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| The Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives reading room will be temporarily closed from December 15, 2025 until early 2026 for upgrades. |
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| 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. |
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
1961 East Mall
Vancouver, BC,
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By kalsbeek on March 7, 2012
By Glenn Drexhage UBC Library is hosting an exhibition and conference to commemorate the March 11, 2011 disasters in Japan. Retell, Rethink, Recover, which begins on February 20 and runs through April, consists of three phases on display in different parts of the Library system. The Retell section highlights disaster prints and historical maps. All […]
Posted in Exhibitions, Uncategorized | Tagged with Maps, Prints, Students, Tohoku Earthquake
By sromkey on December 5, 2011
You have just under two weeks left to come to Rare Books and Special Collections for our exhibition Betwixt and Between: the art and influences of Charles Van Sandwyk. We’re happy to share with you some thoughts on creating the exhibition by student curator Heather Gring: “Since the 1980’s, RBSC had been collecting the work […]
Posted in Exhibitions, Uncategorized | Tagged with Charles Van Sandwyk, Prints, Students
By sromkey on July 28, 2011
In honour of the City of Vancouver’s 125th birthday, an exhibition highlighting the voyages of George Vancouver and the publication of his voyage narrative is on display at Rare Books and Special Collections. Featuring a number of late 18th- and early 19th-century editions of George Vancouver’s A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, […]
Posted in Exhibitions, Uncategorized | Tagged with George Vancouver, Students, Voyages around the world
By kalsbeek on June 17, 2010
A fascinating exhibition that complements the release of a new book on children’s literature is now on display at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) division. Picturing Canada: Canadian Children’s Illustrated Books and Publishing, highlights Canadian picturebooks from the last 200 years. The exhibition includes rare children’s books as well as popular productions […]
Posted in Exhibitions, Uncategorized | Tagged with Barber, Children's Literature, SLAIS, Students
By kalsbeek on October 19, 2009
The University of British Columbia Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC), the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS), and the Alma Mater Society (AMS) Art Gallery cordially invite you to an informal reception for the opening of the exhibition: DRIPPYTOWN: VANCOUVER LIFE THROUGH THE EYES OF INDEPENDENT CARTOONISTS–Selected Comics and Cartoons from UBC […]
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By kalsbeek on September 30, 2008
An illuminating set of letters from the wife of a prominent Methodist missionary in B.C. is now freely available online. The letters from Emma Crosby (1849-1926) provide a fascinating glimpse into the missionary experience. Due to her gender, Emma was not able to become a missionary, although her husband Thomas served as one on the […]
Posted in Exhibitions, Uncategorized | Tagged with Correspondence, Digitization, Emma Crosby, Students
By kalsbeek on July 24, 2008
An exhibition of nineteenth-century English chapbooks is currently on display at UBC’s Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC). Chapbooks are booklets that were popular in rural areas and towns from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Literature of this sort was a miscellany, spanning jestbooks to histories of depraved criminals, medieval romances to song verses. […]
Posted in Exhibitions, Uncategorized | Tagged with Booklets, Chapbooks, Students
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 […]
Posted in Exhibitions, Uncategorized | Tagged with Art, Heather Spears, Koerner, Novels, Poetry, Students