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UBC Library users now able to access the digital archives of Maclean’s Magazine and the Toronto Star

UBC Library users now able to access the digital archives of Maclean’s Magazine and the Toronto Star

By michelle blackwell on June 27, 2019

Digital archives like these are changing the parameters of what’s possible in research while improving accessibility.

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UBC Library digitizes Kelmscott Chaucer and launches digital colouring book series

UBC Library digitizes Kelmscott Chaucer and launches digital colouring book series

By Anna Moorhouse on May 17, 2018

When UBC Library acquired the Kelmscott Press’ Works of Geoffrey Chaucer in 2016, the book’s preservation story was just beginning.

Posted in General | Tagged with digital collections, Digital Initiatives, digitization, Kelmscott Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, Rare Books and Special Collections, support

New interactive maps of UBC Library’s Open Collections use linked open data

New interactive maps of UBC Library’s Open Collections use linked open data

By Anna Moorhouse on March 1, 2018

UBC Library co-op student Carolina Roman Amigo wanted to make it easier for researchers to understand the thousands of scanned resources found in our Open Collections.

Posted in General | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, digital collections, open access, open collections, open data, Open Education, scholarship

UBC student wins Library’s Croquet Collection Prize

UBC student wins Library’s Croquet Collection Prize

By Jessica Woolman on August 10, 2017

UBC fourth-year student Mariah Dear is the second winner of UBC Library’s annual Croquet Collection Prize.

Posted in General | Tagged with creative writing, croquet, digital collections, profile, Rare Books and Special Collections, support

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.

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Members of the class of 1932 at their 20-year reunion in 1952.

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

Annual croquet research prize

Annual croquet research prize

By Jessica Woolman on February 23, 2017

UBC Library now accepting submissions for 2nd annual Arkley Croquet Collection Prize.

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University of British Columbia Library joins OLH LPS model

University of British Columbia Library joins OLH LPS model

By Clare Yow on November 23, 2016

The Open Library of Humanities is pleased to announce that the University of British Columbia Library has joined their Library Partnership Subsidy system (November 18, 2016).

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UBC Library Contributes Search Interface to Federated Research Data Repository

UBC Library Contributes Search Interface to Federated Research Data Repository

By Clare Yow on October 27, 2016

Learn about how Portage and Compute Canada have partnered with UBC Library in adopting our UBC Open Collections user interface.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, digital collections, Digital Initiatives, digital libraries, links, Media coverage, open access, open collections, research learning and scholarship, scholarly communications

New digital acquisition: CITR audiotapes spanning 70 years

New digital acquisition: CITR audiotapes spanning 70 years

By Jasmine Devonshire on September 15, 2016

These audio recordings are a cultural record of student life and voices from the UBC community spanning 70 years.

Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, digital collections, digitization, Discorder, UBC

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