Learning Centre featured in Innovation magazine
by Glenn Drexhage on August 25, 2008
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is featured in Innovation, the magazine from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. The Learning Centre is part of the 2007/2008 Project Highlights pictorial, and is featured on page 41. You can view a PDF of Innovation magazine here: http://www.apeg.bc.ca/resource/innovation/archive/2008/2008julaug.pdfPosted in Media coverage | Tagged with IKBLC
Head of UBC Library’s Rare Books appointed to Canadian Heritage post
by Glenn Drexhage on August 11, 2008
Ralph Stanton, Head of UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections, has been appointed as a member of the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board. This board is an independent tribunal of the Department of Canadian Heritage. You can view the press release about the announcement here: http://www.pch.gc.ca/newsroom/index_e.cfm?fuseaction=displayDocument&DocIDCd=CJV081416Posted in Press releases | Tagged with librarians
Chapbooks on display at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections
by Glenn Drexhage on August 6, 2008
Fans of ephemeral literature are invited to visit a campus display of 19th-century English chapbooks at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC). Chapbooks are booklets that were popular in rural areas and towns from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and ranged from jestbooks to histories of depraved criminals, medieval romances to song […]Posted in General | Tagged with exhibitions, rare books, Rare Books and Special Collections
Digital collection of Emma Crosby letters available online
by Glenn Drexhage on August 6, 2008
An illuminating set of letters from the wife of a prominent Methodist missionary in B.C. is now freely available online. The letters from Emma Crosby (1849-1926) provide a fascinating glimpse into the missionary experience. Due to her gender, Emma was not able to become a missionary, although her husband Thomas served as one on the […]Posted in General | Tagged with digital collections, Digital Initiatives
B.C. History Digitization Program in the Tumbler Ridge News
by Glenn Drexhage on August 5, 2008
A Tumbler Ridge project that is part of the B.C. History Digitization Program – an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – is featured in the Tumbler Ridge News. You can view the article here: http://www.tumblerridgenews.com/story.php?id=202436Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with BCHDP
Learning Centre initiative provides global access to B.C. heritage
by Glenn Drexhage on July 23, 2008
Electronic collections featuring community newspapers, B.C. history, fossil specimens, medical artifacts and works by renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman will all be a mouse click away, thanks to a community initiative from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia. Read the full press release.Posted in Press releases | Tagged with BCHDP, digitization, IKBLC
University Archivist profiled on UBC Centenary site
by Glenn Drexhage on June 25, 2008
A profile of University Archivist Chris Hives appears on UBC’s Centenary website. You can view the article here: http://www.100.ubc.ca/celebratingpeople/hives.htmlPosted in Media coverage | Tagged with
UBC Okanagan Library newsletter – Spring 2008
by Glenn Drexhage on June 24, 2008
The latest issue of UBC’s Okanagan Library newsletter includes an update on renovations to the Field Reading Room, the WILU Information Literacy Conference, LibQUAL and laptop lending. The Spring 2008 issue is available online, as well as past issues.Posted in General | Tagged with assessment, spaces, spaces and services, steward the organization, student spaces, UBC Okanagan, UBC Okanagan Library
Learning Centre featured in ArtsBeat
by Glenn Drexhage on June 24, 2008
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is profiled in the Summer 2008 issue of ArtsBeat, the publication of UBC’s Faculty of Arts. You can view the article here: http://www.arts.ubc.ca/index.php?id=433&backPID=4&tt_news=2042Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with IKBLC
Update on cIRcle in e-Strategy Update
by Glenn Drexhage on June 24, 2008
An article on cIRcle, UBC Library’s information repository, appears in the latest issue of UBC’s e-Strategy Update. Special thanks to Merry Meredith for the photograph. You can view the article here: http://update.estrategy.ubc.ca/2008/06/17/ir-squaredPosted in Media coverage | Tagged with