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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Announcements

International Kelmscott Press Day

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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Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection

Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection

By cshriver on May 11, 2021

The finding aid of the recently donated Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection is now available to browse online.

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Ghost Towns in British Columbia

Ghost Towns in British Columbia

By cshriver on November 30, 2020

Enjoy a new digital exhibition exploring ghost towns in British Columbia!

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Science Literacy Week 2020

Science Literacy Week 2020

By cshriver on September 18, 2020

In honour of Science Literacy Week 2020, enjoy UBC Library’s digitized Charles Darwin letters!

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Five favourite fairy tales, part XII

Five favourite fairy tales, part XII

By cshriver on June 5, 2020

Explore even more fairy tales from RBSC’s collections as selected by students in the course “The Victorian Fairy Tale: Text and Image”!

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Five favourite fairy tales, part XI

Five favourite fairy tales, part XI

By cshriver on May 29, 2020

Explore even more fairy tales from RBSC’s collections as selected by students in the course “The Victorian Fairy Tale: Text and Image”!

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Five favourite fairy tales, part X

Five favourite fairy tales, part X

By cshriver on May 22, 2020

Explore even more fairy tales from RBSC’s collections as selected by students in the course “The Victorian Fairy Tale: Text and Image”!

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Five favourite fairy tales, part IX

Five favourite fairy tales, part IX

By cshriver on May 8, 2020

Explore even more fairy tales from RBSC’s collections as selected by students in the course “The Victorian Fairy Tale: Text and Image”!

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Join RBSC for a “Wild Ride”!

Join RBSC for a “Wild Ride”!

By cshriver on April 22, 2020

See photos and download the catalogue for “The Wild Ride,” a charming student-curated exhibition!

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