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Rare Books and Special Collections

UBC Library hosts Past Purrrrfect, an exhibit featuring cats in the collection

UBC Library hosts Past Purrrrfect, an exhibit featuring cats in the collection

By michelle blackwell on January 6, 2020

Visit feline and canine themed exhibits at multiple branches of the library throughout January and February.

Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, exhibitions, Rare Books and Special Collections

Meet Canadian shoe designer John Fluevog   

Meet Canadian shoe designer John Fluevog  

By Becky Potvin on December 20, 2019

Visit the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on Wednesday, January 8th to meet John Fluevog.

Posted in Events | Tagged with community engagement, exhibitions, Rare Books and Special Collections

Download the new ‘Maps and Landscapes’ digital colouring book series

Download the new ‘Maps and Landscapes’ digital colouring book series

By Katya Roxas on October 22, 2019

Experience history at the tip of your pencil crayons with our new ‘Maps and Landscapes’ themed digital colouring book series.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, Digital Initiatives, links, open collections, Rare Books and Special Collections

Chung Milestone: 10,000th Visitor!

Chung Milestone: 10,000th Visitor!

By matt patton on August 13, 2019

The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection exhibition at Rare Books and Special Collections has welcomed its 10,000th visitor!

Posted in General | Tagged with Chung Collection, IKBLC, Rare Books and Special Collections, support

Join us for an introductory tour of the Puban Collection at Rare Books and Special Collections

Join us for an introductory tour of the Puban Collection at Rare Books and Special Collections

By Anna Moorhouse on June 25, 2019

In honour of the 60th anniversary of the Library’s acquisition of the Puban Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections will be hosting bi-weekly tours highlighting items from the Puban Collection throughout the summer, starting July 9.

Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, IKBLC, Puban Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections, support

A Queer Century, 1869-1969: A Rare Books Exhibition

A Queer Century, 1869-1969: A Rare Books Exhibition

By michelle blackwell on May 28, 2019

The exhibit, hosted in Rare Books & Special Collections located on Level 1 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, will run until July 31, 2019.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Congress 2019, rare books, Rare Books and Special Collections

UBC Library: Home to rare books, found nowhere else—thanks to UBC donors

UBC Library: Home to rare books, found nowhere else—thanks to UBC donors

By Anna Moorhouse on April 30, 2019

The Puban Collection, one of UBC Library’s collections of rare books, was gathered by Chinese physician Junshi Yao during the 1940s and 1950s. This year we’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of the collection’s acquisition by UBC.

Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, Puban Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections, support

Meet Anne Lama, Conservator at UBC Library

Meet Anne Lama, Conservator at UBC Library

By Anna Moorhouse on April 22, 2019

It’s been nearly five years since Anne Lama, Library Conservator, joined the team at UBC Library. At the time, her move from Paris to Vancouver was a big change for her and her family.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with profile, Rare Books and Special Collections

Hanne Wassermann Walker as photographed by Trude Fleischmann.

UBC Library acquires the personal archive of Hanne Wassermann Walker

By michelle blackwell on March 8, 2019

A significant figure of pre-WWII Viennese cultural and social life, Wassermann Walker’s remarkable story has been relatively unknown until now.

Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with acquisitions, archives, collections, Rare Books and Special Collections, support

UBC Library launches a new ‘Mythical Creatures’ themed digital colouring book

UBC Library launches a new ‘Mythical Creatures’ themed digital colouring book

By Katya Roxas on February 4, 2019

Experience history at the tip of your pencil crayons with our new ‘Mythical Creatures’ themed digital colouring book.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, links, Rare Books and Special Collections

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