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By Glenn Drexhage on April 4, 2012
On April 4, Koerner Library began welcoming students to its innovative and inviting new space on the main floor. UBC Library is dedicated to enhancing student learning and spaces – and Koerner’s refurbishment, which began last fall, is an important part of that process. The result is a savvy space that will appeal to solo […]
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By Jessica Woolman on March 27, 2012
It’s almost the end of the academic year and we’re putting the finishing touches on the renovations to Koerner Library’s 3rd floor – just in time for final exams and end-of-term papers. The revamped study space and reading area will re-open on Monday, April 2 and feature new computer stations and open group study areas. […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on March 21, 2012
Lovers of leisure lit, take note: UBC Library’s Great Reads program has been expanded and enhanced for your reading pleasure. Last fall, the Library launched the Great Reads program at Koerner Library to provide campus residents, community members, faculty, staff and students easy access to leisure-reading materials ranging from Canadiana to popular fiction. The program […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on March 14, 2012
The West Kootenay Women’s Association’s Digital History Project is excited to announce the launch of the audio and video components of its digital archive, in time for International Women’s Day celebrations.This project is funded in part through the BC150 Heritage Legacy Fund, the Kootenay Columbia Cultural Alliance and the BC History Digitization Program, an initiative […]
By Glenn Drexhage on March 1, 2012
Three members of UBC’s Fisheries Centre are the 2012 recipients of UBC Library’s Innovative Dissemination of Research Award. The submission from Dr. Dirk Zeller, Mr. Ar’ash Tavakolie and Dr. Daniel Pauly highlighted The Sea Around Us Project portal (www.seaaroundus.org). This innovative project aims to assess, document and communicate the impact of fisheries on the world’s […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on February 21, 2012
Articles about a petition to open the Irving K. Learning Centre on a 24/7 continual basis have appeared in the Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper, in November 2011 and February 2012. The story also was also featured on the site of News1130. The Learning Centre is currently open on a 24/7 basis during exam periods.
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By Glenn Drexhage on February 14, 2012
Love! In the Library? – a UBC Library exhibition that examines how lovers speak to each other through literature – is featured in the Ubyssey, the UBC student newspaper, and the Vancouver Sun books blog. Come explore Love! In the Library? until February 19 at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections, located on level […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on February 6, 2012
Join UBC Library as it celebrates the freedom to read with an exhibit of banned and controversial books. The exhibition takes place from February 4-14 on the second-floor foyer of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, and from February 15 to March 3 on the second floor of Koerner Library. Come check out the […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on February 3, 2012
Valentine’s Day has become a festival close to the commercial hearts of chocolate manufacturers, greeting card makers and flower sellers. Despite the commercialism, however, it still retains a place in the human hearts of lovers. In this amorous spirit, Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) is sending a valentine in the form of an exhibition […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on February 2, 2012
UBC Library’s Winter Update appears in the new issue of the BCLA Browser (Volume 4, no.1), the newsletter of the British Columbia Library Association. Have a read and find out about the exceptional Videomatica film collection being housed and preserved by UBC and SFU; the B.C. Historical Newspapers Project; a CLIR meeting at UBC Library; […]
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