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UBC Library
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Open Access Week at UBC
Join us at UBC as we take part in the First International Open Access Week. Open Access is a growing international movement that uses the Internet to throw open the locked doors that once hid knowledge. It encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement and enjoyment of science and […]
Serve yourself – and win an iPod!
Check out your own books at UBC Library – and have a chance to win an 8GB iPod Touch! The event is sponsored by 3M to promote usage of the Library’s 3M self-serve book checkout units, which are in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Koerner Library and Woodward Library. On November 2, a draw […]
Library Processing Centre is being relocated
At its September 2009 meeting, the UBC Board of Governors approved the relocation of the School of Population and Public Health to the Library Processing Centre (LPC). The Library will vacate LPC by December 2009. To accommodate this move, the Library Processing Centre’s staff and services will be relocated within existing UBC Library sites, including […]
UBC Library at Word on the Street festival
Come check out UBC Library at the 2009 Word on the Street festival, an annual event that celebrates books, writers and readers. The Library’s booth will feature: – sign-ups for its Community Card, which offers access to UBC Library collections for patrons outside the campus community; – UBC Library Vault, an initiative to promote Library […]
CLA essay winner from UBC Library/SLAIS
Manuela Boscenco is the winner of the Canadian Library Association’s (CLA) 2009 Student Article Contest. She is the Promotions Co-ordinator in UBC Library’s Development Office and a student at UBC’s School of Library and Information Studies. Her article, “Strictly Business: Providing Access to Digital Images,” appears in Feliciter, the CLA’s magazine, Issue 4, 2009. You […]
Food for Fines 2009
Food for Fines is a joint AMS and UBC Library initiative to support members of the community in need. UBC Library users who wish to donate non-perishable food items may have $2 in fines paid for each food item donated, up to a maximum of $20. Food donations will be given to local food banks. […]
Innovative University-community project moves forward
An innovative project that involves students and members of B.C’s Chinese-Canadian community is well underway. The three-year effort involves students interviewing Chinese-Canadian community members – elders in particular – to record and preserve the oft-ignored history of the Chinese in Canada. UBC Library and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre are involved in the project, […]
Win with UBC Library’s new search tool
UBC Library invites you to help us – and possibly win an iPod Touch in the process! We’ll soon be launching a beta version of a tool that will improve the way you’ll be able to search for materials across the UBC Library system. During the fall semester, students, faculty and staff are invited to […]
Google Book Settlement in the US
If you hold the copyright to any published book, regardless of where it was published, the Google Book Settlement affects how your work may be distributed in the United States. It has particularly strong implications for out-of-print books. This information is provided for reference only. The University does not take responsibility for its quality, accuracy, […]
Emperor, Empress of Japan admire UBC Library items
The latest issue of UBC Reports features an article on the recent visit to UBC by the Emperor and Empress of Japan. The piece notes that the Emperor and Empress viewed material from UBC Library, including rare maps and poem cards. You can read the article here: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2009/09aug06/emperor.html