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People at Work: The History of Labour in B.C.

By Michaela Chan on November 12, 2026

BC’s history is rooted in the history of industry. Historical records in Open Collections document prominent industries that have shaped life in BC. These records highlight the importance of the labour force that has made these industries possible, showing their living and working conditions, and the labour movements organized to advocate for improved conditions. Logging […]

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New UBC Library exhibition opens at UBC’s War Memorial Gymnasium

By Anna Moorhouse on November 11, 2026

A new permanent exhibition is now display inside the War Memorial Gym, celebrating 75 years since the facility first opened.

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Remembrance Displays: Serving Bar & Country | War & Peace

By Law Library on November 10, 2026

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Meet Kyra Wheatley, Circulation Assistant at UBC Library

By Library Communications on November 5, 2026

Kyra Wheatley, Circulation Assistant, shares their experience at UBC Library and how they believe leadership and service are embodied through patience and kindness.

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Construction noise notice

By Chelsea Shriver on November 4, 2026

We apologize for construction noise in the reading room from Monday, November 9-Friday, November 13 while we put final touches on our recent renovations.

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Fall Term Break Hours – November 9 to 13, 2026

By Law Library on November 3, 2026

Monday & Tuesday 9 am – 5 pmWednesdayClosedThursday8:30 am – 9 pmFriday8:30 am – 6 pmSaturday10 am – 6 pmSundayClosed

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New Books at the Law Library – 26/11/03

By Law Library on November 3, 2026

LAW LIBRARY level 3: DA880.B72 L44 2026 C.J. Neville, ed, Leges Marchiarum: The Laws of the Scottish Marches (The Stair Society, 2026). LAW LIBRARY level 3: KF479 .R47 2023 The American Law Institute, Restatement of the law : children and the law. Tent…

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The Dissertation Workbench : Understanding UBC’s Graduate Research through Metadata

By LeBlanc, Michael on November 3, 2026

Note: This is a guest post by Michael LeBlanc, Senior Manager – Library Applications at UBC Information Technology. I was about five years and three hundred pages into my doctoral dissertation when I stumbled across Marcus Beck’s famous analysis of dissertation length at the University of Minnesota. Beck, then a doctoral student, published a 2013 […]

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New Books at the Asian Library (October 2026)

By phchow on November 2, 2026

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The Weird and Beautiful World of Bookplates

By Michaela Chan on October 29, 2026

Bookplates are small labels inside a book’s front cover to identify the owner. They are often referred to as ex libris after the common Latin inscription meaning “from the books of” or “from the library of.” The earliest known example is a bookplate of a Carthusian monk from 1480 and bookplates became more widely used […]

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