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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
By michelle blackwell on April 26, 2022
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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
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.
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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.
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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
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.
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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
By Anna Moorhouse on October 8, 2020
In a new blog series created by Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC), archivists, librarians and library staff share items from their personal collections of documents, books and ephemera.
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By Katya Roxas on February 3, 2020
Experience history at the tip of your pencil crayons and celebrate #ColorOurCollections week with UBC Library’s ‘Maps and Landscapes’ themed digital colouring book series.
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