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Heather Berringer awarded 2017 Dal SIM Outstanding Alumni Award

by Jasmine Devonshire on August 4, 2017

Dalhousie University’s School of Information Management has recognized Heather Berringer, UBC Okanagan’s Chief Librarian, with the 2017 Outstanding Alumni Award. This annual award honours a member who has made an outstanding contribution to Library and Information Management.

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UBC Library acquires first known account of British Columbia by an English woman

by michelle blackwell on August 1, 2017

The journal kept by Susannah Weynton documents four months spent on Vancouver Island at Fort Victoria and Fort Rupert and on the mainland at Fort Langley between March and July 1850.

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Going green at UBC Library

by Library Communications on July 18, 2017

UBC Library is contributing to literacy in communities around the world thanks to its partnership with Better World Books.

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UBC Library brings its rare Harry Potter collection to VSO concerts this weekend

by Jessica Woolman on July 14, 2017

The Library's exhibit of Harry Potter books at VSO was featured in the Georgia Straight.

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You can see some ultra-rare Harry Potter books in Vancouver this weekend

by Jessica Woolman on July 14, 2017

The Library's exhibit of Harry Potter books at VSO was featured in the Daily Hive.

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UBC Library users now able to access ancient Greek and Latin literature with the Digital Loeb Classical Library

by michelle blackwell on July 13, 2017

Users can now browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content across more than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts.

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UBC Library’s Harry Potter collection on display at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

by Library Communications on July 10, 2017

Selected items from our Harry Potter collection will be on display at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra July 13-15, to complement a screening of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

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