Food For Fines returns October 17 – Nov. 7
by Jessica Woolman on October 3, 2011
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 7 For the ninth consecutive year, UBC Library and the Alma Mater Student Society of UBC are once again running their Food for Fines Campaign. Reduce your library fines by donating non-perishable food items. Each food item donated counts toward $2 in fines, up to a maximum of $30. Donated items […]Posted in Events, General | Tagged with AMS Food Bank, Food for Fines
start an evolution: UBC Campaign launch
by Jessica Woolman on October 3, 2011
On September 28, 2011, UBC launched the most significant fundraising and alumni engagement campaign in Canadian history. start an evolution aims to raise $1.5 billion for student learning, research excellence, and community engagement as well as double the number of alumni involved with the university by 2015. Donors have already committed $760 million in the years […]
Workshops for Arts graduate students
by Glenn Drexhage on September 29, 2011
Koerner Library’s Humanities and Social Sciences Department is offering a workshop series geared to graduate students in the Faculty of Arts. These workshops cover advanced research, staying current in your area of study, publishing and author’s rights. Upcoming topics include: • Citation management • Current awareness tools • How to do research for a literature […]Posted in Events, General | Tagged with graduate students, research learning and scholarship
Lecture: The Making of the King James Bible
by Glenn Drexhage on September 22, 2011
You are invited to join us at noon on Monday, October 3 for a special lecture on a a cultural and spiritual landmark. “An Eighty-Year journey: The Making of the King James Bible” will be presented by Professor R. Gerald Hobbs, Emeritus Professor of Church History & Music, Vancouver School of Theology. This event is […]Posted in General | Tagged with exhibitions, lecture
UBC and copyright update in the Ubyssey
by Glenn Drexhage on September 22, 2011
An update on UBC and copyright appears in the Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper. “Professors and students are struggling to figure out how to stay within the legal bounds of copyright since UBC opted out of a licensing agreement with Access Copyright (AC) back in August. However, the university has said that the academic community should already have […]Posted in General | Tagged with copyright, Media coverage, Ubyssey
Early campus life in Trek Online – UBC Archives
by Glenn Drexhage on September 19, 2011
UBC alum George Van Wilby and his storied campus photographs are profiled in the new issue of Trek Online, courtesy of UBC Archives’ Erwin Wodarczak. You can find the article here.Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with archives, Media coverage, Trek
Top 10 tips for connecting with UBC Library
by Glenn Drexhage on September 19, 2011
The top tips for UBC Library appear in the latest issue of UBC Reports, “Back to School and In the Cloud” (UBC Reports | Vol. 57 | No. 9 | Sep. 1, 2011). The item appears below, and can also be found on the UBC Reports website. Top 10 tips for connecting with UBC Library, without setting foot […]Posted in General | Tagged with Chung Collection, digital collections, Media coverage, research learning and scholarship, social media, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces
UBC Library Online Workshop Series
by Glenn Drexhage on September 15, 2011
UBC Library teaches more than 1,400 classes and workshops to over 30,000 students and faculty each year as part of its instructional program. In addition to our extensive in-class and computer lab classes, we offer an online workshop series in mid-September to get you ready for research. Upcoming online workshops include: Introduction to the Web […]Posted in General | Tagged with
Ingrid Parent interviewed on Radio-Canada newscast
by Glenn Drexhage on September 14, 2011
Ingrid Parent – UBC’s University Librarian and President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions – was interviewed yesterday on Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada’s evening newscast. You can view the all-French interview here – the interview runs in the third segment, about two minutes in.Posted in General | Tagged with Media coverage
UBC Library in the Ubyssey
by Glenn Drexhage on September 13, 2011
An article about the evolution of UBC Library appears in the Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper. You can view the article here.Posted in General | Tagged with digital libraries, libraries, Media coverage