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A Conversation with Dana-Lyn Mackenzie

By Anna Moorhouse on March 23, 2026

We sat down with Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, UBC Library EDI Scholar-in-Residence, to talk about her work: the challenges, the highlights, and what’s up next.

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Carol E. Mayer wins the 2026 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for her exploration of Canada’s largest Oceanic collection at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.

By Library Communications on March 19, 2026

Carol E. Mayer has won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for her Sea of Islands: Exploring Objects, Stories, and Memories from Oceania.

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UBC Library makes the Slocan History Series openly available through cIRcle

By Anna Moorhouse on March 5, 2026

When Canadian geographer Cole Harris created the Slocan History Series, he had a local audience deliberately in mind.

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Renewed funds available to UBC faculty authors for publishing and open access costs

By Anna Moorhouse on February 4, 2026

Faculty authors at both UBC campuses are now invited to apply for support related to scholarly communication through UBC’s renewed Scholarly Publication and Open Access funds.

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Meet James Bachmann, Instruction Librarian at UBC Library

By Library Communications on January 26, 2026

James Bachmann, Instruction Librarian, shares his experience at UBC Library and talks about the freedom and flexibility he has to take on a variety of projects and meet new people.

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UBC Library welcomes urban forestry students into the archives

By Anna Moorhouse on January 19, 2026

How do you get a group of urban forestry students excited about historical archives? You start with a map.

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Season’s Greetings from UBC Library

By phoebe chan on December 16, 2025

This year marks the 100th anniversary of UBC Library. We can all take pride in this remarkable milestone. Reflecting on a century of research, teaching and learning, what stands out to me are the generations of dedicated people whose work has been the foundation of the Library.

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Service updates

By Library Communications on November 15, 2024

UBC Library IT will be migrating all virtual servers to an on-campus OpenStack environment. The next scheduled migration will be on March 31 at 5:00 a.m. PT. Read more about which specific services may experience downtime during this migration.

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