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Power shutdown in IKBLC and Law Library planned for May 29

by Anna Moorhouse on April 26, 2022

UBC Building Operations has scheduled a power shutdown that will impact the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) and Law Library on Sunday, May 29, 2022.

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UBC Library opens new Conservation Space in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

by Anna Moorhouse on April 25, 2022

The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) is now home to UBC Library’s newest specialized space dedicated to the conservation, preservation and treatment of the library’s physical materials.

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UBC Library has acquired access to the digital archives of the Vancouver Sun newspaper

by Anna Moorhouse on April 19, 2022

UBC faculty, staff and students can now access the digital archives of The Vancouver Sun newspaper from 1912 to 2010. Library users will have access to not only the articles, but to the entire published page in these fully searchable archives.

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UBC Library acquires Afghan primary source databases

by Anna Moorhouse on April 12, 2022

UBC faculty, staff and students can now access the Afghan Serials Collection (DA-ASC) Partisan Publications from the Wahdat Library as well as the Afghan Central Press digital archive, addressing in part the needs of student and faculty conducting research in Afghan Studies.

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Koerner Library to install new study carrels on Levels 1 and 2 starting April 28

by Library Communications on April 11, 2022

Koerner Library will be undergoing space improvements to install new study carrels on Levels 1 and 2 from Thursday, April 28, 2022 through Friday, May 27, 2022.

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UBC Library Supports the Vancouver Black Library Book Donation Drive

by matt patton on April 1, 2022

UBC Library Vancouver, UBC Okanagan Library, the UBC Learning Exchange and Iron Dog Books are collaborating on a book drive to collect a variety of Black literature to support the Vancouver Black Library (VBL). Spearheaded by UBC student Maya Preyshon, the VBL is a space to sign out books for free and a “study space, […]

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Giving Day 2022

by phoebe chan on March 31, 2022

On UBC Giving Day, April 6, we come together to support students and our world. This year’s Giving Day project involves the digitization of UBC’s 1623 Shakespeare First Folio, which will provide opportunities for UBC iSchool students to hone their skills in the digitization of rare books by working in the UBC Library Digitization Centre to make the First Folio accessible to anyone, anywhere, and at any time.

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Chung/Lind Archivist, UBC Library | Vancouver Campus | Full-time, ongoing Librarian

by matt patton on March 9, 2022

Chung/Lind Archivist Rare Books and Special Collections, UBC Library | Vancouver Campus Full-time, ongoing Librarian Anticipated Start Date: May 1, 2022 UBC LIBRARY: The University of British Columbia Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Canada and consistently ranks among the top university research libraries in North America. UBC Library has 14 branches […]

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Recording available: “I Know We’ll Meet Again: Correspondence and the Forced Dispersal of Japanese Canadians”

by Anna Moorhouse on March 9, 2022

This public panel event, organized by the Asian Library and the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program, took place as an online webinar on March 1. The event recording is available to view online until March 24.

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Dr. Gregory Betts wins the 2022 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for his incisive treatment of a key period in Vancouver’s cultural history.

by Library Communications on March 8, 2022

Dr. Gregory Betts has won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for his book Finding Nothing: the VanGardes, 1959-1975.

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