By Minghui Zhou on November 6, 2025
Last week, we took a brief look at the origins of the Powell River Company. You can read that post here. To recap: The Powell River Company Ltd. operated from 1909 to 1959 and was once considered one of the largest forest products companies in the world, producing newsprint, paper, lumber, panelboard, and containers. This […]
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By park on November 4, 2025
When trying to access BSI Knowledge – BSOL, an error message appears: “Oops! That wasn’t supposed to happen. We encountered an error processing this request. Please get in touch with our support teams (details are below) and referenc…
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By Minghui Zhou on October 23, 2025
In 2016, we briefly explored the MacMillan Bloedel Limited Fonds and its predecessor, the Powell River Company, which you can read here. A quick recap: MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. began in 1909 as the Powell River Paper Company Ltd. Over the years, it became one of the largest forest products companies in the world, producing newsprint, […]
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By Lauren Wong on October 9, 2025
This blog post was written by Lauren Wong, with invaluable help and advice from Chelsea Shriver, Rare Books and Special Collections Librarian of UBC Library. In 2023, the Digitization Centre completed the digitization of Shakespeare’s First Folio, making it more accessible to people worldwide. We previously wrote a blog post about this achievement, which you […]
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By Leila Malkin on September 16, 2025
Recently the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office released its 2024/2025 Impact and Activity Report, showcasing some of the year’s highlights and accomplishments.
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By epederso on August 26, 2025
For the 2025-2026 academic year and amidst the relocation of Education library collections and services to Koerner Library, the Education Learning Commons remains open for students in Neville Scarfe. While the Faculty of Education will lead the long-term transition of this space, this year it will remain open with student study space and access to […]
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