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UBC Library has acquired access to the digital archives of the Vancouver Sun newspaper

UBC Library has acquired access to the digital archives of the Vancouver Sun newspaper

By Anna Moorhouse on April 19, 2022

UBC faculty, staff and students can now access the digital archives of The Vancouver Sun newspaper from 1912 to 2010. Library users will have access to not only the articles, but to the entire published page in these fully searchable archives.

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with acquisitions, collections, digital collections

UBC Library acquires Afghan primary source databases

UBC Library acquires Afghan primary source databases

By Anna Moorhouse on April 12, 2022

UBC faculty, staff and students can now access the Afghan Serials Collection (DA-ASC) Partisan Publications from the Wahdat Library as well as the Afghan Central Press digital archive, addressing in part the needs of student and faculty conducting research in Afghan Studies.

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections, digital archives, digital collections

I Know We’ll Meet Again: Correspondence and the Forced Dispersal of Japanese Canadians

I Know We’ll Meet Again: Correspondence and the Forced Dispersal of Japanese Canadians

By Library Communications on February 14, 2022

Join this online public panel event inspired by the Joan Gillis fonds, a remarkable collection of letters that recount the lives of a group of Japanese Canadian teenagers after their forced dispersal from the coastal regions of British Columbia in 1942.

Posted in Events | Tagged with acquisitions, collections, Japanese Canadian history, press release, Rare Books and Special Collections

Download the Birds in Nature digital colouring book: calendar edition

Download the Birds in Nature digital colouring book: calendar edition

By phoebe chan on February 7, 2022

Experience history and #BeautifulBC at the tip of your pencil crayons. Our new digital colouring book features illustrated birds in nature that doubles as a calendar.

Posted in Carousel, Events, General | Tagged with BC History, birds, birds in nature, children's literature, collections, Digital Initiatives, links, open collections

William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library

William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library

By Library Communications on January 12, 2022

UBC has acquired a first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies Histories and Tragedies—an extremely rare book published seven years after Shakespeare’s death and credited with preserving almost half of his plays.

Posted in Press releases | Tagged with collections, RBSC, UBC First Folio

University Archives receives extensive collection of photographs and records from UBC Department of Athletics & Recreation

University Archives receives extensive collection of photographs and records from UBC Department of Athletics & Recreation

By Anna Moorhouse on November 15, 2021

UBC Archives has received an extensive collection of materials from UBC’s Department of Athletics and Recreation, totalling nearly 8,000 photographs and textual records.

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Download Digital Colouring Books for UBC Thrive Month

Download Digital Colouring Books for UBC Thrive Month

By phoebe chan on November 5, 2021

UBC Thrive month is a time when we come together to explore ways to support our mental health. Colouring is an activity that can help you focus on the present and reduce stress. Try taking a break and check out⁠⁠ our Digital Colouring Books

Posted in General | Tagged with BC History, collections, Digital Initiatives, open collections

UBC Library 2020/21 Senate Report

UBC Library 2020/21 Senate Report

By matt patton on August 24, 2021

UBC Library’s annual Senate Report is now available. Read about our highlights from the past fiscal year, which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, inspiring with innovative spaces and services and stewarding the organization. Learn how the library’s services, spaces and collections adapted to best serve the UBC campus community in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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

HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service to be deactivated August 23, 2021

HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service to be deactivated August 23, 2021

By michelle blackwell on August 3, 2021

The HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS), put in place in July 2020 to provide UBC Library faculty, students and other researchers remote access to print materials that were restricted during the COVID-19 outbreak, will be deactivated Monday, August 23, 2021.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, digital collections

UBC Librarians Recommend: Uplifting summer reads, listens and watches to accompany you through the summer season

UBC Librarians Recommend: Uplifting summer reads, listens and watches to accompany you through the summer season

By phoebe chan on August 3, 2021

A handful of UBC Librarians have shared some uplifting summer reads, listens and watches from history to mystery to accompany you through the summer season.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, electronic resources, open collections, UBC Librarians Recommend

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