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RBSC gems revealed in the Ubyssey

RBSC gems revealed in the Ubyssey

By Glenn Drexhage on March 2, 2014

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 […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with IKBLC, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections, Ubyssey

UBC and copyright update in the Ubyssey

By Glenn Drexhage on September 22, 2011

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 […]

Posted in General | Tagged with copyright, Media coverage, Ubyssey

Blast from the UBC past

By Glenn Drexhage on August 23, 2010

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 […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged with Media coverage, online access, Ubyssey

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