MOV completes BC Bird Taxidermy and Product Packaging digitization project

October 31, 2018

Project title: BC Bird Taxidermy and Product Packaging Digitization Project

Institution: Museum of Vancouver (MOV)

Description: The Museum of Vancouver (Mov) has completed digitization of two cateories of artefacts with significant British Columbia stories to tell. The collections selected are bird taxidermy and product packaging. The artefacts selected includes 206 taxidermied birds and 1236 pieces of product packaging for a grand total of 1442 artefacts digitized.

Collection URL: http://openmov.museumofvancouver.ca/collection

“Due to the toxicity of these specimens, it was required that the technician handle the objects with gloves, a respirator, and a lab coat with additional daily and weekly decontamination of the work station.”

The product packaging collection comprises a variety of product types and packaging materials such as canned goods, wooden crates, glass milk bottle and pharmaceuticals.

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Sarah Robertson

October 22, 2018

Program Assistant, Chapman Learning Commons

Background

Sarah Robertson initially joined the Chapman Learning Commons (CLC) team as a Work Learn student employee, and in 2025 returned to CLC as a Program Assistant. Sarah has completed a BA in English, Emphasis Literature and History, with a focus on Medieval History in the latter. She has a keen interest in web development work.

Current Roles and Responsibilities:

In her current role, Sarah assists with the daily operation of CLC, working alongside student-staff and program management.

Contact:

Email: sarah.robertson@ubc.ca
Phone: (604) 827-4811

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The Power of Diversity: Better decisions? Better outcomes?

October 16, 2018

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by UBC Equity and Inclusion Office

We now know that overemphasizing “fit” in hiring or team formation presents a number of challenges, including, inevitably, around decision-making, and the potential of it leading to “groupthink”. But beyond this, what are other ways in which bringing in diverse voice can impact decision-making and outcomes more broadly? How does involvement of diverse voices help inform social and system changes?

Diversity contributes to creativity and holds potential to enhance innovation within different fields by bringing in different perspectives and experiences. It also drives everyone to confront the biases of their own expectations. Bringing in diverse individuals is beyond simply being “the right thing to do” – it is essential to creating a better world. However, diversity alone is not enough – an inclusive culture must be in place to ensure a thriving environment.

Join us for an evening of dialogue as our panel shares their insights and experiences, and explores how inclusion of diverse voices and perspectives can deliver more innovative, more creative, and more inclusive outcomes – whether it’s in health, science, research, or the wider world.

This event will be taking place on October 30th at 6:30 pm.

For ticketing information, please visit the Equity & Inclusion Office’s page Event Page

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BC History Digitization Program: 2019-2020 Call for applications

October 9, 2018

The B.C. History Digitization Program (BCHDP) is now accepting submissions for project funding. The program, launched by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre in 2006, provides matching funds to support projects that make unique British Columbia content freely available.

The BCHDP will be accepting applications for 2019 – 2020. Applicants can receive up to $15,000 of matching funds for their projects. Multi-year projects are accepted while each year of a project must still go through the adjudication process.

In 2018, the program awarded more than $170,000 for 18 projects. The wealth and diversity of unique British Columbia content to be digitized is impressive. Since its inception in 2006, the BCHDP has awarded more than $2 million of matching funds for more than 240 projects.

Applications are due by Monday, December 17, 2018. Information about the application process as well as the guidelines and application form are available on the BCHDP website @ https://ikblc.ubc.ca/initiatives/bcdigitinfo/bchdp-applicant-information/

For more information about the program and to view past projects, please visit the BCHDP website @ https://ikblc.ubc.ca/initiatives/bcdigitinfo/

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Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 10th Anniversary Exhibitions

October 1, 2018

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Help the Library understand your needs: join the Library Student Advisory Committee

September 30, 2018

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Uncivil discourse: What is everyone so angry about?

September 20, 2018

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by alumniUBC.

This event took place on Monday, October 15, 2018 at 6:30 pm.

The world seems more divided than ever. Social media has made it easy to follow like-minded individuals, creating echo chambers where dissenting opinions can be filtered out. As our viewpoints have grown more polarized, conversations between opposing sides – online or in person – have become more heated. This environment has enabled populist movements to rise and hashtag activism to thrive. Are these divisions new, or have they just become more visible? How can we overcome the most cynical manifestations of anger, such as name-calling and tribalistic thinking? Is it still possible to express differences of opinions in a respectful and constructive way?

Moderator
Stephen Quinn – Host, CBC Radio One’s The Early Edition

Panelists
Bridgitte Anderson – General Manager, Edelman Vancouver

Cicely Blain, BA’16 – Writer, Facilitator, Activist, Artist; Founder, Black Lives Matter Vancouver

Catherine Corrigall-Brown – Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia

Alfred Hermida – Director and Associate Professor, School of Journalism, University of British Columbia; Co-founder, The Conversation Canada

For more information , please visit alumniUBC’s website.

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Culture at the Centre

June 19, 2018

Date: June 15 to August 15, 2018.
Location: UBC Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Level 2 Foyer (1961 East Mall) (map)
Hours: Same as the IKBLC building hours (see hours)

Continue reading “Culture at the Centre”

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The Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia

May 30, 2018

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BC History Digitization Program – 2018-2019 Recipients

May 9, 2018

Eighteen projects have been named as successful recipients of the 2018-2019 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 images, print and sound materials.

The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre funding totaled nearly $180,000 for the 2018-2019 round. Altogether, the B.C. History Digitization program has provided more than $1 million for more than 100 projects throughout British Columbia.

This year’s diverse range of projects includes the digitization of newspapers and publications from various B.C. regions, video works from the 1970s by Vancouver artists, the Ann Gomer Sunahara fonds, documents and videos relating to women’s labour history, the last phase of the British Columbia Sessional papers project, bird taxidermy, product packaging, and more.

Congratulations to this year’s recipients!

To view a complete listing of the projects and their descriptions:

BC History Digitization Program – 2018 Projects

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