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By Clare Yow on December 6, 2016
The Kelowna Daily Courier looks at how UBC Okanagan students will soon have more places to study following the expansion of the campus library.
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By Clare Yow on December 5, 2016
A joint federal-provincial and university investment was announced on December 5, 2016 at UBC’s Okanagan campus to establish a new Teaching and Learning Centre and fund various sustainability and infrastructure upgrades.
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By Clare Yow on December 1, 2016
A century’s worth of the Prince George Citizen was digitized thanks to support from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
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By Clare Yow on December 1, 2016
The Fall 2016 issue of Trek looks at the Library’s purchase of the Kelmscott Chaucer.
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By michelle blackwell on November 29, 2016
Indigenous and Aboriginal communities across British Columbia are invited to apply for audio-cassette digitization support by March 3, 2017.
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By Clare Yow on November 24, 2016
Ming Pao Canada interviewed Kevin Madill, head of the Music, Art and Architecture Library, on use of their electronic silent piano by international students.
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By Clare Yow on November 23, 2016
The Open Library of Humanities is pleased to announce that the University of British Columbia Library has joined their Library Partnership Subsidy system (November 18, 2016).
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By Clare Yow on November 8, 2016
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.
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By Clare Yow on October 27, 2016
The Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) is pleased to recognize Bronwen Sprout of the University of British Columbia Library with its 2016 Outstanding Contribution Award.
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By Clare Yow on October 27, 2016
Learn about how Portage and Compute Canada have partnered with UBC Library in adopting our UBC Open Collections user interface.
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