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By Jessica Woolman on May 22, 2015
February 19 marked the start of the Year of the Sheep for many families around the world.
Posted in General | Tagged with Asian history, support, UBC
By Becky Potvin on May 22, 2015
In celebration of its 100th anniversary, UBC Library welcomes author and former British Library curator of Chinese collections, Dr. Frances Wood. As part of UBC Library’s Centennial Celebrations, a series of events will be held at the Vancouver campus during the last week of May, in conjunction with Vancouver Asian Heritage Month. Dr. Wood studied […]
By Jessica Woolman on May 13, 2015
Graduate students can attend workshops or book consultation appointments all summer long.
Posted in General | Tagged with graduate students, Koerner Library, Research Commons, research learning and scholarship, students
By Jessica Woolman on May 11, 2015
Public lecture on May 19 will highlight the Pang Jingtang Collection at UBC’s Asian Library.
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections
By Jessica Woolman on May 6, 2015
The Canadian Library Association (CLA) recently honoured a collaborative project between UBC Library and ten other institutions.
By Jessica Woolman on May 5, 2015
UBC’s Digital Repository recently passed a big milestone when it archived its 50,000th item.
Posted in General | Tagged with cIRcle, collections, graduate students
By Jessica Woolman on April 30, 2015
Visit UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections to see many one-of-a-kind items, including a 13th century Papal Bull.
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with exhibits, rare books, Rare Books and Special Collections
By Jessica Woolman on April 27, 2015
UBC Library’s rare Chinese collections will soon be available online, thanks in part to the work of Professor Yao and the Asian Library.
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections, digitization, Puban Collection, special collections
By Jessica Woolman on April 13, 2015
Join Dr. Frances Wood on May 26 for a talk on the movement of ideas and icons across Central Asia.
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with anniversary, Asian Library
By Becky Potvin on April 9, 2015
What is the cost of providing open access information to faculty and students at UBC? Contrary to what some might believe, open access is not “free” and providing access to information, including scholarly publications, often comes at a large cost to universities. Faculty and students at UBC will have the opportunity to weigh in on […]
Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, open access