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Closed for Canada Day July 1st, 2025

By elimwong on June 30, 2025

The Law Library will be CLOSED on Tuesday, July 1st for Canada Day

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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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Award-Winning Books and Films on Display at Asian Library

By phchow on June 23, 2025

Looking for your next great read or film? Come explore a new display at UBC Asian Library that celebrates award-winning works from across Asia. This multilingual collection brings together literature and cinema that have received major national and int…

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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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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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Meet Ethan Lui, recipient of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research

By Library Communications on June 5, 2025

Ethan Lui, 4th year Faculty of Arts student, shares his story about winning the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research.

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Meet Ridhwanlai Badmos, recipient of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research

By Library Communications on June 5, 2025

Ridhwanlai Badmos, 2nd year Faculty of Science student, shares his story about winning the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research.

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Meet Ciara Albrecht, recipient of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research

By Library Communications on June 5, 2025

Ciara Albrecht, 4th year Faculty of Arts student, shares her story about winning the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research.

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Indigenous Stories of the Klondike Gold Rush: Part 2 – Chief Isaac

By Jill Henderson on June 5, 2025

In our last post, we introduced the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in people and the important role they played during the Klondike Gold Rush era, guided by photos from the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection. This week, we examine the impacts the Gold Rush migration had on the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and their traditional territory, and meet ever-revered […]

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Indigenous Stories of the Klondike Gold Rush: Part 1 – The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in

By Jill Henderson on May 22, 2025

In last month’s blog post, we took you on an introductory tour of the realities of the Klondike Gold Rush era alongside the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection. We continue this tour with Part 1 of a two-part series about Indigenous stories of the Klondike Gold Rush, namely that of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in people. […]

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