An unmatched devotion
by michelle blackwell on October 27, 2017
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Colbeck Collection, exhibitions, exhibits, links, Rare Books and Special Collections
Open Access Week 2017
by michelle blackwell on October 18, 2017
Posted in General | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, links, open access, Open Access Week
Food for Fines 2017 runs until November 6
by michelle blackwell on October 18, 2017
Reduce your UBC Library fines by donating non-perishable food items. All donations go to the UBC AMS Food Bank on Campus and the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.Posted in General | Tagged with AMS Food Bank, community engagement, Food for Fines
BC History Digitization Program accepting submissions for funding until December 11, 2017.
by michelle blackwell on October 16, 2017
In 2016 the BC History Digitization Program awarded more than $150,000 to 16 different community groups in BC.Posted in General | Tagged with BC History, BCHDP, IKBLC
Our Campus: Susan E. Parker turns an optimistic page as university librarian
by Jessica Woolman on October 11, 2017
University Librarian Susan Parker was recently featured in The Ubyssey.Posted in General | Tagged with links, Media coverage, UBC, University Librarian
Join the 8th annual UBC Library and United Way Spelling Bee
by Library Communications on October 4, 2017
UBC faculty, staff and students are invited to compete in this annual cross-campus event to raise awareness for the United Way.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with IKBLC, spelling bee, United Way
The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication sees unprecedented use
by michelle blackwell on October 3, 2017
The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communications offers free support to all writers at UBC and has been fully booked since opening for the new semester on September 18, 2017.Posted in General | Tagged with Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication, IKBLC, student support, writing
Drawing a continent by hand with Anton Thomas
by michelle blackwell on October 3, 2017
The talk on October 26 is the first in our Visualizing the World: A Maps and Geographic Information Systems Speaker Series.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with cartography, Geographic Information Systems, GIS, GIS Speaker Series, IKBLC, maps, speaker series
Brewing Historian uses B.C. Historical newspapers archive to uncover the history of commercial brewing in B.C. between 1858 and 1982.
by michelle blackwell on September 11, 2017
Historian Greg Evans is using the digital archive to research two-book series documenting the history of commercial brewing in the province.Posted in General | Tagged with BC Digital Newspapers Archive, BC History, digital archives