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Innovative Dissemination of Research Award 2012

by Jessica Woolman on November 2, 2011

Nominations are now open for the 2012 Innovative Dissemination of Research Award.  Established by the Library in 2010, the award focuses on new and innovative ways of communicating and disseminating knowledge. It honours UBC faculty, staff and students who are expanding the boundaries of research through the creative use of new tools and technologies that […]

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Digitization program/project in Prince George Citizen

by Glenn Drexhage on November 2, 2011

The Prince George Newspapers Digitization Project, a work in progress, is featured in the Prince George Citizen. This project has been funded partly by the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

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UBC Library Autumn Update in the BCLA Browser

by Glenn Drexhage on November 1, 2011

UBC Library’s Autumn Update appears in the new issue of the BCLA Browser, the newsletter of the British Columbia Library Association. Have a read to find out about the new UBC fundraising and alumni engagement campaign; copyright and UBC; the Smart Business, Small Business events; a Chinese Canadian Stories preview: the Open UBC series, held […]

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Tailings and Mine Waste conference in cIRcle

by Jessica Woolman on October 31, 2011

Are you interested in mining? The proceedings of the upcoming Tailings and Mine Waste 2011 conference (TMW) will soon be publicly available in cIRcle, UBC’s institutional repository. The conference will be held in Vancouver November 6 to 9, 2011. Organized by the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at UBC, in conjunction with Colorado […]

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Smart Business, Small Business event

by Jessica Woolman on October 31, 2011

The Small Business Accelerator (SBA) – an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – recently presented its first speaker events in Vancouver and Kelowna, respectively. The forum, entitled Smart Business, Small Business: An SBA Speaker Session, was held in conjunction with Small Business Week, organized by the Business Development Bank of Canada. The Vancouver […]

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Betwixt and Between: Charles van Sandwyk exhibition

by Glenn Drexhage on October 31, 2011

“The birds are above, the fish are below, and we are betwixt and between.”      – Charles van Sandwyk, Sketches from the Dream Isle of Birds. UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections is pleased to bring you the exhibition Betwixt and Between: The Art and Influences of Charles van Sandwyk. Born in South Africa […]

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B.C. History Digitization Program – 2011/12

by Glenn Drexhage on October 25, 2011

Photo: Marshall Sharp/Salt Spring Island Archives

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Belkin, Koerner show in Canadian Art

by Glenn Drexhage on October 24, 2011

An article on the Luis Camnitzer exhibition, showing at UBC’s Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, appears in Canadian Art. The piece also highlights a Camnitzer work – Arbitrary Works and Their Titles – that is currently on display on level three (the main level) of Koerner Library.

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UBC Library/United Way Spelling Bee

by Glenn Drexhage on October 24, 2011

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 4 Word fans and United Way supporters – you’re invited to participate in UBC Library’s second annual Spelling Bee! Will the victorious English Exoterics, from the Department of English, continue to out-spell this year’s competitors, including their rivals Bee Plus from the School of Journalism?  Who will be this year’s dark […]

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Open UBC October 24-30, 2011

by Jessica Woolman on October 18, 2011

 

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