Posts Tagged ‘UBC Library’
Apr. 3, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, UBC Reports Stories, University News | Tags: Alvan Bregman, Book repair, Bronwen Sprout, Preservation, UBC Library
A trip to China helps preservation librarian Alvan Bregman save UBC’s ancient treasures
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Oct. 12, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed | Tags: Chinese Canadian Stories multimedia project, Community Learning Initiative, learning, UBC Library, Vancouver Public Library
UBC is unveiling interactive kiosks that offer compelling stories of Chinese Canadian communities, a searchable Chinese Head Tax Register of 97,000 digitized records and Gold Mountain Quest, an educational videogame.
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May. 2, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: B.C. History Digitization Program, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Japanese-Canadian internment, learning, Nikkei National Museum, Prince George Library, UBC Library, West Vancouver Memorial Library
An innovative UBC program has provided more than $1 million in funding to help B.C. communities promote their unique histories to audiences around the world, thanks to digitization.
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Mar. 8, 2012 | Filed under: Hot Topics, Media Release, News Feed, News Tip, Uncategorized | Tags: arts, asia, community engagement, Dept. of Asian Studies, earthquake, Fukushima, hot topics, Institute of Asian Research, intercultural understanding, Japan, Japanese earthquake experts, tsunami, UBC, UBC experts list, UBC Library
UBC experts and community members are available to comment on the March 11 anniversary of Japan’s “triple disaster” – the earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant meltdown.
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Jan. 17, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: book donations, fundraiser, India, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Live-in Literacy, local publishing, studentlife, UBC Library
Lovers of literacy and libraries are invited to come by and show their support for Live-in for Literacy, which begins this Tuesday on the second-floor foyer of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. From January 17 to 26, students will once again “camp” at the Learning Centre in order to raise funds to build one or more libraries in a developing country.
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Jan. 16, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: alumni, film collection, learning, SFU, UBC Library, Videomatica
An exceptional film collection valued at $1.7 million will be housed and preserved by the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.
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Nov. 7, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: B.C. history, BC Archives, digitization, learning, newspapers, UBC Library
For the first time, more than 45,000 pages chronicling B.C.’s storied past are available online following the completion of a British Columbia Historical Newspapers Project.
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Aug. 23, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: digitization, International Federation of Library Associations, learning, UBC Library, University Librarian
UBC’s University Librarian is the first Canadian to head an organization that has been the global voice of the library and information profession for more than eight decades. Earlier this month, Ingrid Parent became the President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) for a two-year term. A UBC graduate, Parent first [...]
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Nov. 23, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: business, entrepreneurs, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, rural communities, UBC Library
Small businesses across British Columbia now have a free, comprehensive resource to boost their business-planning efforts and foster an online community of information and support, thanks to the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia.
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Sep. 20, 2010 | Filed under: Media Advisory, Uncategorized | Tags: Living Library, UBC Library
UBC kicks off its first-ever “Living Library” where users can “check out and borrow” remarkable individuals to learn more about their lives and experiences
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