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Access Issues with AMS (American Mathematical Society) forcing users to login twice

By ryan regier on June 26, 2025

Users trying to access AMS (American Mathematical Society) books or journals are currently being forced to login twice to access content. After logging in via the library website and landing on the AMS page, AMS will send users to a ‘Access through your institution” page when trying to access full text. If you search for […]

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2025 Professional Development Award Recipients

By Library Communications on June 26, 2025

UBC Library has two annual professional development awards for its staff, which are the Suzanne Dodson Award and Diana Lukin Johnston Award. UBC Library is pleased to announce that Matthew Barrett, Aleha McCauley and Kyra Wheatley were named this year’s award winners.

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Xwi7xwa Library hires first archivist

By Anna Moorhouse on June 26, 2025

When Jesse Carson joined Xwi7xwa Library earlier this year as its first full-time archivist, he was already familiar with some of the challenges—and the stacks of boxes—that awaited him.

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Here for a Good Time, and a Long Time: Ephemera in Open Collections

By Jill Henderson on June 19, 2025

Ephemera, by its very definition, was never meant to stick around. Defined as items that have been preserved despite the fact that they were not intended to be at their time of production, the term is used to describe commonplace paper objects like flyers, menus, event tickets, postcards, and more. Valentine’s card (1919) from the […]

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“ATYPON – Access Denied” error impacting Wiley, Sage, AAS, Science Journal and more

By ryan regier on June 17, 2025

Users will see a “ATYPON – Access Denied” error when trying to access a large number of publisher websites. ATYPON is a platform provide that many publishers use to allow them to authenticate users. Multiple Universities are seeing this problem. As a workaround, please use the OpenAthens Proxy by placing this text in front of […]

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New Books at the Law Library – 25/06/17

By elimwong on June 17, 2025

LAW LIBRARY level 3: HV1559.C3 L37 2024
M.D. Lepofsky, Swimming Up Niagara Falls! The Battle to Get Disability Rights Added to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (CNIB Beyond Print, 2024).
Online access: https://doi.org/10.22329/wyaj.v39.8579…

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Records management at UBC: What are university records and how do I manage them?

By Library Communications on June 16, 2025

Each time you write an email, buy material for your unit, or propose a new project in a departmental meeting, you’ve created a record.

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How language revitalization boosts Indigenous health

By Anna Moorhouse on June 12, 2025

New research shows that reviving Indigenous languages may do more than preserve culture—it may also improve public health.

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2025 Employee Recognition Award winners announced

By Library Communications on June 12, 2025

UBC Library is pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of UBC Library Employee Recognition Awards. Each year, the Library Awards Program shines a light on faculty and staff who have demonstrated exceptional creativity, innovation, leadership, excellence and a dedication to customer service through their work.

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Library Catalogue is Down

By ryan regier on June 11, 2025

UBC Library Catalogue is currently not working https://webcat.library.ubc.ca
IT is working on it. Links to print books from Summon and other sources will not work while it is down.

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