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By Library Communications on December 13, 2022
Join us at the Museum of Vancouver on January 6 for an illuminating discussion panel on World War II Japanese Canadian Internment.
Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, community engagement, IKBLC, Japanese Canadian history
By matt patton on December 5, 2022
Kristen Wong, Program Services Assistant, shares her experience working with UBC Library’s Community Engagement team, supporting a wide variety of services that help connect UBC Library resources to surrounding communities and beyond.
Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, IKBLC, profile, Work with us
By Anna Moorhouse on September 12, 2022
UBC Library and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) are excited to introduce the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Scholars-in-Residence Program, launching in September 2022.
Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, EDI Scholars-in-Residence, IKBLC
By Anna Moorhouse on August 11, 2022
As part of Indigenous History Month this past June, Xwi7xwa Library launched a new exhibit, featuring materials from their Indigenous language collection, on display now in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, exhibitions, exhibits, Xwi7xwa Library
By phoebe chan on August 9, 2022
UBC Library’s annual Senate Report is now available. Read about our highlights from the past fiscal year, which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, inspiring with innovative spaces and services and stewarding the organization. Learn how the library transitioned back to fully in-person operations on campus in September 2021, kicking off a year of hybrid teaching, learning and work.
Posted in General, Publications, Senate Reports | Tagged with collections, community engagement, research learning and scholarship, senate report, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support
By Anna Moorhouse on June 6, 2022
What do you do with problematic materials in a library collection—with books that are outdated, that perpetuate stereotypes, depict cultural appropriation, or include racism and other harmful elements?
Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, Education Library, research learning and scholarship, Teaching and Learning Stories, UBC Okanagan Library, Xwi7xwa Library
By Anna Moorhouse on February 8, 2022
Join Forest(Reads), a virtual book club on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, co-sponsored by the Faculty of Forestry, the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC Library and the Simon KY Lee Global Lounge and Resource Centre.
Posted in Events | Tagged with book club, climate, community engagement
By Anna Moorhouse on November 1, 2021
Join this week of webinars and workshops exploring the practice of open scholarship, and hear from UBC colleagues who are incorporating “openness” in innovative ways to enhance teaching, research, and public impact.
Posted in Events | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, links, open access, open data, Open Education
By Anna Moorhouse on October 22, 2021
Xwi7xwa Library has curated several display cases at IKBLC feature books, photographs, archival documents and other unique materials relating to Residential Schools in Canada.
Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, exhibitions, exhibits, Xwi7xwa Library
By Anna Moorhouse on October 6, 2021
This year, Xwi7xwa Library and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences launched a new type of course activity which takes an integrative approach to pharmaceutical care, community research ethics, and library skills.
Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, research learning and scholarship, Teaching and Learning Stories, Xwi7xwa Library