Advancing the digital agenda
by Jessica Woolman on June 20, 2011
A new space, a strong team and a host of projects ranging from historical newspapers to the Chinese-Canadian experience are some highlights of UBC Library’s burgeoning digital agenda. “Things are really coming together,” says Allan Bell, Director of Library Digital Initiatives. “My goal is to help the Library be indispensable to teaching, research and […]Posted in General | Tagged with Community Report, digital collections, Digital Initiatives, strategic plan, UBC Okanagan
A hub for the humanities
by Jessica Woolman on June 20, 2011
The GIS (or Geographic Information Systems) Lab is the first part ofthe Research Commons project, which will serve those working in the humanities and social sciences.Posted in General | Tagged with Community Report, GIS, strategic plan
Canadian history book prize for UBC’s Michel Ducharme
by Glenn Drexhage on June 16, 2011
Michel Ducharme has been awarded the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize for the best book in Canadian history for his latest work, Le concept de liberté au Canada à l’époque des Révolutions atlantiques (1776 – 1838). Want to delve deeper into this award-winning work? Then visit UBC Library, which features both the print and electronic […]
UBC Library’s Joy Kirchner named ACRL Visiting Program Officer
by Glenn Drexhage on June 15, 2011
Joy Kirchner, UBC Library’s Scholarly Communications Co-ordinator, has been appointed as a Visiting Program Officer to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The 12-month appointment was made to support the ACRL’s scholarly communications initiatives. Kirchner remains in her role at UBC Library, but has been granted some release time to assist the ACRL. […]Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with awards, librarians, scholarly communications
Happy 1,000, UBC Library!
by Glenn Drexhage on June 14, 2011
UBC Library’s Twitter account now has more than 1,000 followers! Thank you to everyone who has followed us since we started tweeting more than two years ago. We are grateful for your support, and look forward to continuing to provide you with updates on the life of libraries – at UBC and around the world. […]Posted in General | Tagged with libraries, social media
UBC’s University Librarian honoured by University of Ottawa
by Glenn Drexhage on June 10, 2011
Ingrid Parent, UBC’s University Librarian, will receive an honorary doctorate on June 11, 2011 from the University of Ottawa as part of its 190th convocation. Ingrid will be honored as part of the Faculty of Arts ceremony, which includes the first graduating class of the Masters in Information Studies Program. She is one of […]Posted in General | Tagged with University Librarian
Digitization program/project in Lake Country Calendar
by Glenn Drexhage on June 8, 2011
An article on a digitization project being led by the Lake Country Museum and Archives appears in the Lake Country Calendar newspaper. The project involves the digitization of 47 original manuscripts dealing with aspects of Lake Country’s history from the late 1800s to the 1950s. This project has received support from the B.C. History Digitization […]Posted in General | Tagged with BCHDP, digital libraries, digitization, Media coverage, UBC Okanagan
New Director for Learning Centre
by Glenn Drexhage on June 6, 2011
Simon Neame has been selected as the new Director of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Simon began his library career after obtaining a Master of Library and Information Studies from the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at UBC. He started as a Reference Librarian at Kwantlen Polytechnic University Library. From there, he joined […]
Tokugawa maps collection in UBC Reports
by Glenn Drexhage on June 2, 2011
A story on the digitization of UBC Library’s exceptional Tokugawa maps collection appears in the June 2011 issue of UBC Reports. You can view the article here, and view the table of contents here.Posted in General | Tagged with digitization, maps, Media coverage
On health literacy, mobile devices and more: Q & A with Dean Giustini
by Jessica Woolman on June 2, 2011
Meet Dean Giustini, Reference Librarian and blogger at UBC’s Biomedical Branch Library at Vancouver General Hospital. What’s been the biggest change to health libraries and librarianship that you’ve encountered during your career? Two equally important trends that have changed health libraries and librarianship are: 1) the shift to digital forms of medical information and 2) […]Posted in General | Tagged with digital libraries, literacy, social media