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Military college digitization project completed
More than five decades of yearbooks that chronicled life at Victoria’s Royal Roads Military College are now available online.
A university library for the 21st century
“Academic libraries worldwide are facing rapid technological change and seismic shifts in how users access information and create knowledge in the digital age.”
Remembering the Great Trek
Chris Hives, UBC Library’s University Archivist, is one of a handful of interviewees commenting in the Ubyssey on the Great Trek – the seminal 1922 student march that convinced the provincial government to construct UBC. For more on this historic event, please read “A Trek to remember: the fading of UBC’s early years.“
UBC’s refurbished Okanagan Library officially opens
The handsome, refurbished Library at UBC’s Okanagan campus has officially opened. Highlights of the $1.4-million renovation include increased student seating and new amenities; read the media releaseto find out more this great new space. The opening also received media coverage in the Okanagan. Check out “UBCO library upgrade enhances teaching and research” in the […]
Winners of GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award announced
Congratulations are due to the first winners of a new award launched by UBC’s digital repository and the UBC Vancouver Graduate Student Society (GSS). The GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award launched this past summer. Its aims are to feature UBC as a leader in the open dissemination of exemplary non-thesis graduate coursework; and to create […]
UBC Library and United Way Spelling Bee
Compete for the Cup of Victory at the third annual UBC Library and United Way Spelling Bee.
Chapman Learning Commons benefactor passes away
Philanthropist Kay Chapman’s contributions will be remembered for years to come in the Chapman Learning Commons.
Chinese Canadian Stories kiosks unveiled
UBC’s Chinese Canadian Stories project unveiled interactive kiosks this past weekend at Vancouver Public Library.
UBC Library changes: stay connected
Stay connected and learn more about changes at UBC Library.
Collections move update – Robson Square branch
UBC Library’s Robson Square branch closed on August 31. Two of its most accessed services – online access to Library collections and book and article deliveries – are continuing, as is the popular Robson Reading Series. Other services including reference assistance will continue to be available online or at Point Grey campus libraries.