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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 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.
Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives to close from August 1 – November 30, 2022
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Chung Collection exhibition room closed for maintenance and renovations
The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection exhibition room in Rare Books and Special Collections at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is temporarily closed until further notice for ongoing maintenance and renovations.
William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library
UBC has acquired a first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies Histories and Tragedies—an extremely rare book published seven years after Shakespeare’s death and credited with preserving almost half of his plays.
Meet Katherine Kalsbeek, Head, Rare Books & Special Collections at UBC Library
Katherine Kalsbeek shares what it’s like to acquire, manage and preserve rare books and special collections at UBC Library.