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Media coverage: UBC’s University Librarian becomes IFLA President

By Glenn Drexhage on August 31, 2011

On August 18, Ingrid Parent – UBC’s University Librarian – became the first Canadian President of the International Association of Library Associations and Institutions.

This appointment has received much media coverage, with articles appearing in the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Courier, the Tyee, Quill & Quire and the Epoch Times (Chinese-language version only).

Ingrid was also interviewed on CBC Radio’s morning show, The Early Edition. You can listen to a podcast of the interview here – it begins at about 1:08 into the recording.

You can view the corresponding press release here.

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