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On health literacy, mobile devices and more: Q & A with Dean Giustini

By Jessica Woolman on June 2, 2011

Meet Dean Giustini, Reference Librarian and blogger at UBC’s Biomedical Branch Library at Vancouver General Hospital. What’s been the biggest change to health libraries and librarianship that you’ve encountered during your career? Two equally important trends that have changed health libraries and librarianship are: 1) the shift to digital forms of medical information and 2) […]

Posted in General | Tagged with digital libraries, literacy, social media

Live-in for Literacy at UBC Library

By Glenn Drexhage on January 28, 2011

Live-in for Literacy is taking place again this year on the second floor foyer of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Three students are “camping” at the Learning Centre between January 27 and February 3, raising funds to build schools, libraries and other educational infrastructure in developing countries. This year, the goal this year is […]

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with literacy

Live in for Literacy featured in The Thunderbird

By Glenn Drexhage on March 12, 2009

The recent Live in for Literacy event, held at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and supported by UBC Library, is featured in The Thunderbird – the student publication of UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism. You can view the article here: http://thethunderbird.ca/2009/03/11/students-set-up-camp-for-literacy/

Posted in Events | Tagged with literacy, Media coverage

Live-in for Literacy project at Learning Centre featured in the Vancouver Sun

By Glenn Drexhage on January 21, 2009

From January 16, 2009 to January 26, two students are camping in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre foyer to raise support, awareness and funds for global literacy. The UBC students are participating as part of Live-in for Literacy 2009, a project that involves university students across Canada living in libraries. The aim is to […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with IKBLC, literacy, Live-in for Literacy, Media coverage

Room to Read charity featured in The Province blog

By Glenn Drexhage on October 15, 2008

The Room to Read charity is featured in a blog from The Province newspaper. This charity is supported in part by the Live-in for Literacy campaign, which features students living in university libraries to raise funds. UBC students participated in this campaign for the first time last year. You can view the blog entry here: […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with literacy, Media coverage

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