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Meet CJ McGillivray, recipient of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research

by Library Communications on June 6, 2024

CJ McGillivray, 3rd year Faculty of Arts student, shares her story about winning the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research: “The prize allows me to worry less about the financial stresses of being a student and focus more on what I love.”

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UBC Library awarded Toshiba International Foundation grant

by Anna Moorhouse on May 29, 2024

UBC Library has been named as the successful recipient of a Toshiba International Foundation grant to support the conservation and digitization of select Premodern Japanese materials in UBC Asian Library’s collections.

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Meet Diana Andrews, recipient of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research

by Library Communications on May 23, 2024

Diana Andrews, 3rd year Faculty of Arts student, shares her story about winning the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research: “Scholarships like this one, which recognize that research is something undergraduates can perform, are incredibly validating.”

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2024 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research award ceremony

by Library Communications on May 16, 2024

On May 15, winners of the 2024 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research celebrated their awards with family, faculty, donors and other members of the UBC community.

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UBC Library opens Chung | Lind Gallery

by Library Communications on April 22, 2024

UBC Library is excited to announce the official opening of the Chung | Lind Gallery showcasing the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection and Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection.

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UBC researchers eligible for new open access publisher discounts from Elsevier and Oxford University Press

by Library Communications on April 18, 2024

UBC authors looking to publish in peer-reviewed journals by Oxford University Press and Elsevier are now eligible for cost-savings thanks to new transformative agreements signed by the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN).

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UBC Library acquires access to digital newspaper historical archives from around the globe

by Anna Moorhouse on April 15, 2024

UBC faculty, staff and students can now access three new digital collections of newspapers. Explore digital archives for The Montreal Gazette, the Chinese Newspaper Collection, and Le Monde.

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UBC Library digitizes Indigenous language dictionaries

by Anna Moorhouse on April 9, 2024

UBC Library is making Indigenous language dictionaries more accessible by digitizing these works and making them available through UBC Open Collections.

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2024 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research winners announced

by Anna Moorhouse on April 4, 2024

UBC Library is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research.

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Robert Janke appointed Deputy University Librarian, Okanagan Campus

by Anna Moorhouse on March 28, 2024

Robert Janke begins his five-year term as Deputy University Librarian, Okanagan Campus on April 1, 2024.

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