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UBC Okanagan Library improvements in Kelowna Capital News

by Glenn Drexhage on June 4, 2012

UBC Okanagan Library is undergoing renovations to enhance its Learning Commons and operations. Read “UBCO Library to receive improvements” in the Kelowna Capital News to find out more about the project.

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Basil Frederick Stuart-Stubbs: bibliophile, scholar, librarian

by Glenn Drexhage on May 31, 2012

Basil Frederick Stuart-Stubbs, the eighth University Librarian at UBC, passed away on May 29, 2012. He was 82. A Professor emeritus and University Librarian emeritus at UBC, Stuart-Stubbs will be remembered as a bibliophile, scholar and librarian. His writings encompass Canadian history, historical cartography, historical bibliography, library history, copyright law, library automation, union catalogues, resource […]

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Aboriginal (Un)History month: Cultivating Conversations

by Jessica Woolman on May 30, 2012

The University of British Columbia Point Grey campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking Musqueam people. We thank Musqueam for its hospitality and support of our work. UBC Library, in partnership with the Musqueam Indian Band, the Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology and the Museum of Anthropology, […]

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UBC Library helps honour Japanese Canadian students

by Glenn Drexhage on May 24, 2012

On May 30, a special ceremony was held during UBC’s spring congregation to recognize and honour the Japanese Canadian students whose university experience was disrupted in 1942 when they were uprooted and exiled from the B.C. coast – a violation of their citizenship rights. Honorary degrees were conferred on the students who were unable to complete […]

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Digitization program/project in the Alberni Valley Times

by Glenn Drexhage on May 18, 2012

© Lara Swimmer Photography A project to digitize photographic archives for the Alberni Valley Museum is featured in the Alberni Valley Times. This project has been supported by the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

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UBC Library welcomes ALADN 2012: Sea to Sky

by Glenn Drexhage on May 18, 2012

UBC Library is honoured to welcome ALADN 2012: Sea to Sky. The 18th annual conference of the Academic Libraries Advancement and Development Network (ALADN) runs May 20-23 at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. The conference, co-organized by the UBC Library Development Office, welcomes about 150 fundraising professionals from academic libraries across North America. […]

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UBC and copyright updates

by Glenn Drexhage on May 16, 2012

UBC has announced that it will not sign a license agreement with Access Copyright, the copyright collective, based on a model recently negotiated with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. You can read about the full articles – “UBC opts out of Access Copyright Agreement” and “UBC to pay for copyrighted material independently” […]

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A Day in the Life at UBC Library

by Jessica Woolman on May 15, 2012

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UBC Library welcomes WCILCOS 2012

by Glenn Drexhage on May 15, 2012

UBC Library is pleased to announce that, in cooperation with the Ohio University Libraries, it will host the 5th WCILCOS International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies. The event will be held May 16-19 at UBC’s Point Grey campus, and will focus on “Chinese through the Americas.” More than 150 delegates from […]

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