Library

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
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Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1

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Collections

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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Langmann Collection selections

By cshriver on October 4, 2023

Enjoy a collaborative exhibition of photographs from the Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs at various UBC Library branches this fall!

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Highlighting student work

By cshriver on September 18, 2023

See which RBSC items students from Langara College selected to explore the geography of British Columbia during a summer class.

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Lessons from the Archives Collective

By cshriver on September 1, 2023

Guest blogger Matthew White explores queer political resistance in the 1970s and 1980s through the Archives Collective collection.

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Chung Translation Project: Chinese Miners in BC

By claire malek on August 15, 2023

The report starkly demonstrates the living conditions of the Chinese people at this time. In an environment of discrimination, they did the most dangerous jobs, and were rewarded with the lowest pay.

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