Generations Lost: Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools exhibits
by Anna Moorhouse on September 20, 2021
Starting September 30, view two groundbreaking exhibits on the residential school system, presented by the UBC Faculty of Education in partnership with UBC Library and with thanks to the generosity of the Legacy of Hope Foundation, creator of the exhibits.Posted in Events | Tagged with
UBC Library and UBC Campus Security launch Theft Prevention Pilot campaign
by Library Communications on September 20, 2021
As Library branches across the Vancouver campus reopen, the UBC Library and UBC Campus Security want to remind students to keep an eye on their belongings while using the library’s physical spaces.Posted in General | Tagged with iklbc, Koerner Library, safety, security, spaces and services
Science Literacy Week 2021
by Library Communications on September 20, 2021
Science Literacy Week (September 20-26, 2021) at UBC Library will explore climate change through virtual workshops, activities, and resources like curated book lists, streaming film recommendations, and research guides.Posted in Events | Tagged with community engagement, Science Literacy Week
Asian Library undergoing collection reorganization on lower level
by Anna Moorhouse on September 7, 2021
Study space is now available on the upper level of the Asian Library, which is also in the process of a collection reorganization on the lower level.Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, spaces and services
X̱wi7x̱wa Library to close to the public until Fall 2022 due to expansion of the First Nations Longhouse
by Library Communications on September 1, 2021
The library will close to the public temporarily due to construction related to the expansion of the First Nations Longhouse. Collections and services will remain accessible.Posted in General | Tagged with closures, construction, Xwi7xwa Library
UBC Library 2020/21 Senate Report
by matt patton on August 24, 2021
UBC Library’s annual Senate Report is now available. Read about our highlights from the past fiscal year, which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, inspiring with innovative spaces and services and stewarding the organization. Learn how the library’s services, spaces and collections adapted to best serve the UBC campus community in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.Posted in General, Publications, Senate Reports | Tagged with collections, community engagement, research learning and scholarship, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support
Star Wars, escape rooms, and Zoom: Innovative teaching at David Lam Library explores different learning styles
by Anna Moorhouse on August 11, 2021
Creating teaching materials that blend popular culture with complex subject matter can be a tough formula to get right, often walking a fine line to achieve student engagement.Posted in General | Tagged with David Lam Library, research learning and scholarship, Teaching and Learning Stories
HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service to be deactivated August 23, 2021
by michelle blackwell on August 3, 2021
The HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS), put in place in July 2020 to provide UBC Library faculty, students and other researchers remote access to print materials that were restricted during the COVID-19 outbreak, will be deactivated Monday, August 23, 2021.Posted in General | Tagged with collections, digital collections
UBC Librarians Recommend: Uplifting summer reads, listens and watches to accompany you through the summer season
by phoebe chan on August 3, 2021
A handful of UBC Librarians have shared some uplifting summer reads, listens and watches from history to mystery to accompany you through the summer season.Posted in General | Tagged with collections, electronic resources, open collections, UBC Librarians Recommend
UBC Library Digital Initiatives creates COVID-19 web archives to document pandemic response in British Columbia
by Anna Moorhouse on July 29, 2021
Over the past year, a team at UBC Library has been creating web archives to preserve materials relating to the COVID-19 pandemic response in British Columbia for future research.Posted in General | Tagged with collections, digital collections, Digital Initiatives, open data. open access, research learning and scholarship, web archiving