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2024 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research award ceremony

By Library Communications on May 16, 2024

On May 15, winners of the 2024 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research celebrated their awards with family, faculty, donors and other members of the UBC community.

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Closed for Victoria Day – Monday, May 20, 2024

By elimwong on May 15, 2024

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What’s That Number? A Thirty-Minute Dive into Deciphering a Traditional Chinese Numeral System

By claire malek on May 14, 2024

Guest blogger Lily Liu talks about a mysterious numbering system she encountered while working on the Lock Tin Lee fonds.

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Exploring Japanese Travel Narratives in Tokugawa Era

By Lauren W on May 14, 2024

This week’s blog post explores the fascinating world of Japanese travel during the Tokugawa period (1603 – 1868), both within Japan and beyond its borders. All materials shown in this blog post are from our Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era Collection which is available through Open Collection. 1. Seiyū ryotan (西遊旅譚) [A Diary of […]

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Chung | Lind Gallery now open!

By cshriver on May 8, 2024

The new gallery space on level 2 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is free and open to the public.

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New Books at the Law Library – 24/05/07

By elimwong on May 7, 2024

LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2): KE4270 .B87 2023
Donald F. Bur, Law of the Constitution: The Distribution of Powers, 2nd ed. (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2023).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: KTX3344 .I23 2020
Paulin Ibanda Kabaka, Mémento du droit minier de…

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Lost access to Canada Commons and Policy Commons

By ryan regier on May 3, 2024

Users are seeing a “Sorry, something went wrong trying to log you in.” error when trying to access Canada Commons or Policy Commons.
We are working to resolve the issue.
As a workaround please access via the Resource Pages – https://r…

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New Books at Education Library: May 2024

By epederso on May 2, 2024

Exciting new books have just landed at the library! Click on the cover and title for more information: LB1139.5.R43 L56 2022 Reading above the fray: reliable, research-based routines for developing decoding skills / Julia B. Lindsey; foreword by Nell K. Duke. PZ7.1.O55 Ev 2023 Everyone’s thinking it / Aleema Omotoni. PZ7.1.H4314 We 2023 We’ll never tell / […]

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