IKBLC Welcomes Author Patti Gully (Posted Oct 15, 2009)

IKBLC Welcomes Author Patti Gully (Posted Oct 15, 2009)

October 14, 2009

Patti Gully – October 22, 2009, 2:00pm – 3:00pm

In the late 1930s, as the world moved closer to war, three vivacious females defied gender perceptions by becoming pilots. Driven by a fierce independent spirit, they realized their dream of flying, completed barnstorming goodwill missions across the Western Hemisphere, and captured the imagination of all those whose lives they touched. Patti Gully will be reading in the Lillooet Room (level 3) at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall, Vancouver.

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UBC Library/City of Vancouver Archives site featured in the Vancouver Observer (posted October 14)

October 14, 2009

The Chinese Experience in British Columbia, a new website that offers a fascinating look at a century of local Chinese-Canadian heritage, is featured in the Vancouver Observer.

The site, which features digitized holdings from the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection at UBC, and the Yip family and Yip Sang Company collection at the City of Vancouver Archives, can be viewed at www.library.ubc.ca/chineseinbc.

You can view the Observer article here: http://www.vancouverobserver.com/city/2009/10/14/new-site-promotes-chinese-canadian-heritage

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Drugs in the Olympics

October 14, 2009

October 14, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00pm

The programming group recorded the St. John’s College Olympics Lecture Series: Drugs in the Olympics by Dr. John Hoberman, University of Texas. Dr. Hoberman is a European cultural and intellectual historian and has done extensive research on sports doping and the intersection of sports, politics, science, public opinion and the Olympics.He has taught courses on sport and politics at Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and The University of Texas at Austin

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John Hoberman – Drugs in the Olympics

October 14, 2009

Dr. Hoberman is a European cultural and intellectual historian and has done extensive research on sports doping and the intersection of sports, politics, science, public opinion and the Olympics. He has taught courses on sport and politics at Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and The University of Texas at Austin. This talk was held at St. Johns College on October 14, 2009. Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Select Articles Available at UBC Library

Hoberman, J. M. (2005). Testosterone dreams: Rejuvenation, aphrodisia, doping. Berkeley: University of California Press. doi:10.1525/j.ctt1pncvq. [Link]

Hoberman, J. M. (1984). Sport and political ideology. London: Heinemann Educational.

Hoberman, J. M. (1985). The Olympic crisis: Sport, politics and the moral order. New Rochele, N.Y: A.D. Caratzas.

Hoberman, J. (2012). Doping, gambling, and the decline of the IOC. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 13(2), 135-142. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Consumer Health

Sports, Recreation & Fitness Industries

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Cantonese Music: Where East meets West

October 11, 2009

gaohuIn collaboration with the Asian Library, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is pleased to present Cantonese Music: Where East meets West from October 1 to December 15, 2009.  Westernization has been a major process in Chinese music since the beginning of the 20th century, illustrated by the adoption of Western harmony, counterpoint and performance practices. Western elements have also influenced the design of instruments, introducing new sonorities to traditional texture.

This exhibit includes samples of hammer dulcimers, two-stringed fiddles, three-stringed lutes and a zither, along with scores. It’s believed that Steven Lee, who was an active member in Vancouver’s Chinese community in the 1940s and 1950s, collected these instruments.

For images of this display, please find here.

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Daniel Schachter – Constructive memory: Remembering The Past to Imagining The Future

October 9, 2009

As part of UBC Psychologys 5th Annual Quinn Memorial Lecture (QML), held on Friday, 9 October 2009, from 4:30 – 5:30 pm. The title of this lecture is “Constructive memory: Remembering the past to imagine the future. ” Daniel L. Schachter is Kenan Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. Schachter is a renowned researcher whose research on memory and amnesia memory has had a profound impact on psychological science in general and cognitive neuroscience in particular. Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Select Articles Available at UBC Library

Parkin, A. J. (1997). Memory and amnesia: An introduction. Cambridge, Mass: Blackwell.

Glisky, E. L., & Schachter, D. L. (1988). Acquisition of domain-specific knowledge in patients with organic memory disorders. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 21(6), 333. [Link]

Schachter, D. L. (1986). On the relation between genuine and simulated amnesia. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 4(1), 47-64. doi:10.1002/bsl.2370040104 [Link]

Squire, L., & Zola, S. (1998). Episodic memory, semantic memory, and amnesia. Hippocampus, 8(3), 205-211. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(1998)8:3<205::AID-HIPO3>3.3.CO;2-8. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Neuroscience

Psychology

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Connects newsletter – Fall 2009 (posted October 7)

October 7, 2009

The fall issue of Connects, the newsletter of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is now available. Read up on achievements of the past year and get a preview of projects to come.

You can view Connects online at www.supportubclibrary.ca/newsletters/Connects_Fall%2009_fa.pdf

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Open Access Week at UBC (posted October 7)

October 7, 2009

Join us at UBC as we take part in the First International Open Access Week.

Open Access is a growing international movement that uses the Internet to throw open the locked doors that once hid knowledge. It encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement and enjoyment of science and society. Open Access is the principle that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication, and it’s gaining ever more momentum around the world as research funders and policy makers throw their weight behind it.

UBC has joined SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), the Public Library of Science, Students for Free Culture, OASIS (the Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook), Open Access Directory and eIFL.net (Electronic Information for Libraries) – along with more than 120 institutions worldwide – to celebrate the First International Open Access Week.

Various events hosted by UBC Library will take place from Tuesday, October 20 through Thursday, October 22, 2009 in the Dodson Room, located on level three of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.  The event’s themes are: Open Access Around the World; Surfacing UBC Scholarship; and Journal Publishing.

Attend a workshop, participate in a panel discussion and hear from UBC colleagues about how they participate in the open access movement.  Come learn about open access and share your perspective!

For a schedule of events, and to register, go to www.library.ubc.ca/schol_comm/oa/start.html

For more information, contact Joy Kirchner at joy.kirchner@ubc.ca

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Learning Centre digitization program in UBC Reports (posted October 7)

October 7, 2009

The B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is in the October 2009 issue of UBC Reports.

You can view the article here: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2009/10/01/sharing-island-treasures/

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Digitization project in the Cariboo Observer (posted October 7)

October 7, 2009

A story about a digitization project supported by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre appears in the Cariboo Observer. The project involves the digitization of community newspapers, and also was supported by the Observer, the City of Quesnel and the Friends of Quesnel Museum.

You can view the story here: http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_cariboo/quesnelobserver/news/63187607.html

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