Meet Kristen Wong, Program Services Assistant, Community Engagement at UBC Library
by Library Communications on December 5, 2022
Kristen Wong, Program Services Assistant, shares her experience working with UBC Library's Community Engagement team, supporting a wide variety of services that help connect UBC Library resources to surrounding communities and beyond.Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, IKBLC, profile, Work with us
UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio
by Anna Moorhouse on November 21, 2022
UBC Library has made its first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies openly accessible to the public by publishing a digitized version of the volume online through Open Collections.Posted in General | Tagged with Digital Initiatives, Digitization Centre, open collections, RBSC, UBC First Folio
Punk & Performance Exhibit: Investigating Canadian Art & Music Through Vinyl
by phoebe chan on November 21, 2022
Visit our interactive Punk & Performance Exhibit to discover unique music, LP art materials and UBC Library’s 140,000 plus LP holdings. The exhibit is live now until December at IKBLC.Posted in General | Tagged with exhibits, IKBLC, Music Art and Architecture Library
Dr. Susan E. Parker begins 1-year term as president of the Association of Research Libraries in 2023
by michelle blackwell on November 10, 2022
Dr. Susan E. Parker, UBC's University Librarian, will begin a one-year term as ARL president on January 1, 2023.Posted in General | Tagged with Association of Research Libraries
Transformative agreements are changing open access publishing at UBC Library
by Anna Moorhouse on October 24, 2022
The growing popularity of open access publishing has broadened the potential reach of published research while introducing new complexities—and costs—to the publication process.Posted in General | Tagged with open access, Open Access Week, research learning and scholarship, scholarly communications
Open Scholarship in Practice 2022
by Anna Moorhouse on October 24, 2022
Join this week of webinars and workshops exploring open access and the practice of open scholarship, and learn about many innovative ways to enhance teaching, research, and public impact.Posted in Events | Tagged with Open Access Week, Open Scholarship in Practice
Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives closure to extend into early 2023
by Library Communications on October 18, 2022
Connect for more information on supports available for remote research and instructional support requests during this time.
A one-year data retention schedule for Zoom and MS Teams video recordings is coming October 2023
by Anna Moorhouse on October 17, 2022
In October 2023, UBC will implement an automated one-year retention policy for video recordings, affecting all videos created in Microsoft Teams and Zoom.Posted in General | Tagged with records management, UBC IT
BC History Digitization Program now accepting applications for 2023/2024 funding year
by Anna Moorhouse on October 17, 2022
The deadline for submission is Friday, December 9, 2020 at 5 p.m. PT.Posted in General | Tagged with BC History Digitization Program, IKBLC
Xwi7xwa Library reopens its doors to library users
by Library Communications on October 11, 2022
Xwi7xwa Library reopens this week (October 11-14, 2022) to welcome back faculty, staff, students and community members.Posted in General | Tagged with library spaces, spaces and services, Xwi7xwa Library