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By michelle blackwell on March 8, 2019
A significant figure of pre-WWII Viennese cultural and social life, Wassermann Walker’s remarkable story has been relatively unknown until now.
Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with acquisitions, archives, collections, Rare Books and Special Collections, support
By michelle blackwell on March 27, 2018
The exhibit, curated by UBC iSchool student Ashlynn Prasad, features historical photographs of B.C. landmarks.
Posted in General | Tagged with archives, exhibitions, IKBLC, Rare Books and Special Collections, SLAIS, student curators, University Archives, Uno Langmann, Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs
By michelle blackwell on August 25, 2016
Take a tour of Rare Books and Special Collections collections every Thursday at 11 am.
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with archives, collections, community engagement, exhibits, rare books, Rare Books and Special Collections, tours
By Clare Yow on August 25, 2016
Library PARC’s humidity- and temperature-controlled environment expands the shelf life of books. From the REMI Network.
Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with archives, collections, Library PARC, links
By Clare Yow on August 11, 2016
From the Vancouver Sun
Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with accessibility, archives, BCHDP, collections, community engagement, digital collections, digitization, links, open access, UBC, University Archives
By Clare Yow on August 11, 2016
The Library’s Digitization Centre has helped UBC and CiTR archive a collection of radio clips from the 1940s and onwards.
Posted in General, Media coverage | Tagged with archives, BCHDP, collections, digital collections, digitization, links, open collections, UBC, University Archives
By Clare Yow on August 11, 2016
Learn how the BC History Digitization Program, the UBC Library Digitization Centre, the UBC University Archives have contributed to this project in this Ubyssey article.
Posted in General, Media coverage | Tagged with archives, BCHDP, collections, digital collections, digitization, links, open collections, UBC, University Archives
By Clare Yow on May 20, 2016
The Architizer blog covers UBC Library’s highly specialized PARC facility, built by DGBK Architects.
Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with archives, collections, Library PARC, links, preservation, records management
By Glenn Drexhage on March 7, 2013
Alvan Bregman, UBC Library’s Head of Technical Services, comments in a University Affairs article about the theft of rare materials in Nova Scotia. Some of the items, including manuscripts and books, are believed to have been taken from university collections. “Archival thefts know no boundaries and many items are of irreplaceable cultural value,” says Bregman. […]
Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with archives
By Jessica Woolman on July 30, 2012
Artist Douglas Coupland adds to his personal archives at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections.
Posted in General, Media coverage | Tagged with archives, collections, Douglas Coupland, special collections