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Missionary Printing Presses Exhibition – extended to Dec. 8
UBC Library’s exhibition featuring materials produced on missionary printing presses in British Columbia is now open until December 8.
RBSC and University Archives reduced hours
UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections and the University Archives will have reduced hours through the month of August.
Retell, Rethink, Recover: Feb. 20 – April 30
UBC Library is hosting an exhibition and conference to commemorate the March 11, 2011 disasters in Japan. Retell, Rethink, Recover, which begins on February 20 and runs through April, consists of three phases on display in different parts of the Library system. The Retell section highlights disaster prints and historical maps. All materials are from […]
Love! In the Library? in the Ubyssey, Vancouver Sun blog
Love! In the Library? – a UBC Library exhibition that examines how lovers speak to each other through literature – is featured in the Ubyssey, the UBC student newspaper, and the Vancouver Sun books blog. Come explore Love! In the Library? until February 19 at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections, located on level […]
Love! In the Library? At RBSC until Feb. 19
Valentine’s Day has become a festival close to the commercial hearts of chocolate manufacturers, greeting card makers and flower sellers. Despite the commercialism, however, it still retains a place in the human hearts of lovers. In this amorous spirit, Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) is sending a valentine in the form of an exhibition […]
UBC Library Winter Update in the BCLA Browser
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; […]
GG Literary Awards exhibition in the media
UBC Library’s exhibition, 75 Years of Controversy: Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Awards 1936-2010, has been making headlines. Articles have appeared in ArtsWIRE, the publication from UBC’s Faculty of Arts, and the Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper. From January 4-January 31, 2012, UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections division is hosting a display highlighting some […]
Exhibition: 75 Years of Controversy
Since their establishment in 1936, the Governor General’s Literary Awards have served as Canada’s premier literary honour. Yet over the years, the awards often have been noted as much for their controversy as for the writing they’ve sought to recognize. From January 4 – January 31, 2012, UBC Library will host a display highlighting some […]
UBC Library update in CPSLD Newsletter
An update on UBC Library appears in the fall 2011 issue of the CPSLD Newsletter, published on behalf of the Council of Post Secondary Library Directors, British Columbia. Check out the update on pages 21-23 for the latest on the B.C. Historical Newspapers Project, the B.C. History Digitization Program, UBC’s fundraising and alumni engagement campaign […]
Betwixt and Between: Charles van Sandwyk exhibition
“The birds are above, the fish are below, and we are betwixt and between.” – Charles van Sandwyk, Sketches from the Dream Isle of Birds. UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections is pleased to bring you the exhibition Betwixt and Between: The Art and Influences of Charles van Sandwyk. Born in South Africa […]