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By Jessica Woolman on July 15, 2012
The Library is developing user-centred spaces and services to promote informal learning, study and reflection, collaboration and dialogue. We have a number of construction and renovation plans throughout the year to support the concurrent Library changes taking place with our collection moves and the creation of more enhanced student spaces. Music and media commons construction in […]
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By Jessica Woolman on July 4, 2012
Three Library staff were recently recognized for their dedication and excellence in service at the annual Library Staff Appreciation Luncheon.
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By Glenn Drexhage on June 18, 2012
The Digital Initiatives (DI) Unit is a key part of UBC Library’s effort to adapt to the evolving needs of faculty and students, and to support teaching, research and learning at UBC. Its goal is to create sustainable, world-class programs and processes to make the collections and research at UBC available to the world. The Digital […]
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By Jessica Woolman on June 4, 2012
Xwi7xwa (pronounced “whei-wha”) means “echo” in the Squamish language. Guided by Raven, symbol of creativity and learning, the Library strives to echo First Nations and Aboriginal voices and scholarship through its collections, instructional services and programs, and guides. Xwi7xwa Library is the only Aboriginal branch of a university library in Canada. Mapping Knowledges at […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on June 4, 2012
UBC Okanagan Library is undergoing renovations to enhance its Learning Commons and operations. Read “UBCO Library to receive improvements” in the Kelowna Capital News to find out more about the project.
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By Glenn Drexhage on May 31, 2012
Basil Frederick Stuart-Stubbs, the eighth University Librarian at UBC, passed away on May 29, 2012. He was 82. A Professor emeritus and University Librarian emeritus at UBC, Stuart-Stubbs will be remembered as a bibliophile, scholar and librarian. His writings encompass Canadian history, historical cartography, historical bibliography, library history, copyright law, library automation, union catalogues, resource […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on May 18, 2012
© Lara Swimmer Photography A project to digitize photographic archives for the Alberni Valley Museum is featured in the Alberni Valley Times. This project has been supported by the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
By Jessica Woolman on May 15, 2012
An innovative UBC Library project is helping preserve First Nations history and culture for the digital age. The project, dubbed Indigitization, is a collaboration between various UBC units, including the Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, the First Nations House of Learning, the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) and the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. […]
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By Jessica Woolman on May 15, 2012
More than 45,000 pages chronicling B.C.’s storied past are available online following the completion of the British Columbia Historical Newspapers Project in late 2011. The project, led by the UBC Library’s Digital Initiatives Unit and generously supported by a private family foundation, features digitized versions of 24 historical papers from around the province. The titles, […]
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By Jessica Woolman on May 15, 2012
Want to find a UBC thesis on the biological feasibility of Pacific oyster and California sea cucumber polyculture, but not sure where to start? How about guidelines on mine haul road design from the School of Engineering at the Okanagan campus? Have no fear — cIRcle, UBC’s digital repository, is here to help users near […]
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