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Amelia NezilDirector, Communications & Marketing
UBC Library
Tel: 604 822 5142
amelia.nezil(at)ubc.ca
Top 10 tips for connecting with UBC Library
The top tips for UBC Library appear in the latest issue of UBC Reports, “Back to School and In the Cloud” (UBC Reports | Vol. 57 | No. 9 | Sep. 1, 2011). The item appears below, and can also be found on the UBC Reports website. Top 10 tips for connecting with UBC Library, without setting foot […]
UBC Library Online Workshop Series
UBC Library teaches more than 1,400 classes and workshops to over 30,000 students and faculty each year as part of its instructional program. In addition to our extensive in-class and computer lab classes, we offer an online workshop series in mid-September to get you ready for research. Upcoming online workshops include: Introduction to the Web […]
Ingrid Parent interviewed on Radio-Canada newscast
Ingrid Parent – UBC’s University Librarian and President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions – was interviewed yesterday on Le Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique, Radio-Canada’s evening newscast. You can view the all-French interview here – the interview runs in the third segment, about two minutes in.
UBC Library in the Ubyssey
An article about the evolution of UBC Library appears in the Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper. You can view the article here.
Digitization program/project in Northern View, Muskeg News
Stories about the digitization of past issues of the Prince Rupert Daily News (dating from 1911 to 1923) are featured in the Northern View and the Muskeg News. This project has received funding from the BC History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can view the articles here and […]
Media coverage: UBC’s University Librarian becomes IFLA President
On August 18, Ingrid Parent – UBC’s University Librarian – became the first Canadian President of the International Association of Library Associations and Institutions. This appointment has received much media coverage, with articles appearing in the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Courier, the Tyee, Quill & Quire and the Epoch Times (Chinese-language version only). Ingrid was […]
UBC’s University Librarian first Canadian to head global group
Ingrid Parent, UBC’s University Librarian, has become the first Canadian to head the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). This organization has been the global voice of the library and information profession for more than eight decades. You can find out more by viewing the UBC press release here.
Learning Centre Exhibit – The Pose Stands for Potentiality
An exhibit produced by two UBC graduate students is now on display in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. The Pose Stands for Potentiality – featuring works by Jordy Hamilton and curated by Toby Lawrence – juxtaposes UBC’s presidential portraits with a series of smaller works, fostering a conversation between contemporary and traditional forms of […]
Book review columns – Business in Vancouver newspaper
Book reviews Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (And How to Take Advantage of It) by William Poundstone. Reviewed by Donna Kaye. Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next by Greg Lindsay and John Kasarda. Reviewed by Treena Chambers. Comebacks at Work: Using Conversation to Master Confrontation by Kathleen Kelley Reardon and Christopher T. Noblet. Reviewed […]
UBC copyright update
Developments regarding UBC and copyright are featured in a blog from The Tyee, an online publication and The Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper. “The University of British Columbia has decided to opt-out of Access Copyright’s proposed tariff on copyrighted materials that generally make up student course packs, to avoid increased fees and restrictions that would begin […]