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UBC Library expands collection of influential art periodical Bijutsu Techō

By Anna Moorhouse on September 25, 2025

UBC Library has significantly expanded its collection of Bijutsu Techō, one of the most influential, independently published periodicals on visual art in Japan.

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with art, Asian Library, collections, Japanese Collections

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An update from the University Librarian: Rethinking the sustainability of our subscription model

By Dr. Susan E. Parker on September 17, 2025

Upcoming changes to UBC Library’s Collection budget and how we’re planning for the future.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, service update

UBC Library 2024/25 Senate Report

UBC Library 2024/25 Senate Report

By phoebe chan on August 26, 2025

UBC Library’s annual Senate Report (2024/25) is now available. Read our highlights from the past fiscal year which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, creating and delivering responsive collections, inspiring with innovative spaces and services, and stewarding the organization.

Posted in Publications, Senate Reports | Tagged with collections, community engagement, research learning and scholarship, senate report, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support

Rise Up! Sights, sounds and spaces of protest at the Music, Art & Architecture Library

Rise Up! Sights, sounds and spaces of protest at the Music, Art & Architecture Library

By phoebe chan on April 7, 2025

Rise up! Sights, sounds and spaces of protest at the Music, Art & Architecture (MAA) Library in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre focuses on the subject of protest and highlights materials from the MAA Library collection, along with select items from Rare Books & Special Collections and University Archives.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Music Art and Architecture Library

A library sign reads "Le français - langue, culture, pédagogie" next to a shelf filled with books and orange magazine holders.

New French language resources at Education Library

By Anna Moorhouse on March 20, 2025

UBC Education Library’s collection of French-language resources underwent a significant revitalization this year.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Education Library

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UBC Library achieves funding goal for the George Bowering Reading Room

By Library Communications on March 3, 2025

Thanks to the generous support and dedication of our contributors and champions, the George Bowering Collection and Reading Room in Rare Books and Special Collections at UBC Library has become a reality!

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, George Bowering Collection

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Exploring Tairiku Nippō: A historical Japanese Canadian newspaper at UBC Library

By Anna Moorhouse on February 24, 2025

Since its launch on UBC Open Collections, the digitized Tairiku Nippō has been viewed more than 2.5 million times by scholars from around the world.

Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections

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UBC Library receives Peter Wall Institute Archives

By Anna Moorhouse on January 20, 2025

UBC Archives has acquired the institutional records of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS), which was founded at UBC in 1991 to focus on interdisciplinary research.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, University Archives

Librarians for David Haskins and Sara Ellis standing in front of a display case in the Music, Art and Architecture Library

The Heat Is On: Creative responses to climate action in Music, Art and Architecture

By phoebe chan on December 9, 2024

The Heat Is On exhibit at the Music, Art and Architecture Library features library collection materials that highlight creative responses to the ongoing climate crisis.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Music Art and Architecture Library

University Library receives Norman Epstein archives

University Library receives Norman Epstein archives

By Anna Moorhouse on November 18, 2024

UBC Archives has received the Norman Epstein fonds, an archival collection that captures the life and career of Dr. Norman Epstein (1923-2023), a pioneering figure in chemical and biological engineering and political activist.

Posted in General | Tagged with archives, collections, University Archives

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