Hours This Week

Reading Room

Hours of Operation

To request RBSC or UA materials to consult in the Reading Room, please schedule an appointment at least 24 hours in advance during weekday business hours.

Winter term II (Jan. – Apr., 2026)

Monday-Friday

10:00 am-2:00 pm

Closed on weekends and the following statutory holidays: Monday, February 16; Friday, April 3; Monday, April 6

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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Collections

Five favourite fairy tales, part VI

Five favourite fairy tales, part VI

By Chelsea Shriver on April 8, 2020

Explore 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 V

Five favourite fairy tales, part V

By Chelsea Shriver on April 6, 2020

Explore 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 IV

Five favourite fairy tales, part IV

By Chelsea Shriver on April 3, 2020

Explore 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 III

Five favourite fairy tales, part III

By Chelsea Shriver on April 1, 2020

Explore 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 II

Five favourite fairy tales, part II

By Chelsea Shriver on March 30, 2020

Explore 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 I

Five favourite fairy tales, part I

By Chelsea Shriver on March 23, 2020

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

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Take a tour of the Chung Collection

Take a tour of the Chung Collection

By Chelsea Shriver on March 5, 2020

The Chung Collection exhibtion tells some of the most compelling stories of Canada’s past.

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Chung Collection drop-in tour will resume in March

Chung Collection drop-in tour will resume in March

By Chelsea Shriver on February 20, 2020

The regular tour for February 27 is cancelled due to a special event.

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Past Purrrrfect

Past Purrrrfect

By Chelsea Shriver on January 3, 2020

Join us for a new exhibition highlighting cats and dogs in RBSC materials.

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Fashioning the Landscape

Fashioning the Landscape

By Chelsea Shriver on December 5, 2019

A new exhibition exploring women’s interwar sportswear at the Canadian Pacific Railway Resorts.

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