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By Glenn Drexhage on February 21, 2012
One of the largest private film collections in Canada, which provides a fascinating document of rural B.C., will be housed and preserved by UBC Library thanks to a generous donation from the Halleran family and the support of community partners including Columbia Basin Trust (CBT). The Halleran Collection, valued at $750,000, consists of […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on January 17, 2012
Photo of past Live-in for Literacy campers by Martin Dee
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By Glenn Drexhage on January 16, 2012
Photo credit: Sally Hunter
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By Glenn Drexhage on November 7, 2011
More than 45,000 pages chronicling B.C.’s storied past are available online thanks to the British Columbia Historical Newspapers Project. Read the press release to find out more about this great UBC Library initiative.
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By Glenn Drexhage on August 23, 2011
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.
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By Glenn Drexhage on July 19, 2011
Media Release | Jul. 19, 2011 Vancouver’s vanished streams and waterways can be discovered once again thanks to a digitization project involving UBC Library and the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre. UBC Library digitized the content of the Aquarium’s paper maps from the 1970s, allowing both scholars and the public to see the paths of […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on June 15, 2011
Joy Kirchner, UBC Library’s Scholarly Communications Co-ordinator, has been appointed as a Visiting Program Officer to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The 12-month appointment was made to support the ACRL’s scholarly communications initiatives. Kirchner remains in her role at UBC Library, but has been granted some release time to assist the ACRL. […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on November 23, 2010
MEDIA RELEASE | NOVEMBER 23, 2010 Small businesses across British Columbia now have a free, comprehensive resource to boost their business-planning efforts and foster an online community of information and support, thanks to the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia. The Small Business Accelerator, which launches today at www.sba-bc.ca, is […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on November 9, 2010
Serials Solutions, the vendor, recently issued a press release about the adoption of its services by UBC Library. You can view the release here.
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By Glenn Drexhage on August 9, 2010
MEDIA RELEASE | AUGUST 9, 2010 UBC gains $900,000 federal award for unique Chinese Canadian history web portal A bilingual website featuring the legacies of Chinese Canadians who helped shape this country will soon be a reality thanks to an ambitious project led by the University of British Columbia and a $900,000 grant from Citizenship […]
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