Library Crawl 2025
by phoebe chan on August 27, 2025
From September 2 to 5, get to know your library by visiting all 9 locations for a chance to win a prize.Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, Chung Lind Gallery, David Lam Library, IKBLC, Koerner Library, Law Library, Library Crawl, Music Art and Architecture Library, Research Commons, student spaces, UBC Library Crawl, Woodward Library, Xwi7xwa Library
UBC Library 2024/25 Senate Report
by phoebe chan on August 26, 2025
UBC Library's annual Senate Report (2024/25) is now available. Read our highlights from the past fiscal year which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, creating and delivering responsive collections, inspiring with innovative spaces and services, and stewarding the organization.Posted in Publications, Senate Reports | Tagged with collections, community engagement, research learning and scholarship, senate report, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support
New data management plan templates available to help researchers planning projects
by Library Communications on August 5, 2025
New resources to support sound data management practices when planning research projects are now available for the UBC research community.Posted in General | Tagged with RDM, RDM Strategy
Take the UBC Library website survey
by Library Communications on July 22, 2025
We are redesigning the UBC Library website and we need your input! Tell us what works, what does not, and what features you would like to see.Posted in General | Tagged with library survey, survey
Digital Archivist University Archives, UBC Library | Vancouver Campus | Full-time, Confirmation-track Librarian
by Library Communications on July 21, 2025
Digital Archivist University Archives, UBC Library | Vancouver Campus Full-time, Confirmation-track Librarian Anticipated Start Date: September 1, 2025 UBC LIBRARY As one of the world’s leading universities, the University of British Columbia creates an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society, and supports outstanding research to serve the people […]Posted in General | Tagged with Careers, Work with us
Records Management at UBC: Dealing with Transitory Records
by Library Communications on July 21, 2025
Transitory records are records that are only temporarily useful—needed for a limited time in order to complete a routine action or prepare a final record.Posted in General | Tagged with records management, Records Management at UBC
Meet Ridhwanlai Badmos, recipient of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research
by Library Communications on July 8, 2025
Ridhwanlai Badmos, 2nd year Faculty of Science student, shares his story about winning the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research.Posted in General | Tagged with library research, prize, research, UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research
Meet Ethan Lui, recipient of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research
by Library Communications on July 1, 2025
Ethan Lui, 4th year Faculty of Arts student, shares his story about winning the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research.Posted in General | Tagged with library research, prize, research, UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research
2025 Professional Development Award Recipients
by Library Communications on June 26, 2025
UBC Library has two annual professional development awards for its staff, which are the Suzanne Dodson Award and Diana Lukin Johnston Award. UBC Library is pleased to announce that Matthew Barrett, Aleha McCauley and Kyra Wheatley were named this year’s award winners.Posted in General | Tagged with awards, library staff, professional development
X̱wi7x̱wa Library hires first archivist
by Anna Moorhouse on June 26, 2025
When Jesse Carson joined Xwi7xwa Library earlier this year as its first full-time archivist, he was already familiar with some of the challenges—and the stacks of boxes—that awaited him.Posted in General | Tagged with archives, Xwi7xwa Library