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By Anna Moorhouse on July 18, 2024
There are now more ways to get an Indigenous Community Borrower Card at UBC Library.
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By Anna Moorhouse on May 21, 2024
The Indigenous Community Borrower Card provides holders with free access to the library’s resources and services.
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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.
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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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By Anna Moorhouse on October 23, 2023
Open access can pave the way for more equitable knowledge sharing, but is it succeeding?
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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