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More ways to get your Indigenous Community Borrower Card at UBC Library
There are now more ways to get an Indigenous Community Borrower Card at UBC Library.
UBC Library digitizes Indigenous language dictionaries
UBC Library is making Indigenous language dictionaries more accessible by digitizing these works and making them available through UBC Open Collections.
How UBC Library is addressing the growing demand for Indigenous reference help
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.
How UBC Library is spotlighting Indigenous topics in open education
Open access can pave the way for more equitable knowledge sharing, but is it succeeding?
UBC Library celebrates 10-year funding partnership with the Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education
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.
Supporting the International Decade of Indigenous Languages
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.
Indigenous (Un)History Month Exhibition: RavenSpace – Digital Publishing in Indigenous Studies
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.
Sharing knowledge: How UBC’s Xwi7xwa Library is helping community Aboriginal libraries better serve their communities
UBC’s Xwi7xwa Library has collaborated with a library in Abbotsford to make their own unique cataloging system for Aboriginal materials.
Aboriginal UnHistory Month exhibit at UBC Library
The exhibit looks at the topic of Canada’s 150 in relation to Indigenous peoples, and is open until August 30.
Five cohorts of Indigitization project participants unite for inaugural Indigitization Futures Forum at UBC
The Indigitization project brought past program participants together in June 2016 to discuss digitization practices and Indigenous knowledge in communities. The article appears in Issue 4 of BCLA Perspectives.