
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

UBC Library welcomes the 2024/2025 Writer-in-Residence
by Anna Moorhouse on August 28, 2024
UBC Library and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) are excited to introduce the 2024/2025 UBC Library Writer-in-Residence.Posted in General | Tagged with IKBLC, Writer-in-Residence

Participate in the UBC Library Crawl 2024
by phoebe chan on August 27, 2024
From September 3 to 6, get to know your library by visiting all 8 locations for a chance to win a prize.Posted in Events | Tagged with Chapman Learning Commons, CLC, Library Crawl, Orientation, orientations, UBC Library Crawl

Library service update regarding ASRS operations
by Anna Moorhouse on August 22, 2024
Starting August 20, 2024, UBC Library’s Automated Storage Retrieval System (ASRS) in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre resumes full operations.Posted in General | Tagged with ASRS, borrower services, services, spaces and services