Engaging Education for Public Good
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. How can education go beyond the classroom to reach the lives of the public? In the first event of the 2017 PhDs Go Public Research Talk Series, seven PhD students from UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative have seven minutes to talk about their education research, and how […]
BCLA is now accepting applications for Professional Development Awards
This year BCLA is pleased to announce that the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is providing funding up to a $2400 to help with the travel and hotel costs for up to six BC Library Conference delegates from rural and northern libraries. Applicants are asked to provide a short written piece articulating how the Irving […]
Upgrades & Renovations at the IKBLC
We are excited to announce that the corridor and atrium on the 3rd and 4th floor of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will receive upgrades and renovations starting from Tuesday, Febrary 7, 2017. The Routine Capital funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education has been made available for this project to replace the […]
Research Day 2017 – Information, Social Media, and Well-Being
We are pleased to announce that the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, the iSchool at UBC, will hold its 7th Annual Research Day on Friday, March 10th, 2017, in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Golden Jubilee Room. Research Day showcases the contributions of the iSchool students and faculty working at the intersections […]
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One Asia Forum Talk Series: Tributary Twilight and the Global Modern: Lost Visions of Qing-Chosŏn Relations in the Late Nineteenth Century
Chosŏn and Qing discussions of their relationship from the mid-1870s to the early 1880s suggest strategic understandings of existing institutions and their limitations as informed by the rapidly changing geopolitical, economic, and technological geographies of the day. Indeed, the debates of this period produced a new vision of the Qing-Chosŏn relationship that would have eliminated […]
2016 code4libBC Unconference
Event Details What: It’s a 2 day unconference! A participant-driven meeting featuring lightning talks in the mornings, breakout sessions in the afternoons, with coffee, tea and snacks provided. Lightning talks are brief presentations which are typically 5-10 minutes in length on topics related to library technologies. Breakout sessions are an opportunity to bring participants together […]
"Food In Transit" – Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Menu Exhibition talk by Robert Sung
November 19, 2014, 12.00pm to 1.00pm at the Dodson Room (Rm 302), Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
