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By Glenn Drexhage on June 25, 2012
UBC Library’s Great Reads, a leisure-reading program at Koerner and IKBLC, was highlighted in the recent Campus Resident newsletter.
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By Glenn Drexhage on June 7, 2012
A project to digitize archival records from the Lake Country Museum and Archives is featured in the community press. For more, please visit “Lake Country Museum digitizes its archival records” in the Lake Country Calendar. This project received a grant from the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
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By Glenn Drexhage on June 5, 2012
UBC is honouring Dr. Irving K. Barber with a Celebration of Life event on June 11 – and you’re invited to take part. Dr. Barber, who recently passed away, contributed millions of dollars to promote education and research throughout British Columbia. His gift of $20 million was largely responsible for the development and construction of […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on May 18, 2012
© Lara Swimmer Photography A project to digitize photographic archives for the Alberni Valley Museum is featured in the Alberni Valley Times. This project has been supported by the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
By Glenn Drexhage on May 11, 2012
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Photo credit: © Lara Swimmer Photography A project to digitize past issues of the Whister Answer newspaper is featured in Whistler’s Pique Newsmagazine. This project received a grant from the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
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By Glenn Drexhage on May 7, 2012
Image credit: Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society ExplorASIAN 2012 – the 16th annual month-long festival to celebrate Asian Heritage Month in Metro Vancouver – features the “Generation One Art Exhibition” as one of its signature programs. Generation One, a platform for local artists to showcase their artworks in the community, appears at multiple sites throughout Metro […]
By Glenn Drexhage on May 7, 2012
Photo: Michelle Lamberson Lea Starr, Associate University Librarian for Research Services, and Librarian Teresa Lee comment on the recent initiative of Heather Piwowar, who worked on an agreement with academic publisher Elsevier to allow text mining of its journals. Read the full article, “Hot Type: Elsevier Experiments With Allowing ‘Text Mining’ of Its Journals,” in the […]
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By Jessica Woolman on May 2, 2012
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will be closed Saturday, May 5 for electrical upgrades. No one will be allowed in the building except for authorized personnel. Trying to study? Visit the Library hours and locations portal to find other branches open on May 5. Electrical upgrades on the east side of campus will affect the Student Union Building, […]
By Glenn Drexhage on April 25, 2012
A recent trial of underground and independent comics offered by UBC Library is featured in an article about Vancouver comics in Scout Magazine.
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By Glenn Drexhage on April 20, 2012
The online photo archives from the Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford are featured in the Abbotsford Mission Times. This project has been funded partly by the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
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