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UBC Library Year in Headlines

By Library Communications on May 27, 2013

In 2012/13, UBC Library made headlines for a number of changes involving branch consolidations and the relocation of library collections, and the impact on students and faculty on campus. Meanwhile, in-depth coverage of transformative changes at other academic institutions highlighted the continued evolution of libraries in the 21st century.. 

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Ubyssey

  • The great copyright battle: UBC’s controversial stand against Access Copyright (March 20, 2013)
  • A Trek to remember: The fading of UBC’s early years (October 28, 2012)
  • Turning a Page: the changing role of the university library (October 24, 2012)
  • ‘Three-minute march’ protests music library’s impending move (September 25, 2012)
  • UBC music community gathers at town hall to keep library in-house (September 19, 2012)
  • UBC postdoc strikes deal to turn 2,000 academic journals into data mine (August 8, 2012)
  • UBC opts out of Access Copyright agreement (May 15, 2012)

UBC Reports

  • A University Library for the 21st Century (November 1, 2012)

Trek Magazine

  • The changing library (Winter 2012)
  • The vintage appeal (Winter 2012)
  • New B.C. scholarly book prize shortlist announced. Quill & Quire (March 13, 2013)
  • Exhibit looks at Chinese life on CP ocean liners. Times Colonist (March 6, 2013)
  • Robson Reading Series to end in March. The Globe and Mail (February 5, 2013)
  • Robson Reading Series coming to an end. Quill & Quire (February 5, 2013)
  • UBCO library upgrade enhances teaching and research. Kelowna Capital News (October 28, 2012)
  • Plan to relocate UBC’s music library opposed Georgia Straight (September 26, 2012)
  • Campus library completes summer renovation Phoenix p. 11 (September 3, 2012)
  • UBC Okanagan library gets major upgrade Vernon Morning Star (September 5, 2012)
  • UBCO library to receive improvements. Kelowna Capital News (June 3, 2012)
  • Elsevier Experiments With Allowing ‘Text Mining’ of Its Journals. The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 6, 2012)

 

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