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Digital tool training helps students explore classical Japanese literature at UBC Library

Digital tool training helps students explore classical Japanese literature at UBC Library

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

Finding Forgiveness at the Museum of Vancouver

Finding Forgiveness at the Museum of Vancouver

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

UBC Library digitizes rare collection of World War II-era kamishibai plays

UBC Library digitizes rare collection of World War II-era kamishibai plays

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

UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds is added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register

UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds is added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register

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

Celebrate Learning with Asian Library

Celebrate Learning with Asian Library

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

UBC Library acquires Afghan primary source databases

UBC Library acquires Afghan primary source databases

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

New online exhibit features select letters from the Joan Gillis fonds

New online exhibit features select letters from the Joan Gillis fonds

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

Asian Library undergoing collection reorganization on lower level

Asian Library undergoing collection reorganization on lower level

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

Celebrating 60 years of the Asian Library at UBC

Celebrating 60 years of the Asian Library at UBC

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

Join the Asian Library for a Japanese Paper Conservation Workshop

Join the Asian Library for a Japanese Paper Conservation Workshop

By michelle blackwell on November 28, 2019

Attend an all-day workshop with renowned conservator Mr. Kazunori Oryū on December 10.

Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, community engagement

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