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Hours This Week

RBSC reading room hours: Monday-Friday: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. When visiting, please be aware of UBC’s COVID-19 Campus Rules, including the mandatory wearing of non-medical masks in all indoor public areas.
During our construction and storage upgrade project, some collections will be inaccessible until early 2023. Please contact us in advance of your visit to confirm that materials are accessible. The Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives reading room will be temporarily closed from August 1 to November 30, 2022 for upgrades. RBSC and UA will provide some reproduction services during this time. Please contact us for more information on supports available for remote research.

source: https://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:RBSC_Hours

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I Know We’ll Meet Again

By cshriver on June 20, 2022

Explore an online exhibition of letters written by Japanese Canadian teenagers after their forced dispersal from the coastal regions of British Columbia in 1942.

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Mapping Asian Canadian Archives

By cshriver on March 22, 2022

A StoryMap version of our Asian Canadian History and Archives Research Guide is now available.

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A new way to picture Canada

By cshriver on March 9, 2022

Join us for a student-curated exhibition: Picturing Canada!

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Chung Collection videos and tour

By cshriver on February 28, 2022

Enjoy a Chung Collection video series, virtual exhibition tour, and a wealth of digitized collections!

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“For All Time” satellite display

By cshriver on January 12, 2022

Join us for a display in celebration of our exciting new acquisition and to compliment the exhibition, “For All Time – The Shakespeare FIRST FOLIO”, at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

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Shakespeare’s First Folio at UBC

By cshriver on January 12, 2022

RBSC is excited to announce the acquisition of a complete first edition of Shakespeare’s “Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies,” also know as the First Folio.

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Science Literacy Week 2021

By cshriver on September 17, 2021

In honour of Science Literacy Week 2021, explore RBSC’s archives related to British Columbia’s environment.

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International Kelmscott Press Day

By cshriver on June 25, 2021

Celebrate International Kelmscott Press Day with a lecture by Dr. Gregory Mackie about William Morris’s influence in Vancouver and the Library’s own Kelmscott Chaucer.

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Celebrating UBC’s Kelmscott Chaucer on International Kelmscott Press Day

By cshriver on June 25, 2021

In honour of International Kelmscott Press Day on June 26, 2021, we’re celebrating and reflecting on the acquisition of the UBC Library’s own Kelmscott Chaucer. The poet William Butler Yeats described it as the “most beautiful of all printed books.” Artist and illustrator Edward Burne-Jones likened it to a “pocket cathedral.” At UBC Library’s Rare […]

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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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