News Contacts
Amelia NezilDirector, Communications & Marketing
UBC Library
Tel: 604 822 5142
amelia.nezil(at)ubc.ca
Dr. Irving K. Barber: A Celebration of Life
UBC is honouring Dr. Irving K. Barber with a Celebration of Life event on June 11 – and you’re invited to take part. Dr. Barber, who recently passed away, contributed millions of dollars to promote education and research throughout British Columbia. His gift of $20 million was largely responsible for the development and construction of […]
Aboriginal (Un)History month: Cultivating Conversations
The University of British Columbia Point Grey campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking Musqueam people. We thank Musqueam for its hospitality and support of our work. UBC Library, in partnership with the Musqueam Indian Band, the Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology and the Museum of Anthropology, […]
UBC Library helps honour Japanese Canadian students
On May 30, a special ceremony was held during UBC’s spring congregation to recognize and honour the Japanese Canadian students whose university experience was disrupted in 1942 when they were uprooted and exiled from the B.C. coast – a violation of their citizenship rights. Honorary degrees were conferred on the students who were unable to complete […]
UBC Library welcomes ALADN 2012: Sea to Sky
UBC Library is honoured to welcome ALADN 2012: Sea to Sky. The 18th annual conference of the Academic Libraries Advancement and Development Network (ALADN) runs May 20-23 at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. The conference, co-organized by the UBC Library Development Office, welcomes about 150 fundraising professionals from academic libraries across North America. […]
A Day in the Life at UBC Library
© Lara Swimmer Photography
UBC Library welcomes WCILCOS 2012
UBC Library is pleased to announce that, in cooperation with the Ohio University Libraries, it will host the 5th WCILCOS International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies. The event will be held May 16-19 at UBC’s Point Grey campus, and will focus on “Chinese through the Americas.” More than 150 delegates from […]
Citation Software Management Survey
Do you use software to manage your citations for research papers? Like RefWorks, Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote? We want to hear from you! Fill out our Citation Management Software survey for a chance to win a $25 giftcard to UBC Bookstore. Take the survey now. UBC Library offers instruction and online tutorials for using citation management software. The survey results […]
Generation One at the Learning Centre
Image credit: Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society ExplorASIAN 2012 – the 16th annual month-long festival to celebrate Asian Heritage Month in Metro Vancouver – features the “Generation One Art Exhibition” as one of its signature programs. Generation One, a platform for local artists to showcase their artworks in the community, appears at multiple sites throughout Metro […]
IKBLC closed May 5
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will be closed Saturday, May 5 for electrical upgrades. No one will be allowed in the building except for authorized personnel. Trying to study? Visit the Library hours and locations portal to find other branches open on May 5. Electrical upgrades on the east side of campus will affect the Student Union Building, […]
C.E. Gatchalian reading – May 10
On Thursday, May 10, C.E. (Chris) Gatchalian launches his book Falling in Time (Scirocco Drama) in Vancouver, beginning with an event presented by UBC’s Robson Reading Series. Gatchalian, an Artistic Producer at Screaming Weenie Productions, will read from his newly published book – a play that stunned Vancouver theatre audiences when it premiered in November 2011. […]