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.
GIS Lab: Visualizing research
by Jessica Woolman on May 11, 2011
As a boy, Tom Brittnacher was obsessed by transportation and maps – interests that ended up playing a pivotal role in his career choice. Brittnacher, UBC Library’s first Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Librarian, arrived last year to develop a new service to support research on campus with spatial analysis.In June, an opening reception was held […]Posted in General | Tagged with faculty, profile, research learning and scholarship
New digital newspaper archives
by Glenn Drexhage on May 10, 2011
Read all about it: UBC Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of digital newspaper archives that chronicle life during past centuries in the United Kingdom and the U.S. The 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers digital archive features about 1,270 newspapers and news pamphlets from the United Kingdom. It totals nearly one million […]Posted in General | Tagged with archives, digital archives
FAQs database boosts business research
by Glenn Drexhage on May 5, 2011
Good news for business researchers: the David Lam Library continues to enhance its Business FAQs database, which was launched in December 2010. The FAQs, designed to answer common questions about the David Lam Library and business research, can be searched by keyword or browsed by category. The database is based on the Business FAQs at […]Posted in General | Tagged with business, David Lam Library, research learning and scholarship
B.C. digitization project in the Alberni Valley Times
by Glenn Drexhage on May 4, 2011
An article on an innovative project that has received funding from the B.C. History Digitization Program (BCHDP) appears in the Alberni Valley Times. The project involves the digitization of thousands of images related to the community growth of Port Alberni, located on Vancouver Island. The BCHDP was launched by UBC’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with BC, BCHDP, digital libraries, digitization, Media coverage