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UBC Library opens Chung | Lind Gallery

By Library Communications on April 22, 2024

UBC Library is excited to announce the official opening of the Chung | Lind Gallery showcasing the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection and Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection.

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UBC researchers eligible for new open access publisher discounts from Elsevier and Oxford University Press

By Library Communications on April 18, 2024

UBC authors looking to publish in peer-reviewed journals by Oxford University Press and Elsevier are now eligible for cost-savings thanks to new transformative agreements signed by the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN).

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Dinner Menus from the 1930’s-50’s

By Jillian on April 16, 2024

This week’s blog post is a selection of dinner menus from the Chung Collection, which is held at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection contains many materials including travel pamphlets, itineraries and menus from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, which was a large enterprise that dealt in railway and non-railway transportation […]

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UBC Library acquires access to digital newspaper historical archives from around the globe

By Anna Moorhouse on April 15, 2024

UBC faculty, staff and students can now access three new digital collections of newspapers. Explore digital archives for The Montreal Gazette, the Chinese Newspaper Collection, and Le Monde.

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PHUB error when accessing UBC Library CWL

By ryan regier on April 11, 2024

UBC Users may see a ‘PHUB error’ when trying to login via their CWL to UBC Library.
We are still trying to figure out what is causing this issue and are working to solve it urgently!
We understand this a stressful time for students. We will…

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UBC Library digitizes Indigenous language dictionaries

By Anna Moorhouse on April 9, 2024

UBC Library is making Indigenous language dictionaries more accessible by digitizing these works and making them available through UBC Open Collections.

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Wine Industry Overview

By Melissa on April 8, 2024

Wine Industry Overview
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Mon, 04/08/2024 – 14:10

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No access to ScienceDirect

By ryan regier on April 5, 2024

Our authentication service, OpenAthens, is currently seeing issues with ScienceDirect. A lot of users are being blocked access. Seems to be impacting multiple institutions. We are investigating! A couple workarounds that seem to work: From the ScienceDirect page, if you click the Orange Institutional Icon and search for University of British Columbia Library, you can […]

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Upcoming reading room closure

By cshriver on April 4, 2024

The RBSC and UA Reading Room will be closed on Thursday, April 18, and Friday, April 19.

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2024 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research winners announced

By Anna Moorhouse on April 4, 2024

UBC Library is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research.

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