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By phoebe chan on February 5, 2024
Experience history and #BeautifulBC at the tip of your pencil crayons. Our new digital colouring book features illustrated fish and waterways that doubles as a calendar.
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with BC History, collections, Digital Initiatives, fish, nature, open collections, waterways
By Anna Moorhouse on November 7, 2023
UBC Library has acquired several rare titles as part of its Japanese Collections, thanks in part to support provided by the David Graham Memorial Fund.
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By phoebe chan on February 6, 2023
Experience history and #BeautifulBC at the tip of your pencil crayons. Our new digital colouring book features illustrated animals in nature that doubles as a calendar.
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By Anna Moorhouse on November 21, 2022
UBC Library has made its first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies openly accessible to the public by publishing a digitized version of the volume online through Open Collections.
Posted in General | Tagged with Digital Initiatives, Digitization Centre, open collections, RBSC, UBC First Folio
By Anna Moorhouse on September 14, 2022
UBC Library has digitized an extremely rare collection of World War II-era propaganda plays from Japan, presented in a format known as kamishibai, or paper theatre, plays.
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By phoebe chan on February 7, 2022
Experience history and #BeautifulBC at the tip of your pencil crayons. Our new digital colouring book features illustrated birds in nature that doubles as a calendar.
Posted in Events | Tagged with BC History, birds, birds in nature, children's literature, collections, Digital Initiatives, links, open collections
By phoebe chan on November 5, 2021
UBC Thrive month is a time when we come together to explore ways to support our mental health. Colouring is an activity that can help you focus on the present and reduce stress. Try taking a break and check out our Digital Colouring Books
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By phoebe chan on August 3, 2021
A handful of UBC Librarians have shared some uplifting summer reads, listens and watches from history to mystery to accompany you through the summer season.
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By Library Communications on July 28, 2021
UBC Library has launched a significant update to the Open Collections website that will enhance the findability and usability of items in the collections.
Posted in General | Tagged with open collections, service update
By phoebe chan on February 2, 2021
Experience history and #BeautifulBC at the tip of your pencil crayons with our new digital colouring book that doubles as a calendar. Celebrate #ColorOurCollections week with UBC Library’s ‘B.C. Historical Books’ themed digital colouring book.
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