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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Frontpage Exhibition

Judging a Book by Its Cover

Judging a Book by Its Cover

By cshriver on December 6, 2018

Check out a selection of unique and notable bindings in RBSC’s latest exhibition.

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150 Years of Forestry in B.C.

150 Years of Forestry in B.C.

By cshriver on August 30, 2018

Join RBSC for a new student-curated exhibition: 150 Years of Forestry in British Columbia

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And there’s the humor of it…

And there’s the humor of it…

By cshriver on June 6, 2018

Join RBSC and Woodward Library for the new exhibition: “And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare and the Four Humors.

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Once Upon a Pop-up

Once Upon a Pop-up

By cshriver on April 17, 2018

Join us for a student-curated exhibition: Once Upon a Pop-up!

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What’s Old Is New Again!

What’s Old Is New Again!

By cshriver on February 2, 2018

RBSC presents What’s Old Is New Again: An Exhibition of RBSC Acquisition Highlights for 2017.

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Colbeck Collection exhibition: An Unmatched Devotion

Colbeck Collection exhibition: An Unmatched Devotion

By cshriver on October 19, 2017

RBSC celebrates the Colbeck Collection with a new exhibition: “An Unmatched Devotion”

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Harry Potter at the VSO (now RBSC)

Harry Potter at the VSO (now RBSC)

By cshriver on July 27, 2017

A Harry Potter display created for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is now at RBSC.

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The ABCs of RBSC

The ABCs of RBSC

By cshriver on February 22, 2017

Join RBSC for a new exhibition of historical and modern ABC books: From Apple Pies to Astronauts!

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Ever Austen

Ever Austen

By cshriver on January 4, 2017

RBSC is delighted to announce a new exhibition: “Ever Austen: Literary Timelessness in the Regency Period”

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Petrushka and Beyond

By cshriver on December 3, 2016

Rare Books and Special Collections is delighted to host Petrushka and Beyond: An Exhibition of the H. Colin Slim Stravinsky Collection at UBC.

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