Survey results released: UBC Hospital Library usage (Nov. 14)
by Jessica Woolman on November 14, 2012
UBC is reviewing the service models of two hospital libraries located at St. Paul’s Hospital (St. Paul’s Hospital Library) and at the Children’s and Women’s Hospital (Hamber Library). During the summer, a working group from the two departments reviewed the current service model for UBC’s hospital libraries and conducted a survey of the UBC user […]Posted in General | Tagged with hospital libraries, library changes
Military college digitization project completed
by Jessica Woolman on November 13, 2012
More than five decades of yearbooks that chronicled life at Victoria’s Royal Roads Military College are now available online.Posted in General | Tagged with digitization, Media coverage
UBC Library, PKU Library to share staff and expertise
by Glenn Drexhage on November 8, 2012
UBC Library and the Peking University Library look forward to collaborating on collections, cataloguing and more thanks to a new agreement.Posted in Press releases | Tagged with collections
Updates from UBC Library
by Andrea Coutts on November 1, 2012
The latest updates from UBC Library appear in the BCLA Browser.Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with BCLA Browser, copyright, donors, Media coverage, profile
A university library for the 21st century
by Jessica Woolman on November 1, 2012
"Academic libraries worldwide are facing rapid technological change and seismic shifts in how users access information and create knowledge in the digital age."Posted in General | Tagged with
Open UBC, open to all: Oct. 31 – Nov. 1
by Glenn Drexhage on October 29, 2012
You are invited to Open UBC - a two-day showcase of diverse events highlighting areas of open scholarship.Posted in Events | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, open access, Open UBC, scholarly communications
Remembering the Great Trek
by Glenn Drexhage on October 29, 2012
Chris Hives, UBC Library’s University Archivist, is one of a handful of interviewees commenting in the Ubyssey on the Great Trek – the seminal 1922 student march that convinced the provincial government to construct UBC. For more on this historic event, please read “A Trek to remember: the fading of UBC’s early years.“Posted in General | Tagged with Media coverage, UBC, University Archives
UBC’s refurbished Okanagan Library officially opens
by Glenn Drexhage on October 29, 2012
The handsome, refurbished Library at UBC’s Okanagan campus has officially opened. Highlights of the $1.4-million renovation include increased student seating and new amenities; read the media releaseto find out more this great new space. The opening also received media coverage in the Okanagan. Check out “UBCO library upgrade enhances teaching and research” in the […]Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with Media coverage, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, UBC Okanagan, UBC Okanagan Library
UBC Library: transforming for the 21st century
by Glenn Drexhage on October 25, 2012
The transformation of UBC Library is examined in a feature article in the Ubyssey. The article, entitled “Turning a Page: the changing role of the university library,” examines issues including electronic resources, digitization, collections management, space and budgetary issues, and more. Interview subjects include David Farrar, UBC’s Provost and Vice President Academic; Ingrid Parent, University Librarian; […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with changes, collections, digitization, electronic resources, Media coverage, spaces, spaces and services
Winners of GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award announced
by Glenn Drexhage on October 24, 2012
Congratulations are due to the first winners of a new award launched by UBC’s digital repository and the UBC Vancouver Graduate Student Society (GSS). The GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award launched this past summer. Its aims are to feature UBC as a leader in the open dissemination of exemplary non-thesis graduate coursework; and to create […]