UBC Library's strategic plan featured in CPSLD newsletter
UBC Library’s new strategic plan is featured in the latest issue of the newsletter from the CPSLD – the Council of Post Secondary Library Directors. You can view the article here – it appears on page 23 of the newsletter.
Involving Minority Groups in Building Global Communities IKBLC Webcast
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Africa Awareness Initiative as part of African Awareness Week.
BC Books Online garners strong media coverage
BC Books Online, a project that is supported by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and UBC Library, is featured in the online publication The Tyee. You can view the article here. BC Books Online is also featured in the Globe and Mail, the Nanaimo News Bulletin, the Harbour City Star, the Ladysmith Chronicle and the […]
An exhibition of the drawings from the Reena Virk Trials at the IKBLC Gallery
Through the interpretations of her art, this Gallery art exhibition will explore Heather’s approach of being artist rather than journalist.
Japan and the Special Olympics IKBLC Webcast
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Sociology and Anthropology departments at UBC, Dr. Millie Creighton, who discusses the Winter Olympics–as occurring in Vancouver, Canada in 2010, and the 2008 election of Barack Obama–as President of the United States, reflect globalizing insights on movements surrounding minorities and marginalization in […]
Alumni Weekend Live Webcasts at IKBLC
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is pleased to announce the live webcasting of selected events that will take place in the building’s Victoria Learning Theatre as part of UBC Alumni Weekend.
Connects – Annual Report 2009/10
The spring 2010 issue of Connects, the newsletter of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is now available. This issue serves as the Learning Centre’s 2009/10 Annual Report. You can view the issue at Connects – Annual Report 2009/10.
Author Judy Fong-Bates Comes to IKBLC
Sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, with support and partnership with the UBC Community Partners for Learning (CPL), ExplorAsian, the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia (CCHSBC), and the North American Association of Asian Professionals (NAAAP), the IKBLC welcomes Judy Fong-Bates on May 28th 5-7pm, as she reads from her much anticipated Year of Finding Memory.
Global Encounters Initiative Inaugural Symposium Webcasts Online
Sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, the entire series of the Global Encounters Initiative Symposium can be viewed online.
Coupland donation to UBC Library receives generous media coverage
The announcement about the donation of Douglas Coupland’s archives to UBC Library has received extensive media coverage. The story received national coverage in The Globe and Mail. It was also covered by CTV Online, CBC Online and Metro Vancouver. CBC Radio One also interviewed Coupland and Ralph Stanton, Head of Rare Books and Special Collections, and Radio […]