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UBC Library Open Education Impact & Activity Report

By Erin Fields on July 16, 2024

The Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office released this year’s Open Education Impact & Activity Report, highlighting UBC Library’s combined impact on open educational practices at UBC for 2023/2024.

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The Lee Family: Enduring Struggles and Separation

By Lauren W on July 9, 2024

In one of our blog posts in May, we briefly touched on the Chinese Head Tax, a burdensome imposition on many Chinese Canadians from the 1885 to 1923. This week, we will take a closer look at the life of Chuck Lee, one of the very few Chinese Canadians in Halifax in the early 1900s, […]

Posted in Carousel, Chinese Canadian, Chinese Canadian Stories, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chuck Lee, Digitizers' Blog, Halifax, Head Tax, open collections | Read More | No Comments

UBC Asian Library renovations create dynamic spaces for collaboration

By phchow on July 8, 2024

Posted in Carousel, News/Announcement, renovation, Space and Facilities | Read More | No Comments

Canada Day: Status on the Global Market

By KylaM on July 4, 2024

Canada Day: Status on the Global Market
KylaM
Thu, 07/04/2024 – 10:59

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Nonprofit Industry Overview

By KylaM on July 3, 2024

Nonprofit Industry Overview
KylaM
Wed, 07/03/2024 – 15:08

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New Books at the Asian Library (June 2024)

By phchow on July 3, 2024

Korean
Chinese
Japanese
South Asian

BQ974 N64 Y83 2023
허공 에 가득한 깨달음 영허 녹원 : 27명 의 후학들 이 전하는 수행자 영허 녹원 대종사 이야기 / 유 철주 지음 / 서울시 : 조계종 출판사, 2023
DS913.392 Y37 N36 2023
조선 최초 의병장 양 달사 장군 문헌집 / 이 영현 옮김 ; 노 기욱 감수 ; 편집 기획 양 달사 현창 사업회 / 경기도 파주시 : 한국 학술 정보,…

Posted in Carousel, Chinese language, Circulation, Collections, Japanese language, Korean language, New Books, South Asian language | Read More | No Comments

Revisiting the Y2K bug through open collections

By Lauren W on June 25, 2024

Remember the year 2000? As the clock ticked closer to midnight on December 31st, 1999, the world was preparing for the potential chaos of the infamous Y2K bug. In this week’s blog post, we’ll take a trip down memory lane and revisit some materials in our open collections that are related to the Y2K crisis! […]

Posted in Carousel, Digitizers' Blog, Millennium bug, Y2K, Y2K bug | Read More | No Comments

Organic Farming Industry Overview

By KylaM on June 14, 2024

Organic Farming Industry Overview
KylaM
Fri, 06/14/2024 – 11:02

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New Canadian Open Access Legal Citation (COAL) Guide

By elimwong on June 12, 2024

There’s a new Canadian legal citation guide, and it’s open access! … https://canlii.ca/t/7nc6q

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Resources for Indigenous Entrepreneurs

By KylaM on June 6, 2024

Resources for Indigenous Entrepreneurs
KylaM
Thu, 06/06/2024 – 11:10

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