Immigration exhibit at Chinese Cultural Centre Museum
by Glenn Drexhage on May 31, 2011
UBC’s Asian Library, in collaboration with the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum and Archives, presents Where Did the Immigrants Actually Come From? This exhibit, first shown in the Asian Library in 2010, was followed by a two-year project that involved mapping the villages and towns recorded in the Head Tax database. The exhibit runs Tuesday to […]Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Chinese Canadian history, exhibits, immigration
Hockey history at UBC Library
by Glenn Drexhage on May 30, 2011
Hey hockey fans – are you feeling Stanley Cup fever? Then tap into some hockey history courtesy of UBC Library – and impress fellow fans with your knowledge of the Vancouver Canucks and insights into the Canada’s storied sporting pastime. From anecdotes to kids’ lit, biographies to bibliographies, we’ve got something for everyone who’s […]
Digitization program/project in Jewish Independent
by Glenn Drexhage on May 30, 2011
An article on a digitization project at the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia appears in the May 20, 2011 issue of the Jewish Independent. This oral history project received support from the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can view the article here: Jewish Independent. […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with BCHDP, digital libraries, digitization, Media coverage
Digitization program/project in Vancouver Sun
by Glenn Drexhage on May 30, 2011
An article on a digitization project at the City of Vancouver Archives appears in the Vancouver Sun. This project, which involves the digitization of panorama images, received support from the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can view the article here, and find out more about the […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with BCHDP, digital libraries, digitization, Media coverage
Digital Tattoo on Dotto Tech
by Glenn Drexhage on May 30, 2011
UBC Library’s Trish Rosseel and Cindy Underhill from UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology were recently invited to a radio interview on the Dotto Tech radio show. Trish and Cindy spoke about the Digital Tattoo project. You can listen to the interview here: Digital Tattoo on Dotto Tech And you can find out more about […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with Digital Tattoo, Media coverage
Generation: 1 at the Learning Centre
by Glenn Drexhage on May 20, 2011
Generation:1 is an exhibit at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre that showcases the artworks of local Asian Canadian artists. Since 1996, the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society has endeavoured to explore the diversity of Asian Canadian life and culture and promote the discussion of relevant issues and concerns within and beyond the Asian-Canadian community. 2011 […]Posted in Events, General | Tagged with art, Asian history, exhibits, IKBLC
Book review column – Business in Vancouver newspaper
by Glenn Drexhage on May 19, 2011
Book reviews This article is from Business in Vancouver April 5-11, 2011; issue 1119 King of Capital: The remarkable rise, fall, and rise again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone by David Carey and John Morris Wiley, 2010 This book provides an excellent introduction to the world of private equity and its many permutations for those […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with book review, business, Media coverage
Digitization program/project featured in Burnaby Now
by Glenn Drexhage on May 18, 2011
A project that’s received funding from the B.C. History Digitization Program appears in Burnaby Now. The Burnaby Oral History Digitization Project received a $10,000 grant from the digitization program, which is an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can view the article here, and find out about the B.C. History Digitization Program […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with BCHDP, digital libraries, digitization, Media coverage
UBC Library in CPSLD Newsletter
by Glenn Drexhage on May 17, 2011
An update on UBC Library appears in the Spring 2011 issue of the CPSLD Newsletter, the publication from the Council of Post Secondary Library Directors, British Columbia. Find out about UBC Library’s Community Report, the latest news on the B.C. History Digitization Program, awards for UBC librarians and the launch of LibFOCUS, the Library’s new […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with BCHDP, community engagement, Media coverage
Tribute: Dr. William C. Gibson
by Jessica Woolman on May 11, 2011
Dr. William C. Gibson, one of the Library’s strongest and mostenduring supporters, passed away last year at the age of 95.