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HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service to be deactivated August 23, 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.
UBC Librarians Recommend: Uplifting summer reads, listens and watches to accompany you through the summer season
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.
UBC Library Digital Initiatives creates COVID-19 web archives to document pandemic response in British Columbia
Over the past year, a team at UBC Library has been creating web archives to preserve materials relating to the COVID-19 pandemic response in British Columbia for future research.
UBC Library has acquired access to the digital archives of The Province newspaper
UBC faculty, staff and students can now access the digital archives of The Province newspaper from 1894 to 2010.
Meet Lisa Larkins, e-Resources Licensing Specialist at UBC Library
Learn how UBC Library Collections Services made printed musical scores accessible via an app. Lisa Larkins, e-Resources Licensing Specialist, shares her story.
Introducing OpenAthens, UBC Library’s new secure way to access online resources using CWL
UBC Library is excited to announce that on June 2, 2021, we will launch a new way to log into electronic library resources including databases, journals, articles, and ebooks.
UBC Library users now able to access digital editions of essential French literature published by Classiques Garnier
UBC Library has acquired twenty-eight series from the 2021 ebook frontlist collection published by Classiques Garnier, which feature select digital editions of French and Francophone literature.
Download the B.C. Historical Books digital colouring book: calendar edition
Experience history and #BeautifulBC at the tip of your pencil crayons with our new digital colouring book that doubles as a calendar. Celebrate #ColorOurCollections week with UBC Library’s ‘B.C. Historical Books’ themed digital colouring book.
UBC Library subscribes to LWW Health Library to address course needs for e-books
UBC Library has purchased temporary electronic access to approximately 200 titles in LWW Health Library to meet the new demand for remote teaching and learning materials for use in health sciences courses at UBC.
UBC Library 2019/20 Senate Report
UBC Library’s annual Senate Report (2019/20) 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.