Feature Place at IKBLC: Tofino
Posted in Resources on Aug 12th, 2011 No Comments »
Summer is, believe it or not, coming to a close in 6 short weeks. Have you been to the beach yet?
Feature Place at IKBLC: Keremeos
Posted in Resources on Jul 17th, 2011 No Comments »
Keremeos is located in the Southern Interior of British Columbia and is in the Similkameen Valley.
Chinese Canadian portal/funding in the news
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 10th, 2010 No Comments »
The recent announcement on federal funding worth $900,000 for a Chinese Canadian portal project that involves UBC Library has received ample media coverage. Here are pieces from the Vancouver Sun, the Province and the Xinhua News Agency. And here’s a great photo of a tour of the Chung Collection, held after the formal announcement, in [...]
New site bolsters Chung Collection
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5th, 2010 No Comments »
The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection, a designated national treasure, has a new virtual home. The handsome website, found at http://chung.library.ubc.ca, highlights the Chung Collection’s three main themes: immigration and settlement, early British Columbia history, and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Focus groups consisting of faculty, staff, students and community members provided [...]
Chung Collection featured in Vancouver Sun
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2010 No Comments »
The venerable Chung Collection, located in Rare Books and Special Collections in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is featured in the February 15 issue of the Vancouver Sun. The article also features some comments from UBC Library’s Sarah Romkey. You can read the article here.
UBC Library/City of Vancouver Archives site featured in the Vancouver Observer (posted October 14)
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2009 No Comments »
The Chinese Experience in British Columbia, a new website that offers a fascinating look at a century of local Chinese-Canadian heritage, is featured in the Vancouver Observer. The site, which features digitized holdings from the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection at UBC, and the Yip family and Yip Sang Company collection at [...]
UBC Library featured in Fine Books and Collections magazine
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2009 No Comments »
UBC Library and the Chung Collection are featured in an article on Vancouver’s book culture in the January 2009 issue of Fine Books & Collections magazine. The article is by Nicholas Basbanes, an author who recently read and spoke at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can view the piece here: http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/issue/200901/vancouver-1.phtml
Digitization project in the Vancouver Sun
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
A digitization project that is a collaboration between UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections, UBC Archives and the City of Vancouver Archives appears in the Vancouver Sun. The project is called The Chinese Experience in British Columbia, 1850-1950. It will explore Chinese immigration, work, and social and cultural life in B.C. through the digitization [...]
Chung Collection celebration in the media
Posted in News on May 13th, 2008 No Comments »
The celebration of the new home for the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection, held on April 15, 2008, has received much media attention. Outlets covering the event and the Chung Collection included 24 Hours, the Sing Tao, Ming Pao and Epoch Times publications, and Ming Pao’s Saturday Magazine. The Vancouver Sun featured [...]
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