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Behind-the-scenes: UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives upgrades
Construction is well underway on several significant UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) and University Archives (UA) projects. A flurry of activity has taken over RBSC’s spaces, set to a symphony of power tools, whirling fans and shop vacs. The walls are stripped down to their metal studs, and the cement floors and […]
RBSC and UA Reading Room to close temporarily starting December 15
Starting December 15, the Rare Books and Special Collection and University Archives reading room will close temporarily for construction.
RBSC and University Archives Reading Room appointments can now be booked online
Starting September 1, 2025, Rare Books and Special Collection (RBSC) and University Archives (UA) will move to appointment-based Reading Room visits.
Within the Gaps: Intracommunity Voices in Chinese Canadian and Korean Canadian Records
Dive deeper into this exhibit, on display at UBC Asian Library, that explores the polyvocality of Chinese Canadian and Korean Canadian communities in British Columbia.
UBC Library supports First Folios Compared project
UBC Library is excited to support First Folios Compared, a landmark Open Access project, by contributing the digitized version of UBC’s First Folio to a collection of digital folios from around the globe.
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 collaborates with The Paper Trail project to launch new digital archive
UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC), in partnership with The Paper Trail project team, has launched a digital archival collection of identity papers known as Chinese Immigration (C.I.) certificates created through Canada’s Chinese Immigration Act.
UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio
UBC Library has made its first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies openly accessible to the public by publishing a digitized version of the volume online through Open Collections.
Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives closure to extend into early 2023
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Felicia de la Parra wins the 2022 President’s Staff Award for Wellbeing
Felicia de la Parra, Senior Library Assistant, Rare Books and Special Collections is one of 21 staff recipients of the 2022 President’s Service Awards for Excellence and the President’s Staff Awards.