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2026 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research winners announced

By Library Communications on April 9, 2026

UBC Library is pleased to announce the 2026 recipients of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research.

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Dr. Dale Askey appointed University Librarian

By Anna Moorhouse on April 8, 2026

This appointment reflects UBC’s continued commitment to advancing the Library as a cornerstone of research, teaching, and learning.

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Applications open for the UBC Library Writer-in-Residence Program 2026

By Library Communications on April 1, 2026

This program provides a unique opportunity for a distinguished writer to engage with students, faculty and the UBC local community through enriching activities and events.

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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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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 migrations will be on April 29 and May 5. Read more about which specific services may experience downtime during these migration windows.

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