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By Jessica Woolman on April 22, 2013
April 21 to 27 is Preservation Week. We asked Alvan Bregman to answer a few questions on what preservation means at UBC Library.
Posted in General | Tagged with collections, preservation, Preservation Week
By Jessica Woolman on April 18, 2013
Woodward Library will be closed on Saturday May 4.
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By Jessica Woolman on April 17, 2013
Update on St. Paul’s Library and BC Children’s and Women’s Health Centre (Hamber) Library.
Posted in General | Tagged with changes, library changes, spaces, spaces and services
By Jessica Woolman on April 17, 2013
Last week, UBC Library announced to its library staff that the service model at St. Paul’s Hospital Library and the BC Children’s and Women’s Health Centre (Hamber) Library would change effective April 30, 2013. This direction was first announced in May 2012 and over the intervening months various meetings and consultations have been held. We […]
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By Jessica Woolman on April 17, 2013
Research libraries across North America are evolving to suit user needs and services, and UBC Library is no exception. As part of its strategic plan and budgetary forecast, UBC Library has announced a number collection and service consolidations at various campus branches and sites. While this process began in May 2012 and will take three […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on April 15, 2013
B.C. author Derek Hayes has won the inaugural Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia.
Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize, Pacific BookWorld News Society
By Glenn Drexhage on April 10, 2013
More of B.C.’s unique past will soon be accessible online thanks to the B.C. History Digitization Program.
Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with BCHDP
By Andrea Coutts on April 10, 2013
The UBC Grad Class Council recently gifted UBC Library with $5,000 towards the development of a multimedia room.
Posted in General | Tagged with graduate students, support
By Andrea Coutts on April 9, 2013
Passage of Dreams: The Chung Collection has been nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award, part of the Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan.
Posted in General | Tagged with awards, Chung Collection
By Jessica Woolman on April 4, 2013
The Collections Move team has been moving books on Woodward Floor 2 to prepare for the arrival of over 9,000 items in the Q, QB-QE call numbers. Transfer of these materials is expected to begin in mid-April. Moves are underway in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre to accommodate construction of media rooms and listening […]
Posted in General | Tagged with Science and Engineering, Woodward Library