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By michelle blackwell on May 23, 2019
The event, held during Congress 2019, will include storytellers reading picture books in Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Persian and Punjabi with English-language translations.
Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, Congress 2019
By michelle blackwell on May 14, 2019
The library will open at 11:00 a.m. Monday to Friday beginning Monday, May 27 until August 30 to accommodate upgrades and renovations.
Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, hours, renovations
By Anna Moorhouse on April 30, 2019
The Puban Collection, one of UBC Library’s collections of rare books, was gathered by Chinese physician Junshi Yao during the 1940s and 1950s. This year we’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of the collection’s acquisition by UBC.
Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, Puban Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections, support
By michelle blackwell on April 17, 2019
The renovation will allow for better service delivery, study spaces, and programming spaces for the Asian Library as well as several improvements for the collection.
Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, closures, construction
By michelle blackwell on December 14, 2017
Register now to join one of our four book clubs, set to run in 2018.
Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, book club, community engagement, links
By michelle blackwell on December 5, 2017
Patrons are encouraged to check out materials by December 16.
Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, closures
By michelle blackwell on May 4, 2017
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections, exhibitions, exhibits, links, Museum of Anthropology
By Clare Yow on October 18, 2016
Chinese language librarian, Crystal Yin, tells Ming Pao newspaper about the new Asian-language book clubs offered by the Asian Library and alumniUBC.
Posted in General | Tagged with alumni, Asian Library, book club, links, Media coverage
By Clare Yow on October 14, 2016
Join the Asian Library and alumniUBC for a series of events this October and November.
Posted in Events | Tagged with alumni, Asian Library, book club, community engagement
By Clare Yow on September 15, 2016
The Daily Hive highlights a number of Library spaces as ideal study spots at the University.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with Asian Library, Chapman Learning Commons, David Lam Library, Education Library, Koerner Library, Law Library, links, Media coverage, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, Woodward Library, Xwi7xwa Library