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By reiza gabriel on September 6, 2023
This year’s festival features programming by Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) and the Asian Library on September 16.
Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, community events, Rare Books and Special Collections, RBSC, Vancouver Word Festival
By Library Communications on March 20, 2023
Reading classical Japanese cursive script, a pre-modern style of writing, is both a challenge and an art, requiring training and time.
Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with Asian Library, research learning and scholarship, Teaching and Learning Stories
By Library Communications on December 13, 2022
Join us at the Museum of Vancouver on January 6 for an illuminating discussion panel on World War II Japanese Canadian Internment.
Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, community engagement, IKBLC, Japanese Canadian history
By Anna Moorhouse on September 14, 2022
UBC Library has digitized an extremely rare collection of World War II-era propaganda plays from Japan, presented in a format known as kamishibai, or paper theatre, plays.
Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections, digital collections, Digitization Centre, open collections
By Library Communications on July 26, 2022
UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds has been added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value.
Posted in General | Tagged with acquisitions, Asian Library, collections, Japanese Canadian history, Joan Gillis Fonds, press release, Rare Books and Special Collections, UNESCO
By Anna Moorhouse on May 5, 2022
Join us online on May 12, during Celebrate Learning Week at UBC, to hear how the library users are engaging with the Asian Library collections and services.
Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, research learning and scholarship
By Anna Moorhouse on April 12, 2022
UBC faculty, staff and students can now access the Afghan Serials Collection (DA-ASC) Partisan Publications from the Wahdat Library as well as the Afghan Central Press digital archive, addressing in part the needs of student and faculty conducting research in Afghan Studies.
Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections, digital archives, digital collections
By Anna Moorhouse on March 3, 2022
This digital exhibition on Japanese Canadian forced dispersal and internment features materials from the Joan Gillis fonds, housed at the UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections.
Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, exhibits, Japanese Canadian history, Joan Gillis Fonds, Rare Books and Special Collections
By Anna Moorhouse on September 7, 2021
Study space is now available on the upper level of the Asian Library, which is also in the process of a collection reorganization on the lower level.
Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, spaces and services
By Anna Moorhouse on February 9, 2021
The Asian Library at the University of British Columbia is celebrating its 60th anniversary with an online exhibit that explores the history and development of the branch.
Posted in General | Tagged with anniversary, Asian Library, exhibits