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Collage of old photographs showing British Columbia history

Photo exhibit from the Langmann Family Collection provides a snapshot of B.C. history

By admin on October 10, 2023

Select photographs from the Uno Langmann Family Collection are on display across six UBC Library branches.

Posted in General | Tagged with archives, exhibitions, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uno Langmann, Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

UBC at Word Vancouver Festival 2023

UBC Library at the Word Vancouver Reading & Writing Festival 2023

By admin on September 6, 2023

This year’s festival features programming by Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) and the Asian Library on September 16.

Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, community events, Rare Books and Special Collections, RBSC, Vancouver Word Festival

UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds is added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register

UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds is added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register

By Library Communications on July 26, 2022

UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds has been added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value.

Posted in General | Tagged with acquisitions, Asian Library, collections, Japanese Canadian history, Joan Gillis Fonds, press release, Rare Books and Special Collections, UNESCO

Temporary relocation of Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room scheduled for May 9

Temporary relocation of Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room scheduled for May 9

By michelle blackwell on April 26, 2022

Please contact Rare Book & Special Collections or University Archives before visiting.

Posted in General | Tagged with construction, Rare Books and Special Collections, University Archives

Giving Day 2022

Giving Day 2022

By phoebe chan on March 31, 2022

On UBC Giving Day, April 6, we come together to support students and our world. This year’s Giving Day project involves the digitization of UBC’s 1623 Shakespeare First Folio, which will provide opportunities for UBC iSchool students to hone their skills in the digitization of rare books by working in the UBC Library Digitization Centre to make the First Folio accessible to anyone, anywhere, and at any time.

Posted in Events | Tagged with digitization, GivingDay, rare books, Rare Books and Special Collections, ShakespeareFirstFolio, UBCGivingDay, UBCLibrary

New online exhibit features select letters from the Joan Gillis fonds

New online exhibit features select letters from the Joan Gillis fonds

By Anna Moorhouse on March 3, 2022

This digital exhibition on Japanese Canadian forced dispersal and internment features materials from the Joan Gillis fonds, housed at the UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections.

Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, exhibits, Japanese Canadian history, Joan Gillis Fonds, Rare Books and Special Collections

I Know We’ll Meet Again: Correspondence and the Forced Dispersal of Japanese Canadians

I Know We’ll Meet Again: Correspondence and the Forced Dispersal of Japanese Canadians

By Library Communications on February 14, 2022

Join this online public panel event inspired by the Joan Gillis fonds, a remarkable collection of letters that recount the lives of a group of Japanese Canadian teenagers after their forced dispersal from the coastal regions of British Columbia in 1942.

Posted in Events | Tagged with acquisitions, collections, Japanese Canadian history, Joan Gillis Fonds, press release, Rare Books and Special Collections

The Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection offers essential new source for historical research and scholarship at UBC Library

The Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection offers essential new source for historical research and scholarship at UBC Library

By Library Communications on May 5, 2021

UBC Library has received an unparalleled rare book and archival collection, dating from the Klondike Gold Rush (1894-1904) in British Columbia, from UBC alumnus and Canadian telecommunications icon Philip B. Lind, CM. The gift includes a $2 million gift that will support the collection at the library.

Posted in Press releases | Tagged with Klondike Gold Rush, Phil Lind, Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections

Meet Katherine Kalsbeek, Head, Rare Books & Special Collections at UBC Library

Meet Katherine Kalsbeek, Head, Rare Books & Special Collections at UBC Library

By matt patton on April 29, 2021

Katherine Kalsbeek shares what it’s like to acquire, manage and preserve rare books and special collections at UBC Library.

Posted in General | Tagged with profile, Rare Books and Special Collections, RBSC, Work with us

Giving Day 2021

Giving Day 2021

By phoebe chan on April 1, 2021

On April 7, join alumni, students, and friends from around the world to help expand the Queer Collections Project and increase the visibility and reach of sexuality studies at UBC.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with GivingDay, Rare Books and Special Collections, UBCGivingDay, UBCLibrary

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