Fall 2019 Food for Fines campaign raises $6,942 to support UBC students in need
by Library Communications on November 22, 2019
This year’s Fall UBC Library and Alma Mater Student Society (AMS) Food for Fines Campaign raised a total of $6,942.00 across the Point Grey and Okanagan campuses.Posted in General | Tagged with Food for Fines
Join us for a discussion on text and data mining of UBC Library licensed electronic resources
by Becky Potvin on November 21, 2019
Attend this seminar to learn more about text and data mining of UBC Library electronic resources.Posted in General | Tagged with
UBC Library hosts exhibit honouring Vancouver icon John Fluevog
by michelle blackwell on November 20, 2019
The exhibit, located in the David Lam Management Research Library and Level 2 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre runs until the end of the year.Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, exhibitions
UBC students share how the Library helps with their academic success
by Katya Roxas on November 6, 2019
Without the Library is a student profile series, that welcomes the unique stories of UBC students and showcases how the Library helps shape their academic success and campus experience.Posted in General | Tagged with spaces, spaces and services, strategic plan, student spaces
UBC Library now offering syllabus service to help instructors clear copyrighted course materials
by michelle blackwell on October 31, 2019
The service aims to make copyright compliance as streamlined and easy for UBC faculty as possible.
Download the new ‘Maps and Landscapes’ digital colouring book series
by Katya Roxas on October 22, 2019
Experience history at the tip of your pencil crayons with our new 'Maps and Landscapes' themed digital colouring book series.Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Digital Initiatives, links, open collections, Rare Books and Special Collections
Food for Fines 2019 Fall campaign runs from October 28 to November 12
by michelle blackwell on October 14, 2019
Reduce your UBC Library fines by donating non-perishable food items. Donations are accepted at library branch circulation desks until November 12.Posted in General | Tagged with AMS Food Bank, Food for Fines
Open Access Week
by michelle blackwell on October 7, 2019
RSVP for events and learn more about what Open Access and Open Scholarship means for researchers, students and faculty.Posted in Events | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, links, open access, Open Access Week, research learning and scholarship
UBC Seed Lending Library is building a budding community
by michelle blackwell on October 3, 2019
Borrow a variety of high-quality vegetable, herb, and flower seeds that are well-suited to local growing conditions free of charge from the Woodward and Education libraries.Posted in General | Tagged with collections, community engagement
UBC Library hosts exhibit that captures the continual impact of iconic Asian Canadian Jim Wong-Chu
by michelle blackwell on September 30, 2019
The exhibit, that runs October 10 to November 15, celebrates Jim Wong-Chu, a well-known Asian-Canadian historian, editor, author, and poet.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with collections, community engagement