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Vancouver’s First Newspaper
UBC Library’s recent acquisition of The Vancouver Weekly Herald and North Pacific News was featured in Montecristo Magazine.
UBC Library featured on North by Northwest with Sheryl McKay
UBC Library’s recent acquisition of The Vancouver Weekly Herald and North Pacific News was featured on CBC radio. The interview begins at the 2 hour 50 sec mark.
Acquisitions: University of British Columbia (UBC) Library Acquires the First Item Ever Printed in Vancouver
UBC Library’s recent acquisition of The Vancouver Weekly Herald and North Pacific News was featured in the Library Journal’s InfoDocket.
This is the first thing that was ever printed in Vancouver
UBC Library’s recent acquisition of The Vancouver Weekly Herald and North Pacific News was featured in the Daily Hive.
You can now see the oldest item ever printed in Vancouver
UBC Library’s recent acquisition of The Vancouver Weekly Herald and North Pacific News was featured in Vancouver is Awesome.
A heralded glimpse of Vancouver, before it was Vancouver
UBC Library’s recent acquisition of The Vancouver Weekly Herald and North Pacific News was featured in the Vancouver Sun.
Watch: The Learning Commons in BC
The Learning Commons in BC showcases the transformation of traditional academic libraries to the learning commons model. The video below includes a sampling from elementary and secondary schools to post-secondary institutions – including the Chapman Learning Commons at UBC. The video helps explain how the environment and services provided in a learning commons setting is […]
B.C. digitization project in the Alberni Valley Times
An article on an innovative project that has received funding from the B.C. History Digitization Program (BCHDP) appears in the Alberni Valley Times. The project involves the digitization of thousands of images related to the community growth of Port Alberni, located on Vancouver Island. The BCHDP was launched by UBC’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre […]