Hours This Week

RBSC Reading Room

Hours of Operation

Winter Term I (Sept. – Dec., 2024)

Monday-Friday

10:00 am-2:00 pm

Closed on weekends and the following statutory holidays: Monday, Sept. 2; Monday, Sept. 30; Monday, Oct. 14; Monday, Nov. 11; Wednesday, Dec. 25; Thursday, Dec. 26

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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Research and learning

Image of mining claim 26 Above Bonanza, ca. 1897, Yukon Territory, with mining equipment and miners in background.

26 Above Bonanza

By Emily Witherow on November 15, 2024

A spotlight on one of Johnny Grieve Lind’s wealthiest mining claims in the Klondike goldfields, 26 Above Bonanza.

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The Wide World of Queer Travel

The Wide World of Queer Travel

By cshriver on November 13, 2024

A new collection explores the world of LGBTQ+ travel and tourism.

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Map of Guangdong Province, 1924

Map of Guangdong Province, 1924

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on October 25, 2024

As part of a new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection, we look at a historic map of Guangdong Province.

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Picture of a fireman in Dawson after a fire at 45 Below.

Dawson City Firemen

By Emily Witherow on October 18, 2024

As part of a new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection, we look at Dawson City’s firemen.

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Scanned book cover of Tr’ëhuhch’in Näwtr’udäh’ą: Finding Our Way Home, compiled by Chris Clarke and Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in survivors.

Commemorating Orange Shirt Day

By Emily Witherow on October 3, 2024

Chung | Lind Gallery Attendant and Exhibitions Assistant, Emily Witherow, reflects on the history of Residential Schools in the Yukon.

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What’s That Number?

What’s That Number?

By Claire Malek on May 14, 2024

Guest blogger Lily Liu talks about a mysterious numbering system she encountered while working on the Lock Tin Lee fonds.

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Visit the new Chung | Lind Gallery

Visit the new Chung | Lind Gallery

By cshriver on May 8, 2024

The new gallery space on level 2 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is free and open to the public.

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All About Oscar

All About Oscar

By cshriver on April 30, 2024

Join us for a display of photographs from the Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs in Ike’s Café (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) this spring!

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Lowry Manuscripts (Re)Launch

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

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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