Reading week activities at UBC Library
by Jessica Woolman on February 13, 2014
Catch a film, play some games or enjoy a workshop during Reading Week.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with film, Freedom to Read Week, graduate students, Koerner Library
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with UBC Library
by Jessica Woolman on February 4, 2014
Visit the Asian Centre on Friday, February 7 to ring in the Year of the Horse.Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Asian Library
Library collaboration to unveil Chinese treasures
by Glenn Drexhage on February 4, 2014
This innovative partnership is supported by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with Asian Library, CLIR, collections, Puban Collection
Winter Update – BCLA Browser
by Glenn Drexhage on February 3, 2014
UBC Library’s Winter Update in the BCLA Browser highlights a CLIR grant for a collaborative cataloguing project; the digitization of British Columbia Sessional Papers; the inaugural recipients of the Aboriginal Audio Digitization and Preservation Program; and more. The BCLA Browser is the online, open access publication of the British Columbia Library Association.Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with Aboriginal Audio Digitization and Preservation Program, CLIR, digitization, Media coverage, Open Scholar Award, senate report
Videomatica collection garners media coverage
by Glenn Drexhage on January 28, 2014
The launch of the exceptional Videomatica collection at UBC and SFU libraries garnered print, television and radio coverage. You can read “UBC, SFU offer a smorgasbord of film options from Videomatica collection” in the Globe and Mail, and “Videomatica film collection now available at UBC and SFU” in the Vancouver Sun. A similar story, “Videomatica’s […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with collections, film, Media coverage, Videomatica
Iconic Videomatica film collection available at UBC and SFU libraries
by Glenn Drexhage on January 27, 2014
Film fans, rejoice – Videomatica's legendary film collection is now accessible for borrowing from UBC and SFU libraries.Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with collections, SFU Library, UBC, Videomatica
B.C. legislative history online
by Jessica Woolman on January 16, 2014
Explore B.C.’s past with the Sessional Papers, a new digital collection.
Reimagining Woodward Library: 50 Years in the Making
by Andrea Coutts on January 10, 2014
As Woodward Library looks forward to its 50th Anniversary, spaces are being reimagined to further advance its integrated partnerships with UBC science programs. Faculty and students in cross-disciplinary areas now have access to additional resources and increased opportunities for collaboration, thanks to the integration of several Library units into Woodward Library earlier this year. […]Posted in General | Tagged with spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support, Woodward Library
Supporting peer-to-peer learning in today’s libraries
by Linda Ong on January 10, 2014
As a Library Advisory Board member, Sandra Cawley believes that in today’s academic libraries are catalysts for change—change that physically transforms learning spaces, the research process, and the information available to students. “Libraries need to anticipate and be proactive in helping navigate the student experience, “she said recently in a phone interview. Cawley is […]Posted in General | Tagged with IKBLC, research learning and scholarship, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support
Student needs drive changes to Library spaces
by Jessica Woolman on January 10, 2014
Students returning to campus this fall noticed some big changes at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC). Over the past year, the Library has transformed its reference and circulation desk, added additional space for partnership programs and welcomed the Music Library collections and services to the building. The renamed Music, Art and Architecture […]Posted in General | Tagged with IKBLC, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support