BC History Digitization Program: 2010 Recipients Announced
A handful of First Nations projects and the first out-of-province initiative are among the successful recipients of the 2010/11 B.C. History Digitization Program (BCHDP) 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 […]
Front cover exposure for RBSC, UBC Library Vault
The April 2010 issue of College & Research Libraries News, an American publication, features an image from UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections on the front cover. Some additional information about the image and the UBC Library Vault is provided inside the publication. You can view the issue here.
IKBLC Webcast of Don Page's Black Hole Information Loss: Hawking's Greatest Mistake?
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Douglas Coupland speaks at the Learning Centre for Media Studies conference
The upcoming Media Transatlantic conference, which focuses on the topic of media studies, runs from Thursday, April 8 – Saturday, April 10 at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Registration is required for the conference, but all are welcome to attend the keynote address by B.C. writer and artist Douglas Coupland, which takes place at […]
Colourism Exhibition at IKBLC Gallery, April 1 to April 30, 2010
By exploring the diversity of shades and hues, the photographers attempt to express the vitality of COLOURS that saturate our life.
“Beyond the Words” Swedish Artist Carl Kohler Exhibit (April 1 – August 31, 2010)
“Beyond the Words” Swedish Artist Carl Kohler Exhibit (May 1 – August 31, 2010)
Robson Reading Series Welcomes Lee Henderson at Vancouver Island Public Library
View Larger Map On April 1, 2010, 7-8pm author Lee Henderson will be reading in Courtenay, British Columbia’s Vancouver Island Public Library. Sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre’s Robson Reading Series, Lee will be reading from ‘The Man Game‘. On a recent Vancouver Sunday afternoon, a young man stumbles upon a secret sport […]
RBSC's Alice in Wonderland collection featured on CBC TV
UBC Library’s exceptional Alice in Wonderland collection, housed in Rare Books and Special Collections, is featured on CBC TV news. The reporter, Bob Nixon, features some thoughts and a video clip of the story here.
Jack Zipes' Utopian Tendencies of Oddly Modern Fairy Tales Webcast
Jack Zipes is one of the world’s leading authorities on fairy tales, writing about and translating them. An internationally renowned scholar and author of more than 50 books on many subjects, he has through his writings transformed research on fairy tales, particularly with respect to how they function in the socialization of readers.
Celebrate UBC Authors Presents Dr. Neil Safier at IKBLC
Come join us as Professor of History, Neil Safier presents from his book, Measuring the New World: Enlightenment Science and South America.