives for The Montreal Gazette, the Chinese Newspaper Collection, and Le Monde.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with acquisitions, collections, digital collections, Humanities & Social Sciences Collections, Koerner Library
UBC Library digitizes Indigenous language dictionaries
by Anna Moorhouse on April 9, 2024
UBC Library is making Indigenous language dictionaries more accessible by digitizing these works and making them available through UBC Open Collections.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with cIRcle, collections, community engagement, digital collections, Digitization Centre, Indigenous
2024 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research winners announced
by Anna Moorhouse on April 4, 2024
UBC Library is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with prize, UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research, undergraduate
Indigenous Archivist, X̱wi7x̱wa Library & University Archives | Vancouver Campus | Full Time, Without Review
by Library Communications on April 2, 2024
Indigenous Archivist X̱wi7x̱wa Library & University Archives | Vancouver Campus Full Time, Without Review Anticipated Start Date: July 01, 2024 UBC LIBRARY As one of the world’s leading universities, the University of British Columbia creates an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society, and supports outstanding research to serve […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with Careers, Work with us
Robert Janke appointed Deputy University Librarian, Okanagan Campus
by Anna Moorhouse on March 28, 2024
Robert Janke begins his five-year term as Deputy University Librarian, Okanagan Campus on April 1, 2024.
Library Service Bulletins
by Library Communications on March 21, 2024
Most mechanical issues with Automated Storage Retrieval System (ASRS) have been resolved, please submit your request. We continue to experience delays in service repairs due to contractor availability and so some materials may be temporarily inaccessible. The library will obtain any inaccessible ASRS material via interlibrary loan wherever possible. Please contact the library at ill.lend@ubc.ca with any questions.Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with Service Bulletins
Giving Day 2024
by Anna Moorhouse on March 20, 2024
On UBC Giving Day, April 4, we come together to support UBC students and our world. This year’s Giving Day project at the library involves the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research, help the next generation of leaders to be informed knowledge seekers.Posted in Events | Tagged with GivingDay, prize, UBCGivingDay
UBC Library users now have access to over 80 new resources funded by the UBC President’s Academic Excellence Initiative
by Anna Moorhouse on March 18, 2024
UBC faculty, staff and students now have access to an extensive list of new digital archives, databases, ebooks, print resources and more through UBC Library, thanks to funding provided by the UBC President’s Academic Excellence Initiative.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with acquisitions, collections, PAEI