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New Trial Resource – NK News
News and articles from North Korea are now available for trial access until April 9, 2015.
Count Dracula cinema salon
Join us for the latest Videomatica film screening – featuring the Bram Stoker classic Count Dracula.
800-year-old Papal bull comes to UBC Library
The Library has acquired an 800-year-old medieval Papal Bull, a legal decree issued in Latin by Pope Innocent IV in 1245.
Cinema Salon of horror
Join us for the latest Cinema Salon from UBC Library featuring John Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns (2005).
Rare Wilde book coup for UBC Library
The Library has acquired two examples of early gay literature that are connected to famed author Oscar Wilde.
Rare Sikh Sangat photo in Macau at UBC Library
Last year, UBC Library acquired a rare historic photograph of the Sikh Sangat in Macau, taken in 1927. The photo was donated to the Library by Barj Dhahan, co-founder of the Canadian Indian Education Society and is symbolic of the holy assembly (“sangat”) gathered to worship God on account of the belief that the Guru […]
Arkley Croquet Collection celebration
In early September, UBC Library staff and guests gathered to celebrate the unique Tremaine Arkley Croquet Collection, donated by Tremaine Arkley, a former player for the U.S. National Croquet Team. The collection includes fascinating illustrations, engravings, photographs, cartoons and paintings, dating from the 1850s to the 1950s. University Librarian Ingrid Parent welcomed Mr. Arkley and […]
Interactivity at the Barber Centre
A new project at IKBLC combines QR codes and digital collections.
Three BC universities provide provincial-wide access to research materials
BC residents now have free perpetual access to Gale Digital Archive Collections, a database of nearly 200 million pages of digital historical content.
Russian resources trial extended
Two Russian trial resources are being extended into February 2015 due to positive reception from students, faculty and staff.