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UBC Library’s First Folio gets interactive with Shakespeare xR

UBC Library’s First Folio gets interactive with Shakespeare xR

By Anna Moorhouse on December 11, 2023

UBC Library released a digitized version of the Folio on UBC Open Collections, making the rare volume openly accessible. But this 2D digitization was only the first step in a larger plan.

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UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio

UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio

By Anna Moorhouse on November 21, 2022

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.

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

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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