Food for Fines 2016 runs until November 7, 2016
by michelle blackwell on October 26, 2016
Reduce your UBC Library fines by donating non-perishable food items – $2 in fines paid for each food item donated (up to a maximum of $30). Donated cans are accepted at branch circulation desks from October 24th to November 7th, 2016.Posted in General | Tagged with Food for Fines
One of Canada’s most esteemed conservation scientists, Mary-Lou Florian, makes her most recent book available through UBC’s Open Collections
by michelle blackwell on October 24, 2016
Mary-Lou Florian, one of Canada's most esteemed conservation scientists, has made her new book, Comparative Anatomy of Branches, Roots and Wood of Some North American Dicotyledonous and Coniferous Trees and Woody Shrubs Used in Ethnographic Artifacts: Identification and Conservation Concerns available through UBC’s cIRcle Digital Repository.Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with accessibility, alumni, cIRcle, community engagement, open access, Open Access Week, open collections, press release
Join us for Open Access Week!
by michelle blackwell on October 24, 2016
Open Access Week at UBC is happening October 24-30, 2016. RSVP for events and learn more about what Open Access means for researchers, students and faculty.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, open access, Open Access Week, open collections, Open Education, scholarly communications
UBC Library’s Open Collections front-end code selected as the basis for the National Federated Research Data Repository discovery platform
by michelle blackwell on October 24, 2016
UBC Library’s Open Collections code selected as the basis for the National Federated Research Data Repository discovery platform.Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, Open Access Week, open collections, open data, research learning and scholarship
There’s a giant robot that lives inside IKB
by Clare Yow on October 20, 2016
The Ubyssey looks at the Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS) in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with accessibility, ASRS, community engagement, IKBLC, links, Media coverage, open access
卑大首辦亞洲語言讀書會 各以普通話日語跟作者交流
by Clare Yow on October 18, 2016
Chinese language librarian, Crystal Yin, tells Ming Pao newspaper about the new Asian-language book clubs offered by the Asian Library and alumniUBC.Posted in General | Tagged with alumni, Asian Library, book club, links, Media coverage
Open educational resources may help students with textbook costs
by Clare Yow on October 18, 2016
Librarian Erin Fields tells the Ubyssey about how professors are leveraging technologies to help make learning more flexible (October 15, 2016).Posted in General | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, links, Media coverage, open access, open collections, Open UBC
Join UBC Library and United Way in the 7th Spelling Bee
by Clare Yow on October 17, 2016
Sign up to participate in the annual event by Thursday, November 10.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with spelling bee, United Way
New Chinese and Japanese language book clubs
by Clare Yow on October 14, 2016
Join the Asian Library and alumniUBC for a series of events this October and November.Posted in Events | Tagged with alumni, Asian Library, book club, community engagement
UBC Library’s Stravinsky Collection at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
by Jasmine Devonshire on September 27, 2016
The four case exhibition included photographs, letters and memorabilia from Stravinsky's extraordinary life.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with collections, community engagement, donors, exhibitions, exhibits, Rare Books and Special Collections