By cshriver on November 13, 2013
So what does Miley have to do with the Oxford English Dictionary, you may ask? If anyone can tell us, it’s UBC’s Professor Stefan Dollinger. Professor Dollinger will be giving a talk this Friday, November 15, at 12 p.m. entitled: The Oxford English Dictionary, the Grimm Brothers, and Miley Cyrus On the Changing Expectations of […]
Posted in Announcements, Events, Exhibitions, Uncategorized | Tagged with
By cshriver on November 7, 2013
A new exhibition, The Road to the OED: A History of English-Language Dictionaries, is now up in Rare Books and Special Collections! This exhibition features work done by seven students from the course English 320: History of the English Language. For this class, Professor Laurel Brinton asked each student to select one dictionary from the […]
Posted in Announcements, Exhibitions, Uncategorized | Tagged with
By cshriver on October 28, 2013
Please join us for a talk sponsored by Rare Books and Special Collections at UBC Library. The Oxford English Dictionary, the Grimm Brothers, and Miley Cyrus On the Changing Expectations of the OED: Past, Present and (Possible) Futures Stefan Dollinger, assistant professor of English language at the University of British Columbia and editor-in-chief of The […]
Posted in Announcements, Events, Uncategorized | Tagged with
By cshriver on October 28, 2013
Rare Books and Special Collections at UBC Library announces an upcoming exhibition! The Road to the OED: A History of English-Language Dictionaries Join Rare Books and Special Collections on a journey through the history of English-language dictionaries. This exhibition will explore how lexicographers of the past built on the work of their predecessor (or stole […]
Posted in Announcements, Exhibitions, Uncategorized | Tagged with
By cshriver on January 15, 0202
The RBSC reading room is closed Wednesday, January 15, due to inclement weather.
Posted in Announcements, News, Services | Tagged with
![[Two women and a man holding walking sticks on snow]](https://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/files/2016/12/snow-website-360x300.jpg)