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Coverage of Learning Centre opening hours: Ubyssey, News1130

by Glenn Drexhage on February 21, 2012

Articles about a petition to open the Irving K. Learning Centre on a 24/7 continual basis have appeared in the Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper, in November 2011 and February 2012. The story also was also featured on the site of News1130. The Learning Centre is currently open on a 24/7 basis during exam periods.

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Film collection on B.C. environment to be preserved

by Glenn Drexhage on February 21, 2012

One of the largest private film collections in Canada, which provides a fascinating document of rural B.C., will be housed and preserved by UBC Library thanks to a generous donation from the Halleran family and the support of community partners including Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). The Halleran Collection, valued at $750,000, consists of […]

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Retell, Rethink, Recover: Feb. 20 – April 30

by Glenn Drexhage on February 20, 2012

UBC Library is hosting an exhibition and conference to commemorate the March 11, 2011 disasters in Japan. Retell, Rethink, Recover, which begins on February 20 and runs through April, consists of three phases on display in different parts of the Library system. The Retell section highlights disaster prints and historical maps. All materials are from […]

Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, exhibitions, Rare Books and Special Collections

Graduate Research in a Day

by Jessica Woolman on February 15, 2012

Discover | Gather | Create | Share Wondering what to do during reading break? Come to the Library and catch some workshops to help you with your studies. On February 22, UBC Library is hosting a workshop series for graduate students. Offering 8 sessions over the course of the day, plus lunch, the workshop series […]

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Love! In the Library? in the Ubyssey, Vancouver Sun blog

by Glenn Drexhage on February 14, 2012

Love! In the Library? – a UBC Library exhibition that examines how lovers speak to each other through literature – is featured in the Ubyssey, the UBC student newspaper, and the Vancouver Sun books blog. Come explore Love! In the Library? until February 19 at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections, located on level […]

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Freedom to Read at UBC Library

by Glenn Drexhage on February 6, 2012

Join UBC Library as it celebrates the freedom to read with an exhibit of banned and controversial books. The exhibition takes place from February 4-14 on the second-floor foyer of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, and from February 15 to March 3 on the second floor of Koerner Library. Come check out the […]

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Love! In the Library? At RBSC until Feb. 19

by Glenn Drexhage on February 3, 2012

Valentine’s Day has become a festival close to the commercial hearts of chocolate manufacturers, greeting card makers and flower sellers. Despite the commercialism, however, it still retains a place in the human hearts of lovers. In this amorous spirit, Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) is sending a valentine in the form of an exhibition […]

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UBC Library Winter Update in the BCLA Browser

by Glenn Drexhage on February 2, 2012

UBC Library’s Winter Update appears in the new issue of the BCLA Browser (Volume 4, no.1), the newsletter of the British Columbia Library Association. Have a read and find out about the exceptional Videomatica film collection being housed and preserved by UBC and SFU; the B.C. Historical Newspapers Project; a CLIR meeting at UBC Library; […]

Posted in General | Tagged with BCHDP, cIRcle, CLIR, Great Reads, Live-in for Literacy, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections, Videomatica

30,000 UBC theses – and counting

by Glenn Drexhage on January 26, 2012

In December, William Henry Magee’s 1946 Master of Arts thesis – entitled The growth of Canadian national feeling as reflected in the poetry and novels of English Canada – became the 30,000th item submitted to the UBC Retrospective Theses and Dissertation (RTD) collection in cIRcle, UBC’s digital repository. The goal of the RTD project is […]

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