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By michelle blackwell on June 27, 2019
Digital archives like these are changing the parameters of what’s possible in research while improving accessibility.
Posted in General | Tagged with collections, digital collections
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
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
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
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
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
By Jessica Woolman on February 23, 2017
UBC Library now accepting submissions for 2nd annual Arkley Croquet Collection Prize.
Posted in General | Tagged with awards, croquet, digital collections, Rare Books and Special Collections, research learning and scholarship
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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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.
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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