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Notice regarding delivery service delays

by Library Communications on January 21, 2025

We are currently experiencing delays to campus delivery services due to circumstances beyond the Library’s control. Please anticipate longer wait times. For ASRS items, select MAA Library as the pick-up location for the fastest delivery.

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UBC Library receives Peter Wall Institute Archives

by Anna Moorhouse on January 20, 2025

UBC Archives has acquired the institutional records of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS), which was founded at UBC in 1991 to focus on interdisciplinary research.

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2025 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research now accepting applications

by matt patton on January 14, 2025

The UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research is now accepting applications until February 28, 2025.

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Behind the screens: How UBC Library contributes to virtual reference service AskAway

by Anna Moorhouse on January 13, 2025

For more than a decade, AskAway has been providing students, faculty, and staff with real-time, virtual access to research and reference support.

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Season’s Greetings from UBC Library

by Library Communications on December 20, 2024

2024 was a year of exciting new beginnings at UBC Library. Across our branches and services—and alongside many partners—we launched innovative new initiatives, improved many of our spaces, welcomed new faces and so much more.

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The Heat Is On: Creative responses to climate action in Music, Art and Architecture

by phoebe chan on December 9, 2024

The Heat Is On exhibit at the Music, Art and Architecture Library features library collection materials that highlight creative responses to the ongoing climate crisis.

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Meet Elizabeth Stevenson, Circulation Supervisor at UBC Library

by Library Communications on November 28, 2024

Learn how Elizabeth Stevenson, Circulation Supervisor, brings her passion for wellness and sustainability to life at UBC Library.

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University Library receives Norman Epstein archives

by Anna Moorhouse on November 18, 2024

UBC Archives has received the Norman Epstein fonds, an archival collection that captures the life and career of Dr. Norman Epstein (1923-2023), a pioneering figure in chemical and biological engineering and political activist.

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Help us build the George Bowering Collection and Reading Room

by Anna Moorhouse on November 7, 2024

UBC Library is raising funds to build the George Bowering Collection and Reading Room, which will be a treasure trove for Canadian literature enthusiasts and an important resource for researchers and writers.

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A Conversation with Corrina Sparrow

by Anna Moorhouse on October 28, 2024

We sat down with Corrina Sparrow, UBC Library EDI Scholar-in-Residence, to talk about about their work: the challenges, the highlights, and what's up next.

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