Many thanks to guest blogger Matt Warner, a graduate student in the Department of English at UBC, for contributing the below post! The Book of Homage to Shakespeare is a strange book. The product of a very distinct moment of British imperial history, it paints a picture of its subject that is at once generously expansive […]
We were happy to host several sections of the Co-ordinated Arts Program’s ASTU 100 class at RBSC this past term. ASTU 100 introduces students to the academic community and how its practices of scholarly reading, writing, and research produce knowledge. Instructors work closely with UBC librarians to offer CAP students specially designed workshops that introduce […]
The creativity and sense of humour of our students at UBC never cease to amaze me! Yesterday we were happy to host a small group from Professor Melissa Funke’s Classical Studies course, Women in the Roman World of Republican and Imperial Times, to look at our Roman-age Egypt papyri. During their visit, I got to […]
In honour of UBC Library’s Harry Potter related exhibition and events this fall, Irena Trebic, Reference Librarian David Lam Management Research Library, has created a wonderful LibGuide for the Harry Potter series. The guide explores the connections between themes in the books and the collection at the David Lam Library (books, articles, and theses). The guide […]
A multifaceted, multidimensional, multimedia book blog for you today. This is the ninth in a series of blog posts that celebrate the “Book Blogs” created by students in Professor Siân Echard’s “The History of the Book” course during the spring 2015 term. For this assignment, students in the class were asked to choose an item […]
We have a real book blog treat for you this Monday morning. A well-researched, stylish blog about the incomparable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (also know as “Lady President”) and her Turkish Embassy Letters. This is the eight in a series of blog posts that celebrate the “Book Blogs” created by students in Professor Siân Echard’s […]
When I introduce folks to our collections here at RBSC, I love to pull out some materials that might be considered more obscure or outside of our usual collecting area, just to hear people say, “I can’t believe we have that right here at UBC!” Possibly the objects that get the biggest reaction are our […]
We have a highly literary book blog post for you all today! This is the seventh in a series of blog posts that celebrate the “Book Blogs” created by students in Professor Siân Echard’s “The History of the Book” course during the spring 2015 term. For this assignment, students in the class were asked to […]
Believe it or not, the beginning of the new school year is fast approaching! To start getting into the proper mindset, this week we have an education-themed book blog post. This is the sixth in a series of blog posts that celebrate the “Book Blogs” created by students in Professor Siân Echard’s “The History of […]
It’s a rainy Friday here in Vancouver, and, after the heatwave we’ve had recently, things are springing back to life! In honour of the rain and Vancouver generally being awesome, how about a Vancouver-themed book blog post? This is the fifth in a series of blog posts that celebrate the “Book Blogs” created by students […]