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A heralded glimpse of Vancouver, before it was Vancouver

A heralded glimpse of Vancouver, before it was Vancouver

By Jessica Woolman on January 4, 2018

UBC Library’s recent acquisition of The Vancouver Weekly Herald and North Pacific News was featured in the Vancouver Sun.

Posted in General | Tagged with acquisitions, BC, collections, history, links, Media coverage, newspapers

girl reading book

UBC Library 2016/17 Senate Report

By Jessica Woolman on November 15, 2017

Read our highlights from the past fiscal year which include growing our collections, improving student spaces, connecting research to the community and engaging with our community partners.

Posted in General, Publications, Senate Reports | Tagged with collections, community engagement, graduate students, links, research learning and scholarship, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support

rbsc journal

UBC Library acquires first known account of British Columbia by an English woman

By michelle blackwell on August 1, 2017

The journal kept by Susannah Weynton documents four months spent on Vancouver Island at Fort Victoria and Fort Rupert and on the mainland at Fort Langley between March and July 1850.

Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with acquisitions, BC History, collections, journals, Rare Books and Special Collections, Susannah Weynton

VSO summer 2017

UBC Library brings its rare Harry Potter collection to VSO concerts this weekend

By Jessica Woolman on July 14, 2017

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

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

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

Tulips in front of Koerner Library

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

Traces of Words event details

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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