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RBSC gems revealed in the Ubyssey
RBSC is located on Level 1 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Photo © Lara Swimmer Photography Five special items from UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) are highlighted in the Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper. These fascinating finds include a letter from Napoleon Bonaparte; Uncle Jim’s Canadian Nursery Rhymes; the Olive Allen Biller collection; an […]
UBC and copyright update in the Ubyssey
An update on UBC and copyright appears in the Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper. “Professors and students are struggling to figure out how to stay within the legal bounds of copyright since UBC opted out of a licensing agreement with Access Copyright (AC) back in August. However, the university has said that the academic community should already have […]
Blast from the UBC past
The article below is from the Ubyssey’s “Flashback Friday” series, in which the UBC student newspaper takes a look at “interesting, thought-provoking or just plain weird articles” published since 1918. This piece, which refers to UBC Library, is one of the first articles that appeared in the paper about the Internet. Student access to Internet […]