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UBC Open Collections surpasses 300,000 digital objects

By Anna Moorhouse on September 14, 2026

UBC Open Collections celebrates a major milestone, with the open access website reaching a total of 300,000 publicly accessible digital objects.

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New kits at Woodward Library help UBC students get hands-on with climate science

By Anna Moorhouse on September 10, 2026

Did you know that you can borrow bird watching binoculars, a darning mushroom, or air quality monitor from UBC Library?

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WELCOME to New & Returning Students!

By Law Library on September 7, 2026

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Photo Preservation & National Save Your Photos Month!

By Katrina Yaskowich on September 3, 2026

Did you know that the month of September is National Save Your Photos Month? Since this topic is especially near and dear to our hearts, here are some examples of photo collections we are thankful to have in our collections. Stick around until the end for some tips on how to preserve your own personal […]

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New Books at the Asian Library (August 2026)

By antheakm on September 1, 2026

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Celebrating 300,000 Items in Open Collections!

By Katrina Yaskowich on August 25, 2026

UBC Open Collections brings together locally created and managed digital content from the library’s open repositories: cIRcle, digitized collections, Explore Archives at UBC and UBC Borealis. The content digitized by us here at the UBC Digitization Centre began as material held at various UBC Library branches including Rare Books and Special Collections, the University Archives, […]

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UBC Library 2025/26 Senate Report

By Library Communications on August 24, 2026

UBC Library’s annual Senate Report (2025/26) is now available. Read our highlights from the past fiscal year which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, creating and delivering responsive collections, inspirin…

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New Collection: The Democrat

By Katrina Yaskowich on August 20, 2026

This week we are pleased to announce that there is a new collection available on Open Collections! The Democrat was the official publication of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP) from 1961 until 2014. It provided NDP members and other readers with news of party activities, information on a wide range of public policy […]

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Asian Library Team Picks: Summer Reads

By antheakm on August 6, 2026

Enjoy the beautiful summer weather with a cool dessert and a good book! Our librarians, staff and student employees have selected some of their favourite reads, all available to borrow from the Asian Library. We hope these recommendations help you find…

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Crime, Cults, and Murder in Open Collections: Sources on Historical Crime

By Katrina Yaskowich on August 6, 2026

The staff at the Digitization Centre provide suggestions and insights into how researchers can learn more about historical crime in BC on UBC Open Collections. Whether you’re interested in crime, cults, legal records or Gold Rush era con-men, this blog post offers researchers a place to start looking when looking into the darker sides of BC’s history.

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