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Irving K. Barber
Friends – Fall 2012 issue and readership survey
By Jessica Woolman on November 6, 2012
The latest issue of UBC Library’s Friends newsletter is now available online. You’re also invited to take our readership survey and enter for a chance to win!
Posted in Friends, General, Newsletters, Publications | Tagged with changes, donors, Irving K. Barber, support, Videomatica
Connects – Summer 2012
By Jessica Woolman on August 30, 2012
The Summer 2012 issue of Connects is available – find out about our community engagement efforts, digitization initiatives, student learning support and more.
Posted in Connects, General, Newsletters, Publications | Tagged with Chapman Learning Commons, community engagement, digitization, IKBLC, Irving K. Barber
Celebrating Irving Barber’s life and legacy – Ubyssey video
By Glenn Drexhage on June 13, 2012
“Celebrating Irving K. Barber’s Life,” a video of the June 11 Celebration of Life event held to honour Dr. Barber, appears on the Ubyssey‘s website.
Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with Irving K. Barber
UBC Library update in CPSLD Newsletter
By Glenn Drexhage on June 12, 2012
The latest on UBC Library appears in the Spring 2012 issue of the CPSLD Newsletter, published on behalf of the Council of Post Secondary Library Directors, British Columbia. Scroll to page 27 for the UBC entry – which includes a tribute to Irving K. Barber, an update on the Library’s new Community Report, notable film donations [...]
Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with ALADN, B.C. History Digitization Program, Community Report, copyright, Halleran Collection, IFLA, Indigenous Knowledges, Irving K. Barber, Japanese Canadian students, UBC Library, Videomatica, WCILCOS
Dr. Irving K. Barber: A Celebration of Life
By Glenn Drexhage on June 5, 2012
Posted in Events | Tagged with Celebration of Life, Irving K. Barber, UBC
Remembering Dr. Irving K. Barber
By Jessica Woolman on May 2, 2012
Posted in General | Tagged with donor, Irving K. Barber, profile, support
Dr. Irving K. Barber – media coverage
By Glenn Drexhage on April 17, 2012
The legacy of Dr. Irving K. Barber, a UBC alumnus, forester and philanthropist who passed away last week, is covered by the Vancouver Sun, the Province, the Nelson Star, the Surrey Leader, the Prince George Citizen and the Ubyssey. You can also view the UBC media release and a tribute on behalf of UBC Library [...]
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Ike Barber named Outstanding Philanthropist
By Glenn Drexhage on November 25, 2010
Dr. Irving K. Barber, a renowned forestry executive and long-time supporter of projects at UBC and elsewhere, has been named “Outstanding Philanthropist” by the fourth annual Giving Hearts Award Program, presented by the Vancouver Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). Dr. Barber is the principal donor for the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre [...]
Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with donation, donor, Irving K. Barber
Digitization project, Ike Barber featured in Victoria Times Colonist
By Glenn Drexhage on July 13, 2010
The Victoria Times Colonist recently published an article on the Colonial Despatches project, which involved the digitization of letters between Vancouver Island and the Colonial Office in London. This project was supported by the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative launched by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre in 2006. The article also pays tribute [...]
Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with B.C. History Digitization Program (BCHDP), digitization, donation, Irving K. Barber
Ike Barber profile in the South Delta Leader
By Glenn Drexhage on June 25, 2010
An in-depth portrait of Irving Barber appears in the June 24, 2010 issue of the South Delta Leader. You can view the profile here.
Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with donation, Irving K. Barber, profile, support
