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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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