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cIRcle: UBC’s open access digital repository
“…the world-wide recognition and awareness of me and UBC increases each time a person finds their way to cIRcle…”
Audio digitization and preservation grant program for BC Indigenous organizations
UBC Library is accepting applications for its Indigitization grant program until February 12.
Announcing Indigitization’s AADP 2015 recipients
The Aboriginal Audio Digitization & Preservation Program helps these communities safeguard valuable information.
Hidden Chinese collections made accessible
UBC Library’s rare Chinese collections will soon be available online, thanks in part to the work of Professor Yao and the Asian Library.
Indigitization Program – Deadline extended
Until April 8, B.C. Aboriginal organizations can apply for funding for the conservation and preservation of community resources.
Preserving Discorder magazine
The 30+ year archive of Discorder has been completed by the Digitization Centre.
30 Years of Discorder Magazine archived through UBC Library
The full archive of one of Vancouver’s longest running magazines, Discorder, is now online.
Rare Sikh Sangat photo in Macau at UBC Library
Last year, UBC Library acquired a rare historic photograph of the Sikh Sangat in Macau, taken in 1927. The photo was donated to the Library by Barj Dhahan, co-founder of the Canadian Indian Education Society and is symbolic of the holy assembly (“sangat”) gathered to worship God on account of the belief that the Guru […]
Arkley Croquet Collection celebration
In early September, UBC Library staff and guests gathered to celebrate the unique Tremaine Arkley Croquet Collection, donated by Tremaine Arkley, a former player for the U.S. National Croquet Team. The collection includes fascinating illustrations, engravings, photographs, cartoons and paintings, dating from the 1850s to the 1950s. University Librarian Ingrid Parent welcomed Mr. Arkley and […]
Digitization shares UBC Library’s treasures with the world
UBC Library’s investment in digitization is a key part in redefining the vision and mandate of the organization and has triggered new opportunities to support teaching, learning and research at UBC and beyond. Many of the digitization projects currently underway in the Library’s Digitization Unit are of special importance to British Columbian history. For example, […]