Giving Day 2025
by Anna Moorhouse on March 26, 2025
On UBC Giving Day, April 3, we invite you to help keep UBC Library a vibrant hub of knowledge and inspiration. Join us in fostering a strong library that will continue to serve the UBC community and beyond for generations to come.
UBC Library digitizes the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection
by Anna Moorhouse on March 24, 2025
UBC Library has made the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection openly accessible through Open Collections, publishing a digitized version of the collection online.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with open collections, Phil Lind, Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection
New French language resources at Education Library
by Anna Moorhouse on March 20, 2025
UBC Education Library’s collection of French-language resources underwent a significant revitalization this year.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with collections, Education Library
After 64 years, book finally returned to UBC Library
by phoebe chan on March 17, 2025
In January, UBC Library received an unexpected package containing a 1931 edition of the book Camping and Woodcraft, a letter explaining the borrower’s tardiness and a $100 cheque.
Stanley Munn and Patricia Cucman win the 2025 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for their book on Group of Seven artist J.E.H. Macdonald.
by Library Communications on March 10, 2025
Stanley Munn and Patricia Cucman have won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for their book To see what he saw: J.E.H. Macdonald and the O’Hara years, 1924-1932.Posted in General | Tagged with Basil Stuart-Stubbs, Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize
Trans* Journeys: Centering marginalized voices through open pedagogy and open publishing
by Anna Moorhouse on March 5, 2025
There is a growing interest in giving students the opportunity to engage with the open publishing process directly as part of their coursework.Posted in General | Tagged with Open Education, Open Education Week, publishing, UBC Open Publishing Program
Arts Multilingual Week 2025 at UBC
by Library Communications on March 4, 2025
UBC Library will be hosting multilingual resources pop-ups and an online workshop on finding multilingual library materials, as part of Arts Multilingual Week at UBC.Posted in Events | Tagged with
UBC Library achieves funding goal for the George Bowering Reading Room
by Library Communications on March 3, 2025
Thanks to the generous support and dedication of our contributors and champions, the George Bowering Collection and Reading Room in Rare Books and Special Collections at UBC Library has become a reality!Posted in General | Tagged with collections, George Bowering Collection
Exploring Tairiku Nippō: A historical Japanese Canadian newspaper at UBC Library
by Anna Moorhouse on February 24, 2025
Since its launch on UBC Open Collections, the digitized Tairiku Nippō has been viewed more than 2.5 million times by scholars from around the world.Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections
Open Education Week: March 3-25
by Library Communications on February 17, 2025
Open Education Week at UBC starts on March 3! Check out all the exciting events coming up and learn more about Open UBC.Posted in Events | Tagged with