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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

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Season’s greetings from RBSC!

By cshriver on December 22, 2021

Happy Holidays! Rare Books and Special Collections will be closed for the holidays from Monday, December 27 through Monday, January 3.

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Chung Collection exhibition closure

By cshriver on November 25, 2021

While the Chung Collection exhibition room is closed for maintenance, you can enjoy videos on the collection themes and a virtual tour.

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Chung Collection room open

By cshriver on November 2, 2021

The Chung Collection exhibition tells some of the most compelling stories of Canada’s past.

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Chung Collection exhibition closure

By cshriver on October 8, 2021

The Chung Collection exhibition room will be temporarily closed from Monday, October 18 through Friday, October 29.

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Science Literacy Week 2021

By cshriver on September 17, 2021

In honour of Science Literacy Week 2021, explore RBSC’s archives related to British Columbia’s environment.

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Reading Room Now Open

By cshriver on August 30, 2021

The RBSC reading room is now open for in-person research. Read more about visiting and UBC’s COVID-19 Campus Rules.

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International Kelmscott Press Day

By cshriver on June 25, 2021

Celebrate International Kelmscott Press Day with a lecture by Dr. Gregory Mackie about William Morris’s influence in Vancouver and the Library’s own Kelmscott Chaucer.

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Celebrating UBC’s Kelmscott Chaucer on International Kelmscott Press Day

By cshriver on June 25, 2021

In honour of International Kelmscott Press Day on June 26, 2021, we’re celebrating and reflecting on the acquisition of the UBC Library’s own Kelmscott Chaucer. The poet William Butler Yeats described it as the “most beautiful of all printed books.” Artist and illustrator Edward Burne-Jones likened it to a “pocket cathedral.” At UBC Library’s Rare […]

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