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By Jessica Woolman on April 27, 2015
UBC Library’s rare Chinese collections will soon be available online, thanks in part to the work of Professor Yao and the Asian Library.
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By Jessica Woolman on April 13, 2015
Join Dr. Frances Wood on May 26 for a talk on the movement of ideas and icons across Central Asia.
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By Linda Ong on September 11, 2014
UBC’s renowned Asian Library and its rare and special collections continue to draw interest and praise from international scholars.
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By Jessica Woolman on February 19, 2014
Visit the UBC Asian Centre for a calligraphy lecture and demonstration on February 24.
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By Jessica Woolman on February 4, 2014
Visit the Asian Centre on Friday, February 7 to ring in the Year of the Horse.
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By Glenn Drexhage on February 4, 2014
This innovative partnership is supported by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
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By Linda Ong on January 10, 2014
The Library is indispensable for authors and a gathering place for sharing, reflected poet Madhu Varshney at a launch of her most recent book of poems, Uthati Hilorein, at the Asian Library. Notable guests who attended the event included the extended Varshney family, Shri Ravi Shankar Aisola, the Consul General of India, members of the […]
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By Jessica Woolman on September 9, 2013
The Library is contributing to the campus-wide initiative by highlighting Indian Residential Schools in different contexts.
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By Glenn Drexhage on April 4, 2013
UBC Library’s Alvan Bregman brings his expertise to a new preservation program for physical and digital collections.
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By Jessica Woolman on February 27, 2013
All rare collections at the Asian Library, including the Puban and Pang Jingtang collections, have now been moved to Rare Books and Special Collections at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, in storage conditions that meet international standards. The removal of all materials from the vault on the ground floor of the Asian Library was […]
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