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Indigenous Community Borrower Card

More ways to get your Indigenous Community Borrower Card at UBC Library

By Anna Moorhouse on July 18, 2024

There are now more ways to get an Indigenous Community Borrower Card at UBC Library.

Posted in General | Tagged with borrower services, Indigenous, Koerner Library, services, spaces and services, Xwi7xwa Library

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More ways to get your Indigenous Community Borrower Card at UBC Library

By Anna Moorhouse on May 21, 2024

The Indigenous Community Borrower Card provides holders with free access to the library’s resources and services.

Posted in General | Tagged with Community Borrower Card, Indigenous, Koerner Library, Xwi7xwa Library

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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

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How UBC Library is addressing the growing demand for Indigenous reference help

By Anna Moorhouse on February 27, 2024

Basic Indigenous Reference Training is a new type of workshop developed by UBC Library to address the growing demand from all disciplines to learn more about Indigenous topics in coursework and research.

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How UBC Library is spotlighting Indigenous topics in open education

How UBC Library is spotlighting Indigenous topics in open education

By Anna Moorhouse on October 23, 2023

Open access can pave the way for more equitable knowledge sharing, but is it succeeding?

Posted in General | Tagged with Indigenous, Open Access Week, Open Education

UBC Library celebrates 10-year funding partnership with the Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education

UBC Library celebrates 10-year funding partnership with the Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education

By Anna Moorhouse on June 1, 2023

UBC Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is proud to reflect on 10 years as a funding partner for the Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education (NOIIE) and the critical role this organization fulfills at participating schools and school districts across British Columbia.

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Supporting the International Decade of Indigenous Languages

Supporting the International Decade of Indigenous Languages

By Anna Moorhouse on June 6, 2022

As part of Indigenous History Month, a new exhibit has launched in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. View featured materials from Xwi7xwa’s Indigenous language collection, and learn how the branch supports language revitalization on campus and in the community.

Posted in Events | Tagged with Indigenous, Indigenous History Month, Xwi7xwa Library

Indigenous (Un)History Month Exhibition: RavenSpace – Digital Publishing in Indigenous Studies

Indigenous (Un)History Month Exhibition: RavenSpace – Digital Publishing in Indigenous Studies

By Anna Moorhouse on June 3, 2019

June is recognized as Aboriginal History Month but at UBC Library we hold a tradition of (Un)History Month — a celebration and acknowledgement of the importance of Indigenous Peoples – not only in history – but in the present and future.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with exhibitions, Indigenous, Xwi7xwa Library

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Sharing knowledge: How UBC’s Xwi7xwa Library is helping community Aboriginal libraries better serve their communities

By Jessica Woolman on June 23, 2017

UBC’s Xwi7xwa Library has collaborated with a library in Abbotsford to make their own unique cataloging system for Aboriginal materials.

Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, Indigenous, partnerships, Xwi7xwa Library

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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 community engagement, digitization, exhibits, IKBLC, Indigenous

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