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Architizer – University of British Columbia Library PARC

By Clare Yow on May 20, 2016

The Architizer blog covers UBC Library’s highly specialized PARC facility, built by DGBK Architects.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with archives, collections, Library PARC, links, Media coverage, preservation, records management

Archival theft and security in University Affairs

Archival theft and security in University Affairs

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. […]

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Unpacking the Douglas Coupland fonds

Unpacking the Douglas Coupland fonds

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 | Tagged with archives, collections, Douglas Coupland, Media coverage, special collections

Early campus life in Trek Online – UBC Archives

By Glenn Drexhage on September 19, 2011

UBC alum George Van Wilby and his storied campus photographs are profiled in the new issue of Trek Online, courtesy of UBC Archives’ Erwin Wodarczak. You can find the article here.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with archives, Media coverage, Trek

New digital newspaper archives

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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From the Archives – January 2011

By Glenn Drexhage on February 4, 2011

The latest instalment of “From the Archives,” appearing in UBC’s Grad Gazette and written by Erwin Wodarczak of University Archives, takes an entertaining and informative look at the basketball games that took place in the 1930s and ’40s between the UBC Thunderbirds and the Harlem Globetrotters. You can view the article here, and the January […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with archives, history, Media coverage

Great Trek Run featured in Grad Gazette

By Glenn Drexhage on October 31, 2010

Erwin Wodarczak of UBC Library’s University Archives division wrote a fascinating article on UBC’s Great Trek Run that recently appeared in the Grad Gazette. You can view the article here.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with archives, Media coverage

Coupland donation to UBC Library receives generous media coverage

By Glenn Drexhage on May 21, 2010

The announcement about the donation of Douglas Coupland’s archives to UBC Library has received extensive media coverage. The story received national coverage in The Globe and Mail. It was also covered by CTV Online, CBC Online and Metro Vancouver.  CBC Radio One also interviewed Coupland and Ralph Stanton, Head of Rare Books and Special Collections, and Radio […]

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UBC Library welcomes Douglas Coupland Archives

By Glenn Drexhage on May 20, 2010

The extensive archives of Douglas Coupland – one of Canada’s most renowned authors, an internationally recognized visual artist and a cultural icon who coined the term “Generation X” – have a new home at UBC Library. Coupland’s archives consist of a vast array of records dating to 1980, including manuscripts, photos, visual art, fan mail, […]

Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with archives, donation, Douglas Coupland, support

UBC Library/City of Vancouver Archives site in the Vancouver Courier

By Glenn Drexhage on October 28, 2009

The Chinese Experience in B.C. website, a project involving UBC Library and the City of Vancouver Archives, is featured in the Vancouver Courier. You can view the article here: http://www2.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/story.html?id=bb4b8c74-b4d2-496e-b1c2-f556cba832fb

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with archives, Chinese Canadian history, Chung Collection, Media coverage

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