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Colour Our Collections 2019: Maps and Landscapes

Download UBC Library’s ‘Maps and Landscapes’ digital colouring book series

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.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Digital Initiatives, links, open collections, Rare Books and Special Collections

Visit an exhibit commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

Visit an exhibit commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

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

UBC-founded publication, Fish Physiology celebrates 50 years

UBC-founded publication, Fish Physiology celebrates 50 years

By michelle blackwell on December 17, 2019

When Fish Physiology was founded in 1969, there was no intention of continuing the series beyond six volumes. 50 years and 37 titled volumes later, the peer-reviewed monographic series is regarded as the leading publication in the field.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Woodward Library

Colour Our Collections 2019: Maps and Landscapes

Download the new ‘Maps and Landscapes’ digital colouring book series

By Katya Roxas on October 22, 2019

Experience history at the tip of your pencil crayons with our new ‘Maps and Landscapes’ themed digital colouring book series.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Digital Initiatives, links, open collections, Rare Books and Special Collections

UBC Seed Lending Library is building a budding community

UBC Seed Lending Library is building a budding community

By michelle blackwell on October 3, 2019

Borrow a variety of high-quality vegetable, herb, and flower seeds that are well-suited to local growing conditions free of charge from the Woodward and Education libraries.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, community engagement

UBC Library hosts exhibit that captures the continual impact of iconic Asian Canadian Jim Wong-Chu

UBC Library hosts exhibit that captures the continual impact of iconic Asian Canadian Jim Wong-Chu

By michelle blackwell on September 30, 2019

The exhibit, that runs October 10 to November 15, celebrates Jim Wong-Chu, a well-known Asian-Canadian historian, editor, author, and poet.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with collections, community engagement

Xwi7xwa Library developing a collection of music by Indigenous artists

Xwi7xwa Library developing a collection of music by Indigenous artists

By michelle blackwell on September 17, 2019

Known for its extensive and unique collections that focus on Indigenous peoples in British Columbia, the library has been focusing efforts to acquire recordings made by current musicians, recordings of publicly available archival material and traditional materials.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Xwi7xwa Library

UBC Library’s Chung Collection is added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register

UBC Library’s Chung Collection is added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register

By michelle blackwell on September 11, 2019

The Canada Memory of the World Register highlights exceptional works and documents that reflect the wealth and diversity of Canada’s documentary heritage.

Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with Canada memory of the World Register, Chung Collection, collections

More than 100 years of BC’s provincial governmental papers now accessible online

More than 100 years of BC’s provincial governmental papers now accessible online

By michelle blackwell on August 1, 2019

One hundred and six years of British Columbia’s governmental papers are now available to anyone with a wifi connection and a device.

Posted in General | Tagged with BC History, collections, Digital Initiatives, digitization, support

UBC Library 2018/19 Senate Report

UBC Library 2018/19 Senate Report

By Anna Moorhouse on July 2, 2019

UBC Library’s annual Senate Report (2018/19) 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

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