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By Glenn Drexhage on May 17, 2011
An update on UBC Library appears in the Spring 2011 issue of the CPSLD Newsletter, the publication from the Council of Post Secondary Library Directors, British Columbia. Find out about UBC Library’s Community Report, the latest news on the B.C. History Digitization Program, awards for UBC librarians and the launch of LibFOCUS, the Library’s new […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with BCHDP, community engagement, Media coverage
By Glenn Drexhage on January 12, 2011
The Small Business Accelerator, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is featured in a recent issue of the Northeast News. You can view the article on page 9 of this link.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with business, community engagement, Media coverage, Small Business Accelerator (SBA)
By Glenn Drexhage on January 4, 2011
The Small Business Accelerator, a new initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is featured in the Vancouver Observer. You can read the article here, and you can find out more about the Small Business Accelerator here.
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By Glenn Drexhage on January 4, 2011
At its seasonal luncheon leading up to the holidays, UBC Library announced that its charity raffle had raised more than $1,000 for Covenant House, which provides food, shelter, clothing and counselling for street youth in Vancouver. The raffle prize winner was Lucia Balabuk, who works in UBC’s Science One program, which is based in the Irving […]
Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, support
By Glenn Drexhage on December 22, 2010
Henry Yu and His Students Make – and Remake – a More Inclusive Canadian History through UBC Library’s Chung Collection Who are we as Canadians? Where are we going, as a city, a province, and a Nation? How does our collective history influence those questions today? In the 21st century, these are questions History Professor […]
Posted in General | Tagged with Chung Collection, collections, community engagement, support
By Glenn Drexhage on December 17, 2010
An article on the Small Business Accelerator, recently launched by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, appears in the Vancouver edition of 24 Hours newspaper. You can view the article here (please see page 15): 24 Hours And you can find out more about the Small Business Accelerator here.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with business, community engagement, Media coverage, Small Business Accelerator (SBA)
By Jessica Woolman on December 10, 2010
The BC History Digitization Program provides funding for organizations involved with the preservation of historical material.
Posted in General | Tagged with BCHDP, community engagement, digitization, support
By Glenn Drexhage on October 6, 2010
Maclean’s magazine recently published a story on e-books that mentions a number of Canadian university libraries, including UBC Library. You can view the article here.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, Media coverage, open access, publishing
By Glenn Drexhage on October 4, 2010
A new offering from UBC Library at the University of British Columbia enables users to access decades of valuable information on mine reclamation for free. Each year, the British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium is presented by the B.C. Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation (TRCR). This first symposium was held in 1977 as a response […]
Posted in General | Tagged with accessibility, cIRcle, community engagement, mining, open access
By Glenn Drexhage on October 1, 2010
Showcasing Open Scholarship at UBC UBC is once again participating in the International Open Access Week event, where the worldwide research and academic community share and learn about open access and other open scholarship movements. The event runs from Monday, October 18 through Friday, October 22. The open access movement is based on the principle […]
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, open access