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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 Carousel | 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 Carousel, General | Tagged with collections, Education Library

A photo of George Bowering in his creative work space, seated at his desk to the right, with a cameraperson filming to the left

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

A printed copy of the Tairiku Nippō in a frame

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

UBC Library 2023/24 Senate Report

UBC Library 2023/24 Senate Report

By phoebe chan on August 30, 2024

UBC Library’s annual Senate Report (2023/24) 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 General, Publications, Senate Reports | Tagged with collections, community engagement, research learning and scholarship, senate report, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support

How changing a subject heading in UBC Library’s catalogue can support Indigenous research

How changing a subject heading in UBC Library’s catalogue can support Indigenous research

By Anna Moorhouse on August 8, 2024

If you’ve been searching UBC Library’s catalogue lately, you may notice a change that went live earlier this year.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, metadata, Xwi7xwa Library

UBC Library acquires access to digital newspaper historical archives from around the globe

UBC Library acquires access to digital newspaper historical archives from around the globe

By Anna Moorhouse on April 15, 2024

UBC faculty, staff and students can now access three new digital collections of newspapers. Explore digital archives for The Montreal Gazette, the Chinese Newspaper Collection, and Le Monde.

Posted in General | Tagged with acquisitions, collections, digital collections, Humanities & Social Sciences Collections, Koerner Library

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