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UBC Library users now able to access digital editions of essential French literature published by Classiques Garnier

UBC Library users now able to access digital editions of essential French literature published by Classiques Garnier

By Anna Moorhouse on March 30, 2021

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.

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Download the B.C. Historical Books digital colouring book: calendar edition

Download the B.C. Historical Books digital colouring book: calendar edition

By phoebe chan on February 2, 2021

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.

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UBC Library subscribes to LWW Health Library to address course needs for e-books

UBC Library subscribes to LWW Health Library to address course needs for e-books

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.

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UBC Library 2019/20 Senate Report

UBC Library 2019/20 Senate Report

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

UBC Library joins the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service

UBC Library joins the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service

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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UBC Librarians and Library Staff Recommend: Ideas for your next novel, film or documentary from our online collections

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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Recommendations by UBC Librarians

UBC Librarians Recommend: Ideas for your next read, watch or listen from our online collections

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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UBC Library users now have access to previously banned content that offers historical perspectives on sex, sexuality and gender.

UBC Library users now have access to previously banned content that offers historical perspectives on sex, sexuality and gender.

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.

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Behind the scenes: UBC Library’s electronic resources

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.

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UBC Library users now able to access the most authoritative resource on world languages

UBC Library users now able to access the most authoritative resource on world languages

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.

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