UBC law librarian leads creation of a new free Canadian legal resource
by Anna Moorhouse on October 21, 2024
There’s a new open access guide available now online that can serve as a standard—and free resource—for Canadian law firms, law journals, law societies and law schools.Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with open access, Open Access Week
Open Access Week 2024
by Anna Moorhouse on October 15, 2024
Join us from October 21 to 27 for sessions on open access research and education, hosted by Open UBC.Posted in Events | Tagged with Open Access Week
Applications open for the 2024/25 Library Student Advisory Committee
by Anna Moorhouse on October 10, 2024
UBC Library invites students from UBC Vancouver campus to join the 2024/2025 Library Student Advisory Committee.
Taranjit Singh Dhillon wins 2024 President’s Service Awards for Excellence
by Library Communications on October 8, 2024
Taranjit Singh Dhillon, Public Services & Collections Management Assistant; Asian Library is one of five outstanding staff recipients of the 2024 President’s Service Awards for Excellence.Posted in General | Tagged with
Join us for the 13th annual UBC Library United Way Spelling Bee
by phoebe chan on September 26, 2024
We’re getting ready to kick off the 13th annual UBC Library United Way Spelling Bee on Tuesday, October 22.Posted in Events | Tagged with IKBLC, spelling bee, United Way
10 Texts by Indigenous Authors of BC to Read for Orange Shirt Day
by Library Communications on September 23, 2024
September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. To help us begin the conversation while honouring Survivors, UBC English Language & Literatures partnered with X̱wi7x̱wa Library to spotlight 10 texts written by local Indigenous Authors.Posted in General | Tagged with Xwi7xwa Library
Chinese Canadian Museum launches new exhibition that reinterprets materials from the Chung Collection
by Library Communications on September 16, 2024
Reshaping Collections: Where History Meets Art will run from September 25, 2024 to September 28, 2025, and features unique art creations by six diverse Chinese Canadian artists from across the country.Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement
UBC Library welcomes the 2024/2025 EDI Scholars-in-Residence
by Anna Moorhouse on September 9, 2024
UBC Library and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) are excited to introduce the 2024/2025 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Scholars-in-Residence.Posted in General | Tagged with EDI Scholars-in-Residence, IKBLC
UBC Library 2023/24 Senate Report
by phoebe chan on August 30, 2024
UBC Library's annual Senate Report (2023/24) is now available. Read our highlights from the past fiscal year which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, creating and delivering responsive collections, inspiring with innovative spaces and services, and stewarding the organization.Posted in General, Publications, Senate Reports | Tagged with collections, community engagement, research learning and scholarship, senate report, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support
A Conversation with Tsering Yangzom Lama
by Anna Moorhouse on August 30, 2024
We sat down with Tsering Yangzom Lama, UBC Library Writer-in-Residence, to talk about about her work: the challenges, the highlights, and what's up next.Posted in General | Tagged with IKBLC, Q&A, Writer-in-Residence