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Douglas Coupland speaks at the Learning Centre for Media Studies conference
The upcoming Media Transatlantic conference, which focuses on the topic of media studies, runs from Thursday, April 8 – Saturday, April 10 at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Registration is required for the conference, but all are welcome to attend the keynote address by B.C. writer and artist Douglas Coupland, which takes place at […]
Althea Thauberger, UBC Library featured in Canadian Art magazine
The Spring 2010 issue of Canadian Art includes a cover story on Althea Thauberger, the Vancouver artist whose photographic mural – entitled The Art of Seeing Without Being Seen – was installed on the main floor of Koerner Library in 2008. The article begins with a lengthy description of the mural and its location in […]
Asian Library’s Golden Anniversary featured in Vancouver Shinpo
The Asian Library’s 50th anniversary celebrations are covered in the March 11, 2010 issue of Vancouver Shinpo, the weekly Japanese-Canadian newspaper. You can view a PDF of the article here: UBC#11
Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame
How do societies change in response to contact with other cultures? And what roles do objects play in mediating these connections over time and place? This two-and-a-half-day symposium – held March 4 through March 6 at the UBC Vancouver campus – brings together anthropologists, geographers, historians, Indigenous artists and activists, and literary scholars whose research focuses on cross-cultural encounters […]
Get up close with cIRcle at UBC’s Celebrate Research Week
Ingrid Parent, UBC’s University Librarian, is inviting members of the University community to a special event entitled Get up close with cIRcle: Revealing your research to the world. cIRcle is UBC’s openly accessible digital repository for research and teaching materials created by the UBC community and its partners. Three UBC scholars will talk about using […]
Digital Cultural Content Forum at UBC
The digital preservation of heritage content will be explored at an international forum held at UBC on February 2-3. The Digital Cultural Content Forum, hosted by the Canadian Heritage Information Network, will gather decision-makers from national government agencies, trend-setting museums and institutional networks to discuss content development and dissemination. UBC Library will feature forum presentations […]
Learning Centre Olympic exhibit in UBC Reports
The January 2010 issue of UBC Reports – the Winter Games edition – features a story on the Olympic Legacy Exhibit, now on display at the Learning Centre Gallery. You can view the story here: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/01/07/how-ubc-has-shaped-canadas-role-in-olympics/
UBC on the podium
UBC’s rich Olympic legacy is on display for those wanting a closer look at the athletes and academics who have helped shape Canada’s role in the global sporting event. The Olympic Legacy Exhibit, undertaken by UBC Library, University Archives and Public Affairs, features an array of images and documents that focus on UBC’s sporting history, […]
Drippytown exhibit in Vancouver Courier (December 9)
The Vancouver Courier features an article on the exhibit Drippytown: Vancouver Life Through the Eyes of Independent Cartoonists. You can view the article here: http://www2.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/artsandentertainment/story.html?id=19ebf584-7f6a-4274-b1c7-f4872c60283d Drippytown is on display in Rare Books and Special Collections, located on level one of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Patricia Logie donation, event featured in the Coast Reporter (December 4)
Patricia Logie, a B.C. artist who has donated her portrait collection Chronicles of Pride to UBC Library, is featured in the Coast Reporter, a Sunshine Coast newspaper. Chronicles of Pride is a collection of 31 portraits that honour a range of First Nations figures. The collection will be displayed in March 2010 in the Learning […]