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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Taking care of our collections

by Jessica Woolman on October 28, 2013

Library collections pose unique preservation challenges.

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Trial video collection from Alexander Street Press

by Jessica Woolman on October 28, 2013

Multi-disciplinary video collection resource

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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