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By Anna Moorhouse on November 12, 2020
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.
Posted in General | Tagged with collections, digital collections, Woodward Library
By Anna Moorhouse on August 17, 2020
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.
Posted in General, Publications, Senate Reports | Tagged with collections, community engagement, research learning and scholarship, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support
By Anna Moorhouse on July 23, 2020
As part of our efforts to make our collections more easily accessible during this time, UBC Library is excited to announce our participation in the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS).
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By Katya Roxas on June 23, 2020
From the latest adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Emma to author Liu Cixin’s classic Three-Body Problem, this is the second instalment in a series of recommendations from UBC librarians and library staff.
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By Katya Roxas on May 12, 2020
In light of this challenging time, we have compiled recommendations from a handful of UBC librarians for you to watch, read and listen from home. The resources can all be found in UBC Library’s online collections.
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By michelle blackwell on March 31, 2020
Part III of Gale’s Archives of Sexuality and Gender provides access to nearly one million pages of unique and rare content.
Posted in General | Tagged with acquisitions, collections
By Katya Roxas on March 26, 2020
Why are online formats important for library users? How does the library identify user needs? Discover UBC Library’s process that ensures that UBC’s e-resources are accessible.
Posted in General | Tagged with collections, electronic resources, links, open collections, video
By michelle blackwell on February 10, 2020
The Ethnologue database contains datasets, analytics, maps, country profiles, language families, and language profiles of the world’s 7,111 known living languages.
Posted in General | Tagged with collections, digital collections
By Katya Roxas on February 3, 2020
Experience history at the tip of your pencil crayons and celebrate #ColorOurCollections week with UBC Library’s ‘Maps and Landscapes’ themed digital colouring book series.
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By michelle blackwell on January 20, 2020
The exhibit runs until February 28 on Level 2 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Posted in General | Tagged with collections, community engagement, exhibitions