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VSO summer 2017

You can see some ultra-rare Harry Potter books in Vancouver this weekend

By Jessica Woolman on July 14, 2017

The Library’s exhibit of Harry Potter books at VSO was featured in the Daily Hive.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, community engagement, Harry Potter, links, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections

UBC Library users now able to access ancient Greek and Latin literature with the Digital Loeb Classical Library

UBC Library users now able to access ancient Greek and Latin literature with the Digital Loeb Classical Library

By michelle blackwell on July 13, 2017

Users can now browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content across more than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, digital collections, digital libraries

VSO summer 2017

UBC Library’s Harry Potter collection on display at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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

Mandy Catron

UBC Instructor Mandy Len Catron shares the writing and research process behind her new memoir

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

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Koerner Library collections moves

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

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Traces of Words: Asian Materials from the UBC Library Collections

By michelle blackwell on May 4, 2017

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections, exhibitions, exhibits, links, Museum of Anthropology

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Preserving information in the digital age

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

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra warm up before the performance.

UBC Library’s Harry Potter collection and magical creatures books at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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

A gift from the past: UBC’s class of 1932 funds access to 343 ebooks 85 years after graduation

A gift from the past: UBC’s class of 1932 funds access to 343 ebooks 85 years after graduation

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

Two snowy owls and a magic wand surround text.

UBC Library’s Harry Potter collection on display at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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

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