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Punk & Performance Exhibit: Investigating Canadian Art & Music Through Vinyl

Punk & Performance Exhibit: Investigating Canadian Art & Music Through Vinyl

By phoebe chan on November 21, 2022

Visit our interactive Punk & Performance Exhibit to discover unique music, LP art materials and UBC Library’s 140,000 plus LP holdings. The exhibit is live now until December at IKBLC.

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Xwi7xwa Library exhibit explores a Decade of Indigenous Languages

Xwi7xwa Library exhibit explores a Decade of Indigenous Languages

By Anna Moorhouse on August 11, 2022

As part of Indigenous History Month this past June, Xwi7xwa Library launched a new exhibit, featuring materials from their Indigenous language collection, on display now in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

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New online exhibit features select letters from the Joan Gillis fonds

New online exhibit features select letters from the Joan Gillis fonds

By Anna Moorhouse on March 3, 2022

This digital exhibition on Japanese Canadian forced dispersal and internment features materials from the Joan Gillis fonds, housed at the UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections.

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Xwi7xwa Library highlights local experiences of Residential Schools in Canada through curated exhibit displays

Xwi7xwa Library highlights local experiences of Residential Schools in Canada through curated exhibit displays

By Anna Moorhouse on October 22, 2021

Xwi7xwa Library has curated several display cases at IKBLC feature books, photographs, archival documents and other unique materials relating to Residential Schools in Canada.

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Celebrating 60 years of the Asian Library at UBC

Celebrating 60 years of the Asian Library at UBC

By Anna Moorhouse on February 9, 2021

The Asian Library at the University of British Columbia is celebrating its 60th anniversary with an online exhibit that explores the history and development of the branch.

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Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 10th Anniversary Exhibitions

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 10th Anniversary Exhibitions

By Anna Moorhouse on August 22, 2018

Ten years ago, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) celebrated its grand opening on UBC’s Vancouver campus. In celebration of this 10-year milestone, UBC Library is installing two temporary exhibitions.

Posted in Events | Tagged with anniversary, exhibitions, exhibits, IKBLC, Irving K. Barber, Rare Books and Special Collections, support, University Archives

An unmatched devotion

An unmatched devotion

By michelle blackwell on October 27, 2017

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Colbeck Collection, exhibitions, exhibits, links, Rare Books and Special Collections

Aboriginal UnHistory Month exhibit at UBC Library

Aboriginal UnHistory Month exhibit at UBC Library

By Jessica Woolman on June 8, 2017

The exhibit looks at the topic of Canada’s 150 in relation to Indigenous peoples, and is open until August 30.

Posted in Events | Tagged with aboriginal, community engagement, digitization, exhibits, IKBLC

Traces of Words: Asian Materials from the UBC Library Collections

Traces of Words: Asian Materials from the UBC Library Collections

By michelle blackwell on May 4, 2017

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections, exhibitions, exhibits, links, Museum of Anthropology

Double Exposure: An Exhibit of Missionary Photographs of Meiji-Taisho Japan

Double Exposure: An Exhibit of Missionary Photographs of Meiji-Taisho Japan

By Jasmine Devonshire on March 14, 2017

The Cooper Robinson collection consisting of over 4,600 photographic prints, negatives, glass lantern slides, and postcards is one of the most valuable photographic records of this era.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with art exhibitions, collections, exhibits, links

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