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Online Tutorials for First Year Students
by Jessica Woolman on November 1, 2013
The Library has created online tutorials to supplement first year instruction.Posted in General | Tagged with UBC Okanagan
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UBC launches first LOOC
by Jessica Woolman on November 1, 2013
The Faculty of Education and UBC Library have teamed up to introduce UBC’s first LOOC – or local open online course.Posted in General | Tagged with research learning and scholarship
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Explore the haunted and unusual this Halloween
by Andrea Coutts on October 31, 2013
Check out UBC Library's Halloween Special for tales of creepy hauntings, ghoulish books and horror movies available for loan.Posted in General | Tagged with
LOOCing into the future of digital learning
by Glenn Drexhage on October 30, 2013
UBC's first LOOC - or local open online course - is enabling UBC students, staff and faculty to hone their digital library skills.Posted in General | Tagged with Faculty of Education, LOOC, Media coverage, research learning and scholarship
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Taking care of our collections
by Jessica Woolman on October 28, 2013
Library collections pose unique preservation challenges.Posted in General | Tagged with Archivematica, collections, Digital Initiatives, preservation
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Trial video collection from Alexander Street Press
by Jessica Woolman on October 28, 2013
Multi-disciplinary video collection resourcePosted in General | Tagged with collections, electronic resources
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Featured collection: Douglas Coupland archives
by Jessica Woolman on October 28, 2013
Internationally renowned author and artist Douglas Coupland's archives have a home at UBC Library.Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Douglas Coupland
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2014 Innovative Dissemination of Research Award
by Andrea Coutts on October 28, 2013
Submission deadline extended to November 29 for the 2014 UBC Library Innovative Dissemination of Research Award.Posted in General | Tagged with awards, Innovative Dissemination of Research Award, research learning and scholarship
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Feminist newspaper digitized by UBC Library
by Jessica Woolman on October 24, 2013
268 issues of Kinesis are now available in UBC Library’s Digital Collections.Posted in General | Tagged with collections, digital collections, Digital Initiatives
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Food For Fines returns Oct. 21 – Nov. 3
by Andrea Coutts on October 18, 2013
$2 in Library fines will be waived for every non-perishable food item (up to a maximum of $30).Posted in General | Tagged with AMS Food Bank, Food for Fines