News

BC History Digitization Program: 2011 recipients

Twenty-one projects from around the province have been named as successful recipients of the 2011 B.C. History Digitization Program (BCHDP) funding awards. The digitization program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, was launched in 2006. It provides matching funds that help libraries, archives, museums and other organizations digitize unique historical items, including […]

Vancouver Institute's Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Lecture Welcomes Dr. William McKibben

“Eaarth: Making a Life On a Tough New Planet” lecture sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and Vancouver Institute.

David Owen – Why Manhattan is the Greenest City in North America

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and presented by the Global Civic Policy Society and the School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture at UBC.

David Der-wei Wang – Writing History after "Post-History"

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and the Wat Endowment and hosted by the Department of Asian Studies.

Larry Goldenberg's Men's Health: Connecting the Dots Webcast Online

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and UBC Woodward Library as part of the “Health Information Series.” Dr. Larry Goldenberg is an award-winning Canadian researcher, pioneer in the treatment of prostate cancer and world-renowned advocate of patient education. Dr. Goldenberg authored one of the first books to explain prostate cancer treatment options […]

Digitization project/program in the Abbotsford News

An article about the digitization of photo archives from the Reach Gallery Museum appears in the Abbotsford News. This project received funding from the BC History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can view the article here, and find out more about the BC History Digitization Program here.

Ingrid Parent — Fast forward: 21st Century Libraries in a Global Context Webcast Online

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS) colloquium series.

IKBLC Gallery Presents "Letters To the Garden"

From the Westcoast Calligraphy Society “Letters to the Garden.” Exhibit runs from March 7, 2011 to April 29th, 2011. At IKBLC Foyer and Ike’s Cafe.

Health Information Series with Larry Goldenberg on March 2, 2011

Presented by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and UBC Woodward Library

Michael Byers – African Leadership on International Human Rights Webcast Online

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Africa Awareness Initiative.