Bella Coola Digitization Project Completed
by Glenn Drexhage on April 16, 2009
The Bella Coola Valley Museum has completed its digital heritage project about logging in the region. This project was supported in part by the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can find out more about the Bella Coola project here: http://www.bellacoolamuseum.ca/en/digital_heritage/logging/index.phpPosted in General | Tagged with BCHDP, digitization
Digitization project featured in the Omineca Express
by Glenn Drexhage on April 2, 2009
The Bill Silver Digital Newspaper Archive has officially opened at the Vanderhoof Public Library. This program received support from the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can read about the Bill Silver Archive in the Omineca Express: http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/ominecaexpress/news/42147097.htmlPosted in Uncategorized | Tagged with BCHDP, digital archives, digitization, Media coverage
Northern B.C. Archives launches digital photo project supported by the Learning Centre
by Glenn Drexhage on March 30, 2009
The Northern B.C. Archives & Special Collections at the University of Northern British Columbia has digitized more than 1,700 historical images of exploration in northern B.C. This project received support from the B.C. History Digitization Program, which was launched by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can find out more about the project on their […]Posted in General | Tagged with BCHDP, digitization, IKBLC
Digitization program featured in the Terrace Standard, Prince George Citizen
by Glenn Drexhage on March 20, 2009
A digitization project that has been supported by the B.C. History Digitization Program – which was launched by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – is featured in the Terrace Standard and Prince George Citizen newspapers. You can view the articles here: http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/terracestandard/news/41489462.html http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20090322182721/local/news/historical-images-online-at-unbc.htmlPosted in Uncategorized | Tagged with BCHDP, digitization, Media coverage
UBC Librarian honoured as a Mover & Shaker
by Glenn Drexhage on March 17, 2009
Dean Giustini of UBC Library’s Biomedical Branch Library has been named as a 2009 Mover & Shaker (Tech Evangelist) by Library Journal magazine, which states that “Together, these individuals comprise the coming generation of library leadership.” In his preweb library days, Dean Giustini noticed that consumer health groups for breast and prostate cancer, along with […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with awards, librarians, Media coverage
Live in for Literacy featured in The Thunderbird
by Glenn Drexhage on March 12, 2009
The recent Live in for Literacy event, held at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and supported by UBC Library, is featured in The Thunderbird – the student publication of UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism. You can view the article here: http://thethunderbird.ca/2009/03/11/students-set-up-camp-for-literacy/Posted in Events | Tagged with literacy, Media coverage
Threshold, (cont.): New art in Koerner Library
by Glenn Drexhage on February 24, 2009
A new artwork that grapples with the concept of boredom has been installed on the third floor (main floor) of Koerner Library. The piece, entitled Threshold, (cont.), is a video installation by Vancouver artist Lorna Brown that examines how writers, thinkers and philosophers have dealt with the topic of boredom. Placed in the context of […]
UBC Library’s database walk profiled in e-Strategy
by Glenn Drexhage on February 3, 2009
The February 2009 issue of e-Strategy, UBC IT’s newsletter, features a story on UBC Library’s database walk project. You can view the article here: http://update.estrategy.ubc.ca/2009/02/03/database-walk-ubc-libraryPosted in Uncategorized | Tagged with Media coverage, online access
The Future of Our Past: the 2008 B.C. Digitization Symposium
by Glenn Drexhage on February 3, 2009
An article on the first B.C. Digitization Symposium, held recently at UBC, appears in the BCLA Browser (this is the new open access newsletter from the British Columbia Library Association). You can view the article here: http://bclabrowser.ca/index.php/browser/article/view/6/19Posted in Events, General | Tagged with digitization
Live-in for Literacy project at Learning Centre featured in the Vancouver Sun
by Glenn Drexhage on January 21, 2009
From January 16, 2009 to January 26, two students are camping in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre foyer to raise support, awareness and funds for global literacy. The UBC students are participating as part of Live-in for Literacy 2009, a project that involves university students across Canada living in libraries. The aim is to […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with IKBLC, literacy, Live-in for Literacy, Media coverage