From Open Collections to Art: Jean-Charles Amey
by michelle blackwell on June 6, 2017
French designer Jean-Charles Amey uses images from UBC Library's Open Collections in a new online art project.Posted in General | Tagged with art, open collections
A Gift from the Past
by michelle blackwell on June 2, 2017
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with alumni, donors, ebooks, links, Media coverage
Trek Magazine Class Acts: 1940
by michelle blackwell on June 2, 2017
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with alumni, links, Media coverage
UBC Library first academic library to win Gold at CPRS National Awards of Excellence.
by michelle blackwell on June 1, 2017
UBC Library's 2016 Open Access Awareness campaign selected as the Gold winner for the 2017 CPRS Digital Communications campaign of the year.Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with accessibility, awards, community engagement, open access, Open Access Week
Koerner Library collections moves
by Jessica Woolman on June 1, 2017
UBC's Koerner Library is moving some materials to accommodate upcoming renovations on floors 4 and 5.Posted in General | Tagged with collections, collections moves, Koerner Library, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces
Arthur Ray wins the 2017 Canada Prize in Humanities and Social Sciences
by Jessica Woolman on May 23, 2017
Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize-winner Arthur Ray has won the Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences 2017 Canada Prize.Posted in General | Tagged with awards, Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize, links, Media coverage
Librarians from rural and northern B.C. libraries attend the BCLA conference thanks to funding through UBC Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Award
by michelle blackwell on May 23, 2017
The award helps ensure that all B.C. Librarians have access to the professional development opportunities at the annual BCLA Conference.Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, IKBLC, librarians
Asian cultures new and old reflected in Traces of Words
by michelle blackwell on May 16, 2017
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with exhibitions, links, Media coverage
Traces of Words: Asian Materials from the UBC Library Collections
by michelle blackwell on May 4, 2017
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections, exhibitions, exhibits, links, Museum of Anthropology
Preserving information in the digital age
by michelle blackwell on April 26, 2017
Bronwen Sprout, Head, Digital Programs and Services and Mimi Lam, Librarian, Digital Projects share some of the greatest challenges of digital preservation and how UBC Library is tackling these challenges in strategic ways.Posted in General | Tagged with Archivematica, cIRcle, collections, preservation, Preservation Week