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Our Campus: Susan E. Parker turns an optimistic page as university librarian
University Librarian Susan Parker was recently featured in The Ubyssey.
Heather Berringer awarded 2017 Dal SIM Outstanding Alumni Award
Dalhousie University’s School of Information Management has recognized Heather Berringer, UBC Okanagan’s Chief Librarian, with the 2017 Outstanding Alumni Award. This annual award honours a member who has made an outstanding contribution to Library and Information Management.
UBC holds crowdfunding campaign to buy rare Harry Potter first edition
The Library’s crowdfunding campaign to purchase a rare edition of Harry Potter was recently featured in the Vancouver Sun.
The library is crowdfunding to buy a $25,000 copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
The Library’s crowdfunding campaign to purchase a Harry Potter rare edition was recently featured in the Ubyssey.
Susan E. Parker appointed as UBC’s University Librarian
UBC Library is please to announce the appointment of Ms. Susan E. Parker as University Librarian effective September 1.
UBC Okanagan focus of $40 million investment for library expansion and infrastructure upgrades
A joint federal-provincial and university investment was announced on December 5, 2016 at UBC’s Okanagan campus to establish a new Teaching and Learning Centre and fund various sustainability and infrastructure upgrades.
New digital acquisition: CITR audiotapes spanning 70 years
These audio recordings are a cultural record of student life and voices from the UBC community spanning 70 years.
More than 500 of UBC radio station’s historic audio tapes find new audience online
From the Vancouver Sun
UBC radio archive clips find new audience online
The Library’s Digitization Centre has helped UBC and CiTR archive a collection of radio clips from the 1940s and onwards.
Listen to 65 years of UBC history from CiTR’s newly updated archive
Learn how the BC History Digitization Program, the UBC Library Digitization Centre, the UBC University Archives have contributed to this project in this Ubyssey article.