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Hours This Week

RBSC Reading Room Hours of Operation Summer (May – Aug., 2025) Monday-Friday 10:00 am-2:00 pm Closed on weekends and the following statutory holidays: Monday, May 19; Tuesday, Jul. 1; Monday, Aug. 4 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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RBSC satellite reading room open

By cshriver on May 20, 2025

The RBSC / UA reading room is currently operating out of a satellite space. Read more about visiting the Satellite Reading Room.

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Canada’s Silk Trains

By cshriver on April 9, 2025

Visit a student-curated display on the fast-paced silk train era!

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Winter weather closure

By cshriver on February 2, 2025

The RBSC reading room is closed Tuesday, February 4, due to winter weather conditions.

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Season’s greetings from RBSC!

By cshriver on December 23, 2024

The RBSC reading room will be closed from Wednesday, December 25, through Wednesday, January 1, inclusive. We look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

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The Wide World of Queer Travel

By cshriver on November 13, 2024

A new collection explores the world of LGBTQ+ travel and tourism.

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Visit the new Chung | Lind Gallery

By cshriver on May 8, 2024

The new gallery space on level 2 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is free and open to the public.

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All About Oscar

By cshriver on April 30, 2024

Join us for a display of photographs from the Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs in Ike’s Café (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) this spring!

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Upcoming reading room closure

By cshriver on April 4, 2024

The RBSC and UA Reading Room will be closed on Thursday, April 18, and Friday, April 19.

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Winter weather closure

By cshriver on January 17, 2024

The RBSC reading room is closed Friday, January 19, due to winter weather conditions.

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Lowry Manuscripts (Re)Launch

By cshriver on January 3, 2024

Guest blogger Malcolm Fish talks about his work restructuring and updating the inventory for the newly relaunched Malcolm Lowry Manuscripts Collection.

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Rare Books andSpecial Collections

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Rare Books and
Special Collections