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Chung Milestone: 10,000th Visitor!
The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection exhibition at Rare Books and Special Collections has welcomed its 10,000th visitor!
Gift to UBC Library to Transform Lillooet Room
The Lillooet Room, part of the Chapman Learning Commons in Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, has been renamed the Antonio and Marissa Peña Learning and Events Room.
More than 100 years of BC’s provincial governmental papers now accessible online
One hundred and six years of British Columbia’s governmental papers are now available to anyone with a wifi connection and a device.
UBC Library 2018/19 Senate Report
UBC Library’s annual Senate Report (2018/19) is now available. Read our highlights from the past fiscal year which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, creating and delivering responsive collections, inspiring with innovative spaces and services, and stewarding the organization.
Join us for an introductory tour of the Puban Collection at Rare Books and Special Collections
In honour of the 60th anniversary of the Library’s acquisition of the Puban Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections will be hosting bi-weekly tours highlighting items from the Puban Collection throughout the summer, starting July 9.
UBC Library: Home to rare books, found nowhere else—thanks to UBC donors
The Puban Collection, one of UBC Library’s collections of rare books, was gathered by Chinese physician Junshi Yao during the 1940s and 1950s. This year we’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of the collection’s acquisition by UBC.
The Book of Kells facsimile now on permanent display in UBC Library’s Ridington Room
The Book of Kells facsimile, which was acquired by UBC Library’s Rare Book & Special Collections in 1990, now resides in a secure, purpose-built display case, accessible to the UBC community.
UBC Library acquires the personal archive of Hanne Wassermann Walker
A significant figure of pre-WWII Viennese cultural and social life, Wassermann Walker’s remarkable story has been relatively unknown until now.
Daniel Marshall wins the 2019 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for his illuminating narrative of the 1858 Fraser River Valley gold rush.
Dr. Daniel Marshall wins the 2019 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for his book Claiming the land: British Columbia and the making of a new El Dorado.
Calling all music lovers: five pianos in library locations across campus are waiting to be played
Provided by Tom Lee Music, these pianos have the ability to plug in headphones and play in private, which makes them perfect for improvising or relaxing.