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Glenn DrexhageCommunications Manager
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Heather Amos
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As part of UBC’s start an evolution capital campaign, the Library has raised more than $17 million since 2010
Halleran Collection programs ready for viewing
A fascinating collection of programs that focuses on a range of environmental issues can now be viewed by users around the world. UBC Library recently digitized the Westland series television programs that form part of Halleran Collection, one of the largest private family film collections in Canada. It is is being housed and preserved by the Library [...]
Never Left Art School: A Douglas Coupland profile
A profile of Douglas Coupland, the prolific writer and artist, appears in Montecristo magazine. In 2010, Coupland donated his extensive archives to UBC Library, and accruals have been added since then. Today, the University of British Columbia Library has accumulated over 200 boxes of Coupland’s personal effects: notepads, early drafts and manuscripts, prototypes and moquettes of [...]
Art donation featured in Kelowna Capital News
The donation of six screenprints to UBC’s Okanagan campus is featured in the Kelowna Capital News. The prints – donated by Briar Craig, an Associate Professor of Visual Arts – are on display in the Field Reading Room, which is based in UBC’s Okanagan Library.
Wallace Chung collections featured in Vancouver Sun
An article about an exhibition of Wallace Chung’s collection at the Maritime Museum appears in the Vancouver Sun. You can view the piece, which includes information on the Chung Collection at UBC Library, here. And you can find out more about the Chung Collection at UBC here.
UBC Okanagan Library donation in Kelowna Capital News
A donation to UBC Okanagan Library by Interior Savings is featured in the Kelowna Capital News. You can view the article here.
CP donation featured in the Calgary Herald
A generous $500,000 donation to UBC Library from the Canadian Pacific Railway is noted in a Calgary Herald article on the 125th anniversary of the Last Spike. The donation will be used to digitize materials from the exceptional Chung Collection. You can view the article here, and learn more about the Chung Collection here.
Coupland donation profiled in Amphora
An in-depth article on the recent donation of Douglas Coupland’s archives to UBC Library appears in the July 2010 issue of Amphora, the journal of the Alcuin Society. The piece is written by Sarah Romkey, an Archivist with UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections branch. You can view the article here: Amphora155-Coupland
