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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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Collections

Archival work in a global pandemic

By cshriver on May 31, 2021

RBSC archivist Krisztina Laszlo talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her archival work over the past year and a half.

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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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And They Called It Vancouver

By cshriver on April 6, 2021

Explore a new online exhibition of photographs from the Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs, curated by Young Canada Works (YCW) post-graduate intern Ashlynn Prasad.

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Archival Collaborations

By cshriver on March 22, 2021

With the publication of her new book, “Writing the Empire: The McIlwraiths, 1853–1948,” Dr. Eva-Marie Kröller reflects on the benefits of cooperation between researchers and attentive archivists.

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Framing memory

By cshriver on March 8, 2021

To celebrate International Women’s Day, join us for another post in a new occasional series exploring cabinet card portraits of women and the jewellery they wore.

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Remembering Jim Wong-Chu

By cshriver on January 29, 2021

Brandon Leung reflects on Jim Wong-Chu’s “Pender East,” and remembers his experience as an undergraduate student meeting the revered writer/editor, photographer, historian, and activist.

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