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Download the Animal Kingdom digital colouring book: calendar edition
Experience history and #BeautifulBC at the tip of your pencil crayons. Our new digital colouring book features illustrated animals in nature that doubles as a calendar.
Visit UBC Library at the Climate Emergency Fair
Visit UBC Library’s booth on February 8 to browse climate action-related books, learn about UBC’s Seed Library and more!
Music, Art and Architecture Library exhibition that explores activism in classical music extended until February
An exhibition on display now at UBC Library’s Music, Art and Architecture (MAA) Library will soon be making a move to the University of Toronto Libraries.
UBC Library research project explores Indigenous perspectives in open education resource development
UBC librarians are embarking on a new collaborative research project that aims to address a fundamental problem in how open educational practices approach Indigenous Knowledges, and instead replicate colonial concepts of ownership and knowledge transfer.
UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research
The UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research is now accepting applications until February 28, 2023. Available to all UBC undergraduate students.
University Archives receives Volkoff Family archives
UBC Archives has received the collected archives of prominent theoretical physicist Dr. George Volkoff and microbiology researcher Olga Volkoff.
New Report Outlines Opportunities to Support UBC Researchers’ Digital Data Skills
Results from UBC’s Digital Research Infrastructure needs assessment survey have been released as a joint report from UBC Library, and UBC Advanced Research Computing.
Dr. Susan E. Parker reappointed for a second term as University Librarian at UBC
Dr. Parker joined UBC as University Librarian in 2017 and has been reappointed for a second five-year term, until August 2027.
UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio
UBC Library has made its first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies openly accessible to the public by publishing a digitized version of the volume online through Open Collections.
Punk & Performance Exhibit: Investigating Canadian Art & Music Through Vinyl
Visit our interactive Punk & Performance Exhibit to discover unique music, LP art materials and UBC Library’s 140,000 plus LP holdings. The exhibit is live now until December at IKBLC.