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Makers Artists United calendar cover by Elisa Yon.

From Open Collections to Art: Local artists use UBC Collections to inspire calendar celebrating Chinatown’s history

By michelle blackwell on November 16, 2018

The collaborative community project highlights the local histories and individuals whose contributions have shaped the neighbourhood.

Posted in General | Tagged with art, Chung Collection, community engagement, open collections

Fall 2018 Food for Fines campaign raises $3,385.24 to support UBC students in need

Fall 2018 Food for Fines campaign raises $3,385.24 to support UBC students in need

By Katya Roxas on November 13, 2018

Now in its fifteenth consecutive year at UBC, the Food for Fines campaign waives $2 in Library fines for every food item donated, to a maximum of $30.

Posted in General | Tagged with AMS Food Bank, community engagement, donation, food for fines

2018 Asian Language Book Clubs

2018 Asian Language Book Clubs

By michelle blackwell on December 14, 2017

Register now to join one of our four book clubs, set to run in 2018.

Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Language Book Clubs, Asian Library, community engagement

2017 Food for Fines campaign raises more than $3,800 to support UBC students in need

2017 Food for Fines campaign raises more than $3,800 to support UBC students in need

By michelle blackwell on November 14, 2017

This year’s UBC Library and Alma Mater Student Society Food for Fines Campaign raised a total of $3,845.00.

Posted in General | Tagged with AMS Food Bank, community engagement, donation, food for fines

Librarians Galina Durant and Cari Lynn Gawletz with Gordon Yusko, Assistant Director of Community Engagement at Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Librarians from rural and northern B.C. libraries attend the BCLA conference thanks to funding through UBC Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Award

By michelle blackwell on May 23, 2017

The award helps ensure that all B.C. Librarians have access to the professional development opportunities at the annual BCLA Conference.

Posted in General | Tagged with BCLA, BCLA Conference, community engagement, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC), Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Award

Special Collections help Vancouver Transit Police constable uncover 102-year-old murder.

Special Collections help Vancouver Transit Police constable uncover 102-year-old murder.

By michelle blackwell on March 20, 2017

Constable Graham Walker’s deep dive into our Special Collections has culminated in a provincial memorial for Charles Painter, a special constable for the BC Electric Railway who was killed in 1915.

Posted in General | Tagged with BC Electric Fonds, community engagement, local history, Metro Vancouver Transit Police, Rare Books and Special Collections, special collections, Vancouver history

Citizen archive project receives award

By michelle blackwell on March 9, 2017

The Prince George Newspapers Digitization Project was honoured with the Jeanne Clarke local history award for service at the Bob Harkins branch of the Prince George Public Library.

Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with awards, community engagement, Digital Initiatives, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

2016 Food for Fines campaign raises $3,600 to support UBC students in need

2016 Food for Fines campaign raises $3,600 to support UBC students in need

By michelle blackwell on December 6, 2016

This year’s UBC Library and Alma Mater Student Society Food for Fines Campaign raised a total of $3,600.00.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with AMS Food Bank, community engagement, donation, food for fines

Five cohorts of Indigitization project participants unite for inaugural Indigitization Futures Forum at UBC

Five cohorts of Indigitization project participants unite for inaugural Indigitization Futures Forum at UBC

By Clare Yow on November 8, 2016

The Indigitization project brought past program participants together in June 2016 to discuss digitization practices and Indigenous knowledge in communities. The article appears in Issue 4 of BCLA Perspectives.

Posted in Media coverage | Tagged with aboriginal, community, community engagement, digitization, events, Indigitization, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC), teaching learning

Library users help feed the hungry with Food for Fines

Library users help feed the hungry with Food for Fines

By Library Communications on May 27, 2013

For the past nine years, UBC Library and UBC’s Alma Mater Student Society (AMS) have run the Food for Fines campaign

Posted in General | Tagged with AMS, community, community engagement, Community Report, food for fines, our communities, strategic plan

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