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Scanned image of the first two inside pages of Shakespeare's Second Folio, showing the To The Reader message and an illustration of Shakespeare.

UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s Second Folio

By Anna Moorhouse on October 6, 2025

Shakespeare’s Second Folio, published in 1632, is now publicly accessible through UBC Open Collections.

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with Digitization Centre, folio, shakespeare

A rare book collection and an ambitious dream: preserving and sharing the UBC Japanese Special Collection

A rare book collection and an ambitious dream: preserving and sharing the UBC Japanese Special Collection

By phoebe chan on April 28, 2025

At UBC Library, many hands and hundreds of hours are helping to bring a unique Japanese book collection alive. Learn about the journey of an ambitious dream and all the steps it took to bring the collection online.

Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, Conservation Space, Digitization Centre, Japanese Collections, open collections

Illustration of laptop displaying pages from the Thompson Rivers Salish Dictionary.

UBC Library digitizes Indigenous language dictionaries

By Anna Moorhouse on April 9, 2024

UBC Library is making Indigenous language dictionaries more accessible by digitizing these works and making them available through UBC Open Collections.

Posted in General | Tagged with cIRcle, collections, community engagement, digital collections, Digitization Centre, Indigenous

UBC Library supports First Folios Compared project

UBC Library supports First Folios Compared project

By Anna Moorhouse on February 6, 2024

UBC Library is excited to support First Folios Compared, a landmark Open Access project, by contributing the digitized version of UBC’s First Folio to a collection of digital folios from around the globe.

Posted in General | Tagged with digitization, Digitization Centre, RBSC, ShakespeareFirstFolio

UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio

UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio

By Anna Moorhouse on November 21, 2022

UBC Library has made its first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies openly accessible to the public by publishing a digitized version of the volume online through Open Collections.

Posted in General | Tagged with Digital Initiatives, Digitization Centre, open collections, RBSC, UBC First Folio

UBC Library digitizes rare collection of World War II-era kamishibai plays

UBC Library digitizes rare collection of World War II-era kamishibai plays

By Anna Moorhouse on September 14, 2022

UBC Library has digitized an extremely rare collection of World War II-era propaganda plays from Japan, presented in a format known as kamishibai, or paper theatre, plays.

Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections, digital collections, Digital Initiatives, Digitization Centre, open collections

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