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UBC Library collaborates with The Paper Trail project to launch new digital archive
UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC), in partnership with The Paper Trail project team, has launched a digital archival collection of identity papers known as Chinese Immigration (C.I.) certificates created through Canada’s Chinese Immigration Act.
UBC Library acquires digital database documenting the Black freedom struggle in 20th Century America
UBC faculty, staff and students can now access the NAACP Papers, a digitized collection of primary source materials documenting the civil rights organization’s major campaigns from 1909 to 1972.
Download the Animal Kingdom digital colouring book: calendar edition
Experience history and #BeautifulBC at the tip of your pencil crayons. Our new digital colouring book features illustrated animals in nature that doubles as a calendar.
Music, Art and Architecture Library exhibition that explores activism in classical music extended until February
An exhibition on display now at UBC Library’s Music, Art and Architecture (MAA) Library will soon be making a move to the University of Toronto Libraries.
University Archives receives Volkoff Family archives
UBC Archives has received the collected archives of prominent theoretical physicist Dr. George Volkoff and microbiology researcher Olga Volkoff.
UBC Library digitizes rare collection of World War II-era kamishibai plays
UBC Library has digitized an extremely rare collection of World War II-era propaganda plays from Japan, presented in a format known as kamishibai, or paper theatre, plays.
UBC Library 2021/22 Senate Report
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 transitioned back to fully in-person operations on campus in September 2021, kicking off a year of hybrid teaching, learning and work.
UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds is added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register
UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds has been added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value.
UBC Library acquires extensive photography book collection
UBC Library is excited to announce that the Music, Art and Architecture (MAA) Library in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre has acquired the Harry and Ann Malcolmson Photography Book Collection.
UBC Library has acquired access to the digital archives of the Vancouver Sun newspaper
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.