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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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