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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.
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By Clare Yow on August 25, 2016
Library PARC’s humidity- and temperature-controlled environment expands the shelf life of books. From the REMI Network.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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By Clare Yow on August 24, 2016
The Vancouver Sun explores UBC Library’s purchase of the Kelmscott Chaucer.
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By Clare Yow on August 11, 2016
From the Vancouver Sun
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By Clare Yow on August 11, 2016
The Library’s Digitization Centre has helped UBC and CiTR archive a collection of radio clips from the 1940s and onwards.
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By Clare Yow on August 11, 2016
Learn how the BC History Digitization Program, the UBC Library Digitization Centre, the UBC University Archives have contributed to this project in this Ubyssey article.
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By Clare Yow on July 28, 2016
BC BookLook covers John Thistle’s win of the 4th annual Basil Stuart-Stubbs Award for Outstanding Scholarly Book on B.C., presented at UBC Library on June 9, 2016.
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