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Kelmscott Chaucer

UBC Library digitizes Kelmscott Chaucer and launches digital colouring book series

UBC Library digitizes Kelmscott Chaucer and launches digital colouring book series

By Anna Moorhouse on May 17, 2018

When UBC Library acquired the Kelmscott Press’ Works of Geoffrey Chaucer in 2016, the book’s preservation story was just beginning.

Posted in General | Tagged with digital collections, Digital Initiatives, digitization, Kelmscott Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, Rare Books and Special Collections, support

UBC purchases “the most beautiful of all printed books”

UBC purchases “the most beautiful of all printed books”

By Clare Yow on December 1, 2016

The Fall 2016 issue of Trek looks at the Library’s purchase of the Kelmscott Chaucer.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with art, collections, donation, donors, Kelmscott Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, links, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections

UBC acquires rare hand-printed Victorian Chaucer volume

By Clare Yow on September 15, 2016

CBC News explores how the Kelmscott Chaucer gives unique insight into both old and new printing technologies.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with art, collections, donation, donors, Kelmscott Chaucer, links, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections

Melody Burton, Head Librarian, Katherine Kalsbeek ,Head of Rare Books and Special Collections and Dr. Gregory Mackie, assistant professor in UBC’s department of English.

UBC acquires rare Chaucer book

By Clare Yow on August 29, 2016

Canadian Art covers UBC Library’s newest acquisition, which is an example of Morris’s arts-and-crafts approach to illustration, featuring unusual typeface and intricate decoration.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with art, donation, donors, Kelmscott Chaucer, links, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections

UBC Library’s Kelmscott “Chaucer” is required reading

By Clare Yow on August 29, 2016

“As a public university, these are British Columbians’ books,” Katherine Kalsbeek, Head of Rare Books and Special Collections tells Montecristo Magazine.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with art, collections, donation, donors, Kelmscott Chaucer, links, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections

UBC Library acquires copy of ‘The Most Beautiful of All Printed Books’

By Clare Yow on August 25, 2016

The Simi Sara Show speaks to Dr. Gregory Mackie, assistant professor in UBC’s department of English about how the Kelmscott Chaucer will enhance teaching and learning at UBC.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with art, collections, donation, donors, Kelmscott Chaucer, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections, support

Sense of Place with Minelle Mahtani

By Clare Yow on August 25, 2016

Roundhouse Radio speaks with Katherine Kalsbeek, Head of Rare Books and Special Collections, and Dr. Gregory Mackie, assistant professor in UBC’s department of English about the acquisition of the rare Kelmscott Chaucer.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with art, collections, donation, donors, Kelmscott Chaucer, links, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections

UBC Library Acquires Rare Limited Edition Chaucer Book

By Clare Yow on August 25, 2016

The Alliance for Arts and Culture notes that the book was printed in a limited edition of only 438 copies by William Morris’s Kelmscott Press in 1896.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with art, collections, donation, donors, Kelmscott Chaucer, links, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections

CBC As It Happens – August 23, 2016

By Clare Yow on August 24, 2016

Host Carol Off interviews Dr. Gregory Mackie, assistant professor in UBC’s department of English on UBC Library’s newest purchase that’s been called “the most beautiful of all printed books.”

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with accessibility, art, collections, community engagement, donation, donors, Kelmscott Chaucer, links, Media coverage, open access, Rare Books and Special Collections

UBC proud owner of $202,000 US rare book from 1896

By Clare Yow on August 24, 2016

The Vancouver Sun explores UBC Library’s purchase of the Kelmscott Chaucer.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with art, collections, donation, donors, Kelmscott Chaucer, links, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections

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