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Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives to close from August 1 – November 30, 2022
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UBC Library acquires the personal archive of Hanne Wassermann Walker
A significant figure of pre-WWII Viennese cultural and social life, Wassermann Walker’s remarkable story has been relatively unknown until now.
Student curated exhibit, A British Columbia Time Capsule highlights gems from the Langmann Family Collection
The exhibit, curated by UBC iSchool student Ashlynn Prasad, features historical photographs of B.C. landmarks.
Take a tour of Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC)
Take a tour of Rare Books and Special Collections collections every Thursday at 11 am.
UBC library facility takes a page from Harvard
Library PARC’s humidity- and temperature-controlled environment expands the shelf life of books. From the REMI Network.
More than 500 of UBC radio station’s historic audio tapes find new audience online
From the Vancouver Sun
UBC radio archive clips find new audience online
The Library’s Digitization Centre has helped UBC and CiTR archive a collection of radio clips from the 1940s and onwards.
Listen to 65 years of UBC history from CiTR’s newly updated archive
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.
Architizer – University of British Columbia Library PARC
The Architizer blog covers UBC Library’s highly specialized PARC facility, built by DGBK Architects.
Archival theft and security in University Affairs
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. […]