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Final tally for Food for Fines

by Jessica Woolman on November 19, 2015

UBC Library's Food for Fines campaign raised nearly $5,000.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with AMS Food Bank, Food for Fines

Croquet prize for research

by Jessica Woolman on November 16, 2015

UBC Library is now accepting submissions for the Arkley Croquet Collection Prize.

Posted in General | Tagged with awards, community engagement, croquet, digital collections, donors, Rare Books and Special Collections, research learning and scholarship, support

Videomatica Cinema Salon at UBC Library

by Clare Yow on November 12, 2015

Join us for a screening of this Yakuza classic, Sonatine (1993), from the Videomatica Collection.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with collections, Koerner Library, Videomatica

Innovative research award

by Jessica Woolman on November 3, 2015

UBC Library is accepting applications for its annual Innovative Dissemination and Engagement Award (IDEA) until January 8, 2016.

Posted in General | Tagged with accessibility, awards, community engagement, open access, research learning and scholarship, scholarly communications, UBC

Xwi7xwa Library closure

by Jessica Woolman on October 29, 2015

Xwi7xwa Library will be closed on Thursday, October 29 due to an unexpected power outage.

Posted in General | Tagged with closures, hours, Xwi7xwa Library

Innovation Library opens in the Okanagan

by Jessica Woolman on October 27, 2015

The UBC Okanagan has opened a new branch, the Innovation Library, in downtown Kelowna.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with community engagement, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, UBC, UBC Okanagan, UBC Okanagan Library

Food For Fines at UBC Library

by Jessica Woolman on October 22, 2015

Visit the Library from October 26 to November 9 and donate non-perishable food items - $2 will be waived per item.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with community engagement, Food for Fines, UBC

The Lexicons victorious at Spelling Bee

by Jessica Woolman on October 21, 2015

This year's 6th annual United Way and UBC Library Spelling Bee took place on October 13.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with community engagement, spelling bee, UBC, United Way

De Profundis: Speaking of Music

by Clare Yow on October 20, 2015

Attend a joint event with the School of Music and the Department of English on the fusion of the words of Oscar Wilde and music of Frederic Rzewski.

Posted in Events | Tagged with art, collections, community engagement, music, Music Art and Architecture Library, Rare Books and Special Collections

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