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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.
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By Jasmine Devonshire on April 12, 2017
UBC Library organized a second exhibit of our Harry Potter collection in tandem with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsTM performance, which took place April 7–9.
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By Jasmine Devonshire on March 29, 2017
In tandem with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s screening and performance of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Rare Books and Special Collections is exhibiting some of the unique and remarkable Harry Potter books in its collection.
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By Jasmine Devonshire on January 30, 2017
This is somewhat of an English student’s heaven, but worth the visit for anyone with an appreciation for literature and history.
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By Jasmine Devonshire on January 6, 2017
Recently, the University of British Columbia (UBC) Library added bookplates from its Rare Books and Special Collections to their ongoing Flickr Commons album. These examples are part of the Thomas Murray Collection. The Canadian book collector Murray’s focus bent towards his home country — its artists and its book owners — and UBC lists, where possible, biographical details of both parties.
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By michelle blackwell on August 25, 2016
Take a tour of Rare Books and Special Collections collections every Thursday at 11 am.
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By Jasmine Devonshire on July 15, 2016
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By Jessica Woolman on April 30, 2015
Visit UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections to see many one-of-a-kind items, including a 13th century Papal Bull.
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By Linda Ong on September 11, 2014
UBC’s renowned Asian Library and its rare and special collections continue to draw interest and praise from international scholars.
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By Andrea Coutts on July 24, 2014
About 40 Library staff were treated to behind-the-scenes tours of the Digitization Centre last week, where they learned about fascinating projects such as epigraphic squeezes and watched specialized photographic equipment in action. Robert Stibravy began the tours with an introduction to the Centre, pointing out a myriad of images from different projects covering the walls […]
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