Indigitization Program – Deadline extended
by Clare Yow on March 23, 2015
Until April 8, B.C. Aboriginal organizations can apply for funding for the conservation and preservation of community resources.Posted in General | Tagged with digitization, Indigenous
Health Information Series – Tuberculosis
by Clare Yow on March 16, 2015
Attend this public dialogue focused on the local and global impact of TB and what the future holds.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with community engagement
Preserving Discorder magazine
by Clare Yow on March 12, 2015
The 30+ year archive of Discorder has been completed by the Digitization Centre.Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with accessibility, collections, community engagement, digital collections, digitization, Discorder, Media coverage, open access
Cinema Salon: Queen of the Damned
by Clare Yow on March 12, 2015
Drop by for a screening of this 2002 film, from UBC Library's famed Videomatica collection.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with collections, Koerner Library, Videomatica
GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award
by Clare Yow on March 12, 2015
Submissions are open for graduate students to submit outstanding projects related to coursework by March 25.Posted in General | Tagged with awards, cIRcle, research learning and scholarship
Spring 2015 Alumni Book Club
by Clare Yow on March 10, 2015
UBC alumni are invited to a Meet and Greet in advance of the Discussion night.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with alumni, book club, UBC
New Trial Resource – NK News
by Clare Yow on March 4, 2015
News and articles from North Korea are now available for trial access until April 9, 2015.Posted in General | Tagged with collections, electronic resources, research learning and scholarship
30 Years of Discorder Magazine archived through UBC Library
by Linda Ong on February 24, 2015
The full archive of one of Vancouver’s longest running magazines, Discorder, is now online.Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, digital collections, digitization, Discorder, open access
Announcing the 2015 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Book Prize Shortlist
by Becky Potvin on February 23, 2015
This annual prize recognizes the best scholarly book published by a Canadian author on a B.C. subject.Posted in General | Tagged with awards, Basil Stuart-Stubbs, Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize, BC Books, Pacific BookWorld News Society
Freedom to Read Week
by Clare Yow on February 19, 2015
Celebrate Freedom to Read Week by joining others in a reading and panel discussion of popular challenged and banned books.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Freedom to Read Week