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LibQUAL: Spotlight on Users
In March 2010, UBC Library completed its third LibQUAL survey, which assesses user satisfaction with our services, collections and spaces. This helps us compare current perceptions of services with those from earlier surveys. UBC Library took significant steps to respond to gaps identified in 2009. This latest survey identified new issues, and we have continued […]
Dr. Larry Goldenberg – March 2 at the Learning Centre
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and Woodward Library are proud to present Dr. Larry Goldenberg – an award-winning Canadian researcher, pioneer in the treatment of prostate cancer and world-renowned advocate of patient education. Dr. Goldenberg authored one of the first books to explain prostate cancer treatment options in layman’s terms. Prostate Cancer: All You […]
Dr. Irving K. Barber and Jean Barber
Learn more about Dr. Irving K. Barber.
Drs. Wallace and Madeline Chung
“We are giving the collection to UBC so that people can have the opportunity to understand and appreciate the struggles and joys of those who have come before them” – Drs. Wallace and Madeline Chung From a young age, Wallace Chung had an affinity for discovery, collecting, and preserving. What began as a scrapbook of […]
The Mexican Revolution at the Learning Centre Gallery
Celebrating the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution, an exhibition at the Learning Centre Gallery, highlights various Mexican eras. It features a mural, painted by seven different artists, that represents a vision of modern Mexico. Meanwhile, the obsidian collection of Samuel Frid represents an ancestral tradition. Jon Bertelli’s photographic collection of the last generation of Zapatistas […]
“my everyday” photo exhibit in Learning Centre Gallery
The UBC Photosociety is proud to present my everyday – a photo exhibit that appears in the Irving K. Barber Learning Center Gallery. This exhibition displays work from members of the UBC Photosociety that deals with their daily lives, and the ways that those lives intersect with university life. Emerging photographers have captured the things […]
November webcasts at the Learning Centre
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is pleased to present its webcast schedule for November 2010. Please see below for descriptions and webcast links; all webcasts will also be archived. All events are hosted by UBC’s School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. Wednesday, November 3 Noon – 1 pm, Dodson Room (Room 302, Learning […]
Director of Learning Centre featured in Vancouver Sun
Sandra Singh, the Director of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is featured in a Vancouver Sun article about her appointment as the head of the Vancouver Public Library. You can read the piece here.