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Intrepid Sisters on the Move II

By Chelsea Shriver on December 24, 2025

Guest blogger and E-Records Manager Barbara Towell retraces the route taken by sisters Clara and Kitty Wilson on their annual bicycle trip on Vancouver Island.

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Best Practices for Recordkeeping

By linda on December 19, 2025

Best Practices for Recordkeeping
Linda
Fri, 12/19/2025 – 16:24

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Retention Schedules

By linda on December 19, 2025

Retention Schedules
Linda
Fri, 12/19/2025 – 16:00

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Records Management Obligations

By linda on December 19, 2025

Records Management Obligations
Linda
Fri, 12/19/2025 – 15:09

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Introduction to Records Management

By linda on December 19, 2025

Introduction to Records Management
Linda
Fri, 12/19/2025 – 14:56

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Access Issues for ProQuest databases – “This page isn’t working”

By ryan regier on December 10, 2025

We are seeing some scattered linking access issues for when users try to access ProQuest Databases. Users may see the below “This page isn’t working” error.

EResources is working to fix as soon as possible!

Ryan

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Upcoming reading room closure

By Chelsea Shriver on December 8, 2025

The RBSC/UA reading room will be temporarily closed from December 15, 2025 until early 2026 for upgrades.

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Use the OpenAthens Bookmarklet to login via UBC Library to Publisher Websites

By ryan regier on December 8, 2025

The below hyperlink – ‘UBC OpenAthens Login’ – can be added to your browser favourites and then clicked when visiting Publisher/Vendor websites to login for Library access. You can also edit and rename the bookmarklet. UBC OpenAthens Login For Chrome and Safari Users For Firefox Users For Internet Explorer Users For iPad Users

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Event Planning Industry Overview

By linda on November 19, 2025

Event Planning Industry Overview
Linda
Wed, 11/19/2025 – 14:32

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New Westminster: Buildings That Endure and Those That Vanished

By Minghui Zhou on November 19, 2025

If you love exploring historic photographs and imagining the stories behind them, you may have noticed that information about old images is often scarce, and much of what we know may survive only in local archives or through community memory. Yet, these photographs remain powerful windows into the past, inviting us to rediscover forgotten stories. […]

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