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By Library Communications on December 19, 2018
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will be closed from Friday, December 28 through Saturday, December 29, 2018 due to a health and safety requirement while the fire alarm control panels are replaced, as part of scheduled maintenance.
By Library Communications on December 17, 2018
David Lam Library and the Canaccord Learning Commons (CLC) will be closed from Saturday, December 22, 2018 to Tuesday, January 1, 2019 as the UBC Sauder building will be closed for the holidays.
Posted in General | Tagged with Canaccord Learning Commons, closures, David Lam Library
By Library Communications on December 12, 2018
The Chapman Learning Commons (CLC) on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will be closed for renovations starting July 19, 2019.
Posted in General | Tagged with Chapman Learning Commons, closures, construction, IKBLC, renovations
By michelle blackwell on December 6, 2018
Wong reflects on the process of writing her book The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family and her experience at UBC Library.
Posted in General | Tagged with authors, creative writing, IKBLC
By Anna Moorhouse on November 27, 2018
UBC Library has been named as a successful recipient for the Research Data Management (RDM) funding call from CANARIE, a non-profit corporation that supports research, education and innovation in Canada.
Posted in General | Tagged with Geographic Information Systems, GIS, Koerner Library, research learning and scholarship
By michelle blackwell on November 16, 2018
The collaborative community project highlights the local histories and individuals whose contributions have shaped the neighbourhood.
Posted in General | Tagged with art, Chung Collection, community engagement, open collections
By michelle blackwell on November 14, 2018
Students, researchers and the wider community can now access original pamphlets from the French Revolution thanks to a partnership between UBC Library and French, Hispanic and Italian Studies.
Posted in General | Tagged with acquisitions, collections, community engagement, links, partnerships, Rare Books and Special Collections, special collections
By Library Communications on November 13, 2018
The Education Library will be closed on Saturday, December 1 due to maintenance work going on in the Scarfe Building. Plan ahead to visit one of our other branches.
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By Katya Roxas on November 13, 2018
Now in its fifteenth consecutive year at UBC, the Food for Fines campaign waives $2 in Library fines for every food item donated, to a maximum of $30.
Posted in General | Tagged with AMS Food Bank, community engagement, donation, Food for Fines
By michelle blackwell on November 13, 2018
Local artist and librarian uses images found in UBC Library’s open source collections to create original embroidered art.
Posted in General | Tagged with art, open collections