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Read the UBC Library Digital Initiatives 2020/2021 Impact & Activity Reports online now
The Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office, the Digitization Centre, and cIRcle have each published their Impact and Activity Reports for the 2020/2021 fiscal year.
Xwi7xwa Library brings an integrative approach and Indigenous knowledge systems to pharmacy education
This year, Xwi7xwa Library and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences launched a new type of course activity which takes an integrative approach to pharmaceutical care, community research ethics, and library skills.
A 90-day data retention schedule for FASmail default transitory folders starts October 4
As of October 4, a 90-day automated data retention schedule has been implemented at UBC to default transitory folders in the enterprise email service UBC Faculty and Staff Email (FASmail) in compliance with UBC Records Management policies and requirements.
UBC Librarians Recommend: Science Literacy Week 2021 Edition
UBC Library is pleased to present a special edition of our UBC Librarians Recommend series, in celebration of Science Literacy Week.
UBC Library and UBC Campus Security launch Theft Prevention Pilot campaign
As Library branches across the Vancouver campus reopen, the UBC Library and UBC Campus Security want to remind students to keep an eye on their belongings while using the library’s physical spaces.
Asian Library undergoing collection reorganization on lower level
Study space is now available on the upper level of the Asian Library, which is also in the process of a collection reorganization on the lower level.
Xwi7xwa Library to close to the public until Fall 2022 due to expansion of the First Nations Longhouse
The library will close to the public temporarily due to construction related to the expansion of the First Nations Longhouse. Collections and services will remain accessible.
UBC Library 2020/21 Senate Report
UBC Library’s annual Senate Report is now available. Read about our highlights from the past fiscal year, which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, inspiring with innovative spaces and services and stewarding the organization. Learn how the library’s services, spaces and collections adapted to best serve the UBC campus community in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Star Wars, escape rooms, and Zoom: Innovative teaching at David Lam Library explores different learning styles
Creating teaching materials that blend popular culture with complex subject matter can be a tough formula to get right, often walking a fine line to achieve student engagement.
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.