Hours This Week

RBSC Reading Room

Hours of Operation

Summer Session (May – Aug., 2024)

Monday-Friday

10:00 am-2:00 pm

Closed on weekends and the following statutory holidays: Monday, May 20; Monday, July 1; Monday, August 5

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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Thanksgiving closure: harvest photograph

By sromkey on October 5, 2012

A reminder that Rare Books and Special Collections, University Archives and the Chung Collection will be closed for Thanksgiving on Monday October 8, as are all branches of UBC Library (the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will be open, but library operations will be closed). Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the harvest, so we […]

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Thanksgiving closure: harvest photograph

By sromkey on October 5, 2012

A reminder that Rare Books and Special Collections, University Archives and the Chung Collection will be closed for Thanksgiving on Monday October 8, as are all branches of UBC Library (the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will be open, but library operations will be closed). Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the harvest, so we […]

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Thanksgiving closure: harvest photograph

By sromkey on October 5, 2012

A reminder that Rare Books and Special Collections, University Archives and the Chung Collection will be closed for Thanksgiving on Monday October 8, as are all branches of UBC Library (the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will be open, but library operations will be closed). Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the harvest, so we […]

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Unpacking the Douglas Coupland fonds: Taxonomies Part Two: How they’ll help you get to the good stuff

By sromkey on September 6, 2012

Earlier in this blog, we posted about how we are implementing the use of taxonomies to help researchers navigate the new accrual to the Douglas Coupland Fonds. We’re just putting the finishing touches on those tags now, and thought we would offer our readers a first look at what we’ve done. To review: taxonomies in […]

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Take a break from your research: Labour Day closures

By sromkey on August 31, 2012

A reminder that Rare Books and Special Collections, University Archives and the Chung Collection will be closed on Monday September 3 for Labour Day, as will all branches of UBC Library (the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre building is open, but the library functions will be closed). On the subject of Labour Day, you may […]

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Take a break from your research: Labour Day closures

By sromkey on August 31, 2012

A reminder that Rare Books and Special Collections, University Archives and the Chung Collection will be closed on Monday September 3 for Labour Day, as will all branches of UBC Library (the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre building is open, but the library functions will be closed). On the subject of Labour Day, you may […]

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Take a break from your research: Labour Day closures

By sromkey on August 31, 2012

A reminder that Rare Books and Special Collections, University Archives and the Chung Collection will be closed on Monday September 3 for Labour Day, as will all branches of UBC Library (the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre building is open, but the library functions will be closed). On the subject of Labour Day, you may […]

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Take a break from your research: Labour Day closures

By sromkey on August 31, 2012

A reminder that Rare Books and Special Collections, University Archives and the Chung Collection will be closed on Monday September 3 for Labour Day, as will all branches of UBC Library (the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre building is open, but the library functions will be closed). On the subject of Labour Day, you may […]

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Featured photograph: the fair!

By sromkey on August 24, 2012

This month for our featured photograph, we longed to show a vintage shot of the fair at the Pacific National Exhibition, a Vancouver summer favorite. Alas, the Chung Collection does not have one. We do however have this great shot of a fair in Red Deer, AB:

Fair grounds at Red Deer

The photograph dates from the mid 1920’s – 30’s, and originates from the Clandonald material in the collection. The Clandonald material tells the story of Scottish and Irish immigrants who settled near Red Deer as part of the CPR’s land colonization programs. You can browse through all the Clandonald material, most of which has been digitized and can be viewed online.

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Featured photo: Spring cleaning

By sromkey on May 26, 2012

Have you been spring cleaning your home this weekend? How would you like to try spring cleaning an Empress steamship?

This month’s featured photograph depicts the second Empress of Britain being tugged for her “spring cleaning” in Southampton, England. This photograph was taken in May of 1932. According to the photographer, this cleaning was an annual affair, so this is probably only the first or second cleaning- she was launched in July 1930.

For more photographs of the Empress of Britain, search the Chung Collection database for “Empress of Britain” and select photographic material as the media type- or, click here for the search results.

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