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Public Affairs
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LibFOCUS eNewsletter: June/July 2012
This month’s issue of LibFOCUS celebrates First Nations, Inuit and Métis people by looking at the roles they play in Canada’s past, present and future. Highlights include a feature on Aboriginal (Un)History Month events, a profile of Xwi7xwa Library, and Aboriginal scholarship resources at UBC.
Trek Online: The Three Cairns of UBC
Three UBC campus landmarks are commonly referred to as “cairns,” and each has a unique history. Find out more in this Trek Online article, written by Erwin Wodarczak of UBC Library’s University Archives division.
Live-in for Literacy at the Learning Centre
Photo of past Live-in for Literacy campers by Martin Dee
UBC Annual Review features University Librarian
UBC’s Annual Review is now available as an online-only publication. Highlights include Ingrid Parent, UBC’s University Librarian, becoming the first Canadian to be appointed as the President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. To read more about this story, proceed to the Milestones tab and select August 2011.
UBC Library update in CPSLD Newsletter
An update on UBC Library appears in the fall 2011 issue of the CPSLD Newsletter, published on behalf of the Council of Post Secondary Library Directors, British Columbia. Check out the update on pages 21-23 for the latest on the B.C. Historical Newspapers Project, the B.C. History Digitization Program, UBC’s fundraising and alumni engagement campaign [...]
start an evolution: UBC Campaign launch
On September 28, 2011, UBC launched the most significant fundraising and alumni engagement campaign in Canadian history. start an evolution aims to raise $1.5 billion for student learning, research excellence, and community engagement as well as double the number of alumni involved with the university by 2015. Donors have already committed $760 million in the years [...]
UBC and copyright update in the Ubyssey
An update on UBC and copyright appears in the Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper. “Professors and students are struggling to figure out how to stay within the legal bounds of copyright since UBC opted out of a licensing agreement with Access Copyright (AC) back in August. However, the university has said that the academic community should already have [...]
