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Create and Deliver Responsive Collections
By Library Communications on July 10, 2017
Selected items from our Harry Potter collection will be on display at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra July 13-15, to complement a screening of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with collections, community engagement, Harry Potter, Rare Books and Special Collections
By michelle blackwell on June 22, 2017
Catron shares how she utilized UBC Library and its collections for her new memoir How to Fall in Love with Anyone.
Posted in General | Tagged with authors, collections, creative writing, faculty, IKBLC, research learning and scholarship
By Jessica Woolman on June 1, 2017
UBC’s Koerner Library is moving some materials to accommodate upcoming renovations on floors 4 and 5.
Posted in General | Tagged with collections, collections moves, Koerner Library, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces
By michelle blackwell on May 4, 2017
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections, exhibitions, exhibits, links, Museum of Anthropology
By michelle blackwell on April 26, 2017
Bronwen Sprout, Head, Digital Programs and Services and Mimi Lam, Librarian, Digital Projects share some of the greatest challenges of digital preservation and how UBC Library is tackling these challenges in strategic ways.
Posted in General | Tagged with Archivematica, cIRcle, collections, preservation, Preservation Week
By Jasmine Devonshire on April 12, 2017
UBC Library organized a second exhibit of our Harry Potter collection in tandem with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsTM performance, which took place April 7–9.
Posted in Events | Tagged with collections, Harry Potter, rare books, Rare Books and Special Collections
By michelle blackwell on April 6, 2017
An endowment established by UBC’s class of 1932 is funding the Library’s annual contribution to Knowledge Unlatched, an Open Access scholarly ebook platform.
Posted in General | Tagged with alumni, collections, digital collections, digital libraries, donors
By Jasmine Devonshire on March 29, 2017
In tandem with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s screening and performance of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Rare Books and Special Collections is exhibiting some of the unique and remarkable Harry Potter books in its collection.
Posted in Events | Tagged with collections, Harry Potter, rare books, Rare Books and Special Collections
By Jasmine Devonshire on March 14, 2017
The Cooper Robinson collection consisting of over 4,600 photographic prints, negatives, glass lantern slides, and postcards is one of the most valuable photographic records of this era.
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with art exhibitions, collections, exhibits, links
By Jessica Woolman on March 1, 2017
Xwi7xwa Library is moving lower used materials to two different locations on campus.
Posted in General | Tagged with ASRS, collections, collections moves, library changes, Xwi7xwa Library