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Asian Library Team Picks: Holiday Reads

By phchow on December 2, 2025

Enjoy the holidays with some recommended reads from the Asian Library Team. Asian Library staff, librarians and student employees have chosen some of their favourite titles available to take out for the winter break. More selections to come!

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New Books at the Asian Library (November 2025)

By phchow on December 2, 2025

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RBSC and UA Reading Room to close temporarily starting December 15

By Library Communications on December 1, 2025

Starting December 15, the Rare Books and Special Collection and University Archives reading room will close temporarily for construction.

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Behind-the-scenes: UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives upgrades

By Library Communications on November 19, 2025

Construction is well underway on several significant UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) and University Archives (UA) projects. A flurry of activity has taken over RBSC’s spaces, set to a symphony of power tools, whirling fans and shop vacs. The walls are stripped down to their metal studs, and the cement floors and […]

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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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Message from the University Librarian: Announcing my retirement on June 30, 2026

By Dr. Susan E. Parker on November 10, 2025

Reflecting on eight years as UBC Library’s University Librarian.

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Bloedel Limited Fonds, Part 2: The Powell River Company

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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