Summer update: BCLA Browser
by Glenn Drexhage on July 8, 2013
UBC Library’s Summer Update in the BCLA Browser highlights the release of the Senate Report and the Community Report, the inaugural winner of the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia, the launch of the B.C. Aboriginal Audio Digitization and Preservation Program, and more. A round-up of UBC Library staff presentations given […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with Aboriginal Audio Digitization and Preservation Program, Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize, Community Report, library changes, Media coverage, senate report, United Way
“Libraries: A Force to Transform Societies” published in Biblioasia
by Glenn Drexhage on July 1, 2013
An article by Ingrid Parent, UBC’s University Librarian and President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (2011-2013), appears in the July-September 2013 issue of Biblioasia (Vol. 9, Issue 2). The piece, entitled “Libraries: A Force to Transform Societies,” begins on page 9 of the publication.Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with digitization, IFLA, Media coverage, technology
Opening Symposium: Red Tails and Dragon Tales
by Andrea Coutts on June 21, 2013
The Chapman Learning Commons presents an event featuring the stories of the Tuskegee Airmen and Chinese-Canadian war vets.Posted in General | Tagged with Chinese Canadian history
Music and media commons construction in the Irving K. Barber Learning Commons (June 21)
by Jessica Woolman on June 21, 2013
Work is underway to construct new music and media commons spaces on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Construction is scheduled for completion in mid-August. The new media commons spaces will feature: four high-tech, acoustically buffered multimedia rooms new student work counters in four bay windows carrels that will house Mac computers and […]Posted in General | Tagged with construction, IKBLC, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces
Collections Moves Update – June 20, 2013
by Jessica Woolman on June 20, 2013
Movement of library materials from the Music Library to the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) continues into next week. If you are looking for Music scores denoted with subclass M, they can be found on Floor 3 of IKBLC. The Music current journals have been moved to IKBLC. They are filed with the Art, […]Posted in General | Tagged with changes, collections moves, IKBLC, Koerner Library, Music Art and Architecture Library
UBC Library update – CPSLD Newsletter, Spring 2013
by Glenn Drexhage on June 19, 2013
The release of the Library’s Community Report and Senate Report are highlighted in the Spring 2013 issue of the CPSLD Newsletter. Other news includes a celebration of the inaugural winner of the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize, the launch of the B.C. Aboriginal Audio Digitization and Preservation Program, changes at our hospital libraries and more. The Library’s submission begins on page 22 […]Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with Aboriginal Audio Digitization and Preservation Program, Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize, Community Report, library changes, Media coverage, senate report, United Way
UBC Indigenous scholars’ installation
by Jessica Woolman on June 14, 2013
An exhibit in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre introduces ways UBC Indigenous scholars are transforming academic spaces.Posted in General | Tagged with exhibitions, exhibits, IKBLC, Indigenous, research learning and scholarship, UBC
Music Library relocation (June 14)
by Jessica Woolman on June 14, 2013
The Music Library will be closed as of June 21. From June 24 – 26, music collections and services will relocate to the Library at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. The current location in the Music Building will be closed with limited retrievals and seminar room access available 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. while […]Posted in General | Tagged with changes, library changes, Music Art and Architecture Library
Music Library relocation
by Jessica Woolman on June 14, 2013
The Music Library will be relocating to the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre June 24 to 26.Posted in General | Tagged with hours, IKBLC, music, Music Art and Architecture Library
Collections Moves Update – June 13, 2013
by Jessica Woolman on June 13, 2013
Collections moves continue in Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) this week with deadlines fast approaching. The Reference collection has been moved from Floor 4 to Floor 3, with space left for the incoming Music and SLAIS reference materials. There are approximately ten thousand items in IKBLC that will need to be interfiled with the […]Posted in General | Tagged with changes, collections moves, IKBLC, Music Art and Architecture Library