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By Jessica Woolman on May 11, 2011
As a boy, Tom Brittnacher was obsessed by transportation and maps – interests that ended up playing a pivotal role in his career choice. Brittnacher, UBC Library’s first Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Librarian, arrived last year to develop a new service to support research on campus with spatial analysis.In June, an opening reception was held […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on May 10, 2011
Read all about it: UBC Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of digital newspaper archives that chronicle life during past centuries in the United Kingdom and the U.S. The 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers digital archive features about 1,270 newspapers and news pamphlets from the United Kingdom. It totals nearly one million […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on May 5, 2011
Good news for business researchers: the David Lam Library continues to enhance its Business FAQs database, which was launched in December 2010. The FAQs, designed to answer common questions about the David Lam Library and business research, can be searched by keyword or browsed by category. The database is based on the Business FAQs at […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on April 21, 2011
To all of UBC Library’s users: Please note that there will be changes to the Library’s opening hours over the Easter weekend and the remainder of April. For a complete list of upcoming hours of operation at the Library’s branches and divisions visit the UBC Library website.
By Glenn Drexhage on April 18, 2011
Community outreach is the theme of the second e-newsletter from Chinese Canadian Stories: Uncommon Histories from a Common Past, an initiative of UBC Library and Simon Fraser University Library. Stories include updates on a community workshop at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, interviews with the Vancouver Sun and Fairchild Radio, and a Toishan letters […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on April 11, 2011
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By Glenn Drexhage on April 7, 2011
Twenty-one projects from around the province have been named as successful recipients of the 2011 B.C. History Digitization Program (BCHDP) funding awards. The digitization program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, was launched in 2006. It provides matching funds that help libraries, archives, museums and other organizations digitize unique historical items, including […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on April 7, 2011
Eugene Barsky, a Science and Engineering Librarian at UBC Library, has won an award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE, Engineering Libraries Division) for his work involving the digitization and promotion of decades of information on mine reclamation. Barsky was given the Innovation in Access to Engineering Information award for the project, a […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on April 4, 2011
The Vancouver Institute Presents The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Lecture Eaarth: Making a Life On a Tough New Planet April 9, 2011 – 8:15 p.m. Professor William McKibben Scholar in Residence Middlebury College, Vermont Described by the Boston Globe as “the nation’s leading environmentalist,” Professor McKibben is the author of more than a dozen […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on April 4, 2011
Spring is back, and so is the Asian Library’s annual book sale! This sale, which is part of the Asian Library Open House, features new, used and hard-to-find books and magazines in different Asian languages (mainly Chinese and Korean), with some in English. Prices range from 10 cents to $10, but most titles are only 50 […]
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