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HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service to be deactivated August 23, 2021
The HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS), put in place in July 2020 to provide UBC Library faculty, students and other researchers remote access to print materials that were restricted during the COVID-19 outbreak, will be deactivated Monday, August 23, 2021.
Notice to users: Temporary closure of Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
UBC Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will be temporarily closed until further notice.
UBC Library Digital Initiatives creates COVID-19 web archives to document pandemic response in British Columbia
Over the past year, a team at UBC Library has been creating web archives to preserve materials relating to the COVID-19 pandemic response in British Columbia for future research.
Open Collections Delivery Service enhancement now launched
UBC Library has launched a significant update to the Open Collections website that will enhance the findability and usability of items in the collections.
UBC Library users can now pay their library fines and fees online
UBC Library’s new Online Fines Payment System (paynow.library.ubc.ca) launches today, simplifying the process of fine payments for all library users.
UBC researchers can now access BC Assessment data through UBC Library
UBC Library has extensive expertise in stewarding licensed data, and the addition of the Data Advice and Inventory Extracts provided by BC Assessment to its available datasets on Abacus is a huge win for the UBC research community.
2021 employee Recognition Award winners announced
UBC Library is pleased to announce that Emma MacFarlane, Hannah McKendry, and Veronica Mewis are the 2021 recipients of UBC Library Awards.
UBC Library has acquired access to the digital archives of The Province newspaper
UBC faculty, staff and students can now access the digital archives of The Province newspaper from 1894 to 2010.
Remote learning opens up new ways to collaborate on open educational projects
As an open education initiative, the LING 300 Wikipedia project has translated well to the remote learning environment currently in place at UBC, and the support provided by UBC Library and the Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology (CTLT) has facilitated that transition.
How UBC Library has delivered access to physical materials and virtual help
When UBC Library’s physical locations suddenly closed in March 2020, library users needed a way to access physical resources that were not available in electronic formats. In response, the Materials Pick-up Service launched.