RBSC

Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives to close from August 1 – November 30, 2022

By Library Communications on June 20, 2022

Connect for more information on supports available for remote research and instructional support requests during this time.

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Chung Collection exhibition room closed for maintenance and renovations

By Anna Moorhouse on February 2, 2022

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.

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William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library

By Library Communications on January 12, 2022

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.

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