Hours This Week

The Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives reading room will be temporarily closed from December 15, 2025 until early 2026 for upgrades.
During this period, RBSC and UA will still be able to provide some reproduction services. Please contact Rare Book and Special Collections or University Archives for more information on available remote research support.
source: https://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:RBSC_Hours

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Life is Art broadside, 1997

New in the Archives : 28 Years of Charles van Sandwyk’s work

By kferrante on March 10, 2014

We recently had the pleasure of adding a new group of unique and beautiful items to our collection of Charles van Sandwyk material. For those of you not familiar with his delightful body of work, Charles is a local artist, illustrator and author whose published books we have been collecting for many years. Each of […]

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Fine Lines: An exhibition on artist and writer, Heather Spears

By kalsbeek on April 25, 2005

UBC Rare Books and Special Collections and Koerner Library would like to announce the opening of: Fine Lines: An exhibition on artist and writer, Heather Spears, on now at Koerner Library. Curated by students from the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies with assistance from Rare Books and Special Collections, the exhibition features material […]

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