Hours This Week

RBSC Reading Room

Hours of Operation

Term 2 of Winter Session 2023/24 (Jan. – Apr., 2024)

Monday-Friday

10:00 am-2:00 pm

Closed on weekends and the following statutory holidays: Monday, February 19; Friday, March 29; Monday, April 1; Thursday, April 18-Friday, April 19

We recommend that you request materials in advance to make your visit more efficient and to ensure materials are available.

The Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room has been temporarily relocated to Irving K. Barber Learning Centre room 142 due to upgrades.

source: https://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:RBSC_Hours

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
1961 East Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1

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Meet John Fluevog!

Meet John Fluevog!

By cshriver on December 20, 2019

Join us for a meet and greet and book signing with the shoe designer and international style icon.

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Unique Soles for Unique Souls

Unique Soles for Unique Souls

By cshriver on December 20, 2019

A new multi-site exhibition honours Canadian shoe designer John Fluevog.

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Fashioning the Landscape

Fashioning the Landscape

By cshriver on December 5, 2019

A new exhibition exploring women’s interwar sportswear at the Canadian Pacific Railway Resorts.

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“They also serve:” Honouring Alexis Alvey

“They also serve:” Honouring Alexis Alvey

By cshriver on November 7, 2019

This Remembrance Day, we honour A. Alexis Alvey and the navy’s first female service members.

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An Ocean of Knowledge, a Sea of Books

An Ocean of Knowledge, a Sea of Books

By cshriver on October 24, 2019

Discover books related to ocean science from the W.C. Gibson History of Science and Medicine Collection.

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Honouring Jim Wong-Chu

Honouring Jim Wong-Chu

By cshriver on October 11, 2019

Join us for a collaborative exhibition capturing the continual impact of historian, editor, author, and poet Jim Wong-Chu.

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Oceans of knowledge, waves of poetry

Oceans of knowledge, waves of poetry

By cshriver on September 13, 2019

Check out RBSC’s displays for Science Literacy Week (September 16-22, 2019), an annual celebration of science in Canada.

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Chung Collection honoured as part of the “Memory of the World”

Chung Collection honoured as part of the “Memory of the World”

By cshriver on September 13, 2019

The Chung Collection has been added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register.

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Chung Milestone: 10,000th Visitor!

Chung Milestone: 10,000th Visitor!

By cshriver on August 7, 2019

RBSC recently welcomed the 10,000th visitor to the Chung Collection exhibition.

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Puban Collection Drop-in Tours

Puban Collection Drop-in Tours

By cshriver on June 27, 2019

Join a special tour of the Puban Collection this summer!

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