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Live-in for Literacy

UBC Library Winter Update in the BCLA Browser

By Glenn Drexhage on February 2, 2012

UBC Library’s Winter Update appears in the new issue of the BCLA Browser (Volume 4, no.1), the newsletter of the British Columbia Library Association. Have a read and find out about the exceptional Videomatica film collection being housed and preserved by UBC and SFU; the B.C. Historical Newspapers Project; a CLIR meeting at UBC Library; […]

Posted in General | Tagged with BCHDP, cIRcle, CLIR, Great Reads, Live-in for Literacy, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections, Videomatica

Image of past Live-in for Literacy campers by Martin Dee

Live-in for Literacy at the Learning Centre

By Glenn Drexhage on January 17, 2012

Photo of past Live-in for Literacy campers by Martin Dee

Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with IKBLC, Live-in for Literacy

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

Image of past Live-in for Literacy campers by Martin Dee

Live-in for Literacy at UBC Library

By Glenn Drexhage on February 25, 2008

The recent literacy event at Koerner Library, which involved students living in Koerner to raise funds for libraries in Nepal has gathered quite a bit of media attention. The event was held by the new UBC club called DREAM, or Discover the Reality of Educating All Minds, which is raising money for Room to Read, an […]

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

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