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UBC Library at the Word Vancouver Reading & Writing Festival 2023
This year’s festival features programming by Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) and the Asian Library on September 16.
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 has been added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value.
Temporary relocation of Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room scheduled for May 9
Please contact Rare Book & Special Collections or University Archives before visiting.
Giving Day 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.
New online exhibit features select letters from the Joan Gillis fonds
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.
I Know We’ll Meet Again: Correspondence and the Forced Dispersal of Japanese Canadians
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.
The Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection offers essential new source for historical research and scholarship at UBC Library
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.
Meet Katherine Kalsbeek, Head, Rare Books & Special Collections at UBC Library
Katherine Kalsbeek shares what it’s like to acquire, manage and preserve rare books and special collections at UBC Library.
Giving Day 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.
UBC Library blog series explores personal archives of archivists, librarians and library staff
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.