Media coverage: UBC’s University Librarian becomes IFLA President
by Glenn Drexhage on August 31, 2011
On August 18, Ingrid Parent – UBC’s University Librarian – became the first Canadian President of the International Association of Library Associations and Institutions. This appointment has received much media coverage, with articles appearing in the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Courier, the Tyee, Quill & Quire and the Epoch Times (Chinese-language version only). Ingrid was […]Posted in General | Tagged with IFLA, libraries, Media coverage
UBC’s University Librarian first Canadian to head global group
by Glenn Drexhage on August 23, 2011
Ingrid Parent, UBC’s University Librarian, has become the first Canadian to head the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). This organization has been the global voice of the library and information profession for more than eight decades. You can find out more by viewing the UBC press release here.Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with IFLA, libraries
Learning Centre Exhibit – The Pose Stands for Potentiality
by Glenn Drexhage on August 15, 2011
An exhibit produced by two UBC graduate students is now on display in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. The Pose Stands for Potentiality – featuring works by Jordy Hamilton and curated by Toby Lawrence – juxtaposes UBC’s presidential portraits with a series of smaller works, fostering a conversation between contemporary and traditional forms of […]
Book review columns – Business in Vancouver newspaper
by Glenn Drexhage on August 12, 2011
Book reviews Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (And How to Take Advantage of It) by William Poundstone. Reviewed by Donna Kaye. Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next by Greg Lindsay and John Kasarda. Reviewed by Treena Chambers. Comebacks at Work: Using Conversation to Master Confrontation by Kathleen Kelley Reardon and Christopher T. Noblet. Reviewed […]Posted in General | Tagged with book review, business, Media coverage
UBC copyright update
by Glenn Drexhage on August 10, 2011
Developments regarding UBC and copyright are featured in a blog from The Tyee, an online publication and The Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper. “The University of British Columbia has decided to opt-out of Access Copyright’s proposed tariff on copyrighted materials that generally make up student course packs, to avoid increased fees and restrictions that would begin […]Posted in General | Tagged with copyright, Media coverage, scholarly communications
Exhibition at Rare Books and Special Collections
by Jessica Woolman on July 29, 2011
In honour of the City of Vancouver’s 125th birthday, an exhibition highlighting the voyages of George Vancouver is on display at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections on level one of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. For more information, visit events.ubc.ca or the Rare Books and Special Collections blog.Posted in Events | Tagged with exhibits, rare books
Old Streams project featured on Straight.com, Granville Online
by Glenn Drexhage on July 21, 2011
The Old Streams project – which involves UBC Library and the Vancouver Aquarium – is featured on the Georgia Straight‘s website and Granville Online. UBC Library has digitized the content of the Aquarium’s paper maps from the 1970s, allowing users to discover Vancouver’s vanished streams and waterways. You can view the articles here and here, […]Posted in General | Tagged with GIS, Media coverage, Vancouver, waterways
UBC Library and Vancouver Aquarium reveal Vancouver’s secret waterways
by Glenn Drexhage on July 19, 2011
Media Release | Jul. 19, 2011 Vancouver’s vanished streams and waterways can be discovered once again thanks to a digitization project involving UBC Library and the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre. UBC Library digitized the content of the Aquarium’s paper maps from the 1970s, allowing both scholars and the public to see the paths of […]Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with GIS, Vancouver, waterways
UBC Library in open access Partnership journal
by Glenn Drexhage on July 8, 2011
An article from UBC Library’s Science and Engineering team appears in the open access journal Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research. The piece, entitled “Teaching Matters: Increasing Library Visibility through Integrated Classroom Instruction,” is by Eugene Barsky (Librarian), Aleteia Greenwood (Head) and Kevin Read (student librarian and student at UBC’s […]Posted in General | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, Media coverage, open access, scholarly communications
UBC Library in the BCLA Browser (Vol. 3, No. 3)
by Glenn Drexhage on July 4, 2011
Find out about the latest developments at UBC Library in the new issue of the BCLA Browser (Volume 3, Number 3). The Features section includes news about University Librarian Ingrid Parent taking on the presidency of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions; a new Director for the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre; the […]Posted in General | Tagged with Media coverage