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UBC hosts world’s experts on safeguarding digital assets
Digital knowledge experts from academia, government, and IT converge in Vancouver for an international conference hosted by UBC on digital preservation.
Unpacking the Douglas Coupland fonds
Artist Douglas Coupland adds to his personal archives at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections.
Preserving cultural heritage
An innovative UBC Library project is helping preserve First Nations history and culture for the digital age. The project, dubbed Indigitization, is a collaboration between various UBC units, including the Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, the First Nations House of Learning, the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) and the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. […]
Videomatica donation in the media
The recent announcement about Videomatica’s exceptional film collection being housed at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University has garnered much media coverage. Articles have appeared in publications including the Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Sun, the Province, the Vancouver Courier, the Georgia Straight and UBC’s ArtsWIRE. CBC Radio’s As It Happens also […]
Patricia Richardson Logie Collection: A B.C. painter’s portraits of pride
A handsome collection of First Nations portraits that was recently donated to UBC Library by B.C. artist Patricia Richardson Logie is being unveiled in a permanent online exhibition in 2011.
Dr. H. Colin Slim
Learn more about Dr Colin Slim and the Stravinsky Collection at UBC Library.
A more inclusive Canadian history through the Chung Collection
Henry Yu and His Students Make – and Remake – a More Inclusive Canadian History through UBC Library’s Chung Collection Who are we as Canadians? Where are we going, as a city, a province, and a Nation? How does our collective history influence those questions today? In the 21st century, these are questions History Professor […]
UBC Library acquires Emerald e-journal collection
UBC Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of Emerald Management Plus, a new e-journal collection. Emerald provides online access to a growing collection of more than 120,000 articles from over 250 journals in 22 management disciplines, including: Accounting and Finance Advanced Automation Built Environment Business Ethics and Law Economics Education Enterprise and Innovation Health […]
UBC Library acquires Adam Matthew digital collections
UBC Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Adam Matthew digital collections not previously held by the Library. The addition of the Adam Matthew collections represents a significant effort at acquiring digital primary research materials, manuscripts and rare printed sources in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The Library has been making a […]
Coupland donation to UBC Library receives generous media coverage
The announcement about the donation of Douglas Coupland’s archives to UBC Library has received extensive media coverage. The story received national coverage in The Globe and Mail. It was also covered by CTV Online, CBC Online and Metro Vancouver. CBC Radio One also interviewed Coupland and Ralph Stanton, Head of Rare Books and Special Collections, and Radio […]