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Squeezes, vacuums and gentle machines: secrets of the Digitization Centre revealed 

Squeezes, vacuums and gentle machines: secrets of the Digitization Centre revealed 

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 […]

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Archivematica, digital collections, Digital Initiatives, rare books

Alvan Bregman learns about traditional book repair.

Global library collaboration with Peking University Library

By Library Communications on May 27, 2013

A collaboration between UBC Library and Peking University Library (PKU Library) heralds exchange of staff and expertise.

Posted in General | Tagged with books, collaboration, collections, community engagement, Community Report, Peking University Library, preservation, rare books, strategic plan

Collections moves update – Asian Library

By Jessica Woolman on February 27, 2013

All rare collections at the Asian Library, including the Puban and Pang Jingtang collections, have now been moved to Rare Books and Special Collections at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, in storage conditions that meet international standards. The removal of all materials from the vault on the ground floor of the Asian Library was […]

Posted in General | Tagged with Asian Library, collections moves, Puban Collection, rare books

Exhibition at Rare Books and Special Collections

Exhibition at Rare Books and Special Collections

By Jessica Woolman on July 29, 2011

In honour of the City of Vancouver’s 125th birthday, an exhibition highlighting the voyages of George Vancouver is on display at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections on level one of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. For more information, visit events.ubc.ca or the Rare Books and Special Collections blog.

Posted in Events | Tagged with exhibits, rare books

Rare books talk reviewed in Artswire

By Glenn Drexhage on February 21, 2011

A review of a recent talk about rare books at UBC Library appears in Artswire, the UBC Faculty of Arts newsfeed. The talk was presented by Ralph Stanton, Head of the Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections division. You can view the article here, and find out more about Rare Books and Special Collections at […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with lecture, Media coverage, rare books, series

Chapbooks on display at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections

By Glenn Drexhage on August 6, 2008

Fans of ephemeral literature are invited to visit a campus display of 19th-century English chapbooks at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC). Chapbooks are booklets that were popular in rural areas and towns from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and ranged from jestbooks to histories of depraved criminals, medieval romances to song […]

Posted in General | Tagged with exhibitions, rare books, Rare Books and Special Collections

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