November 6th, 2012 by Jessica Woolman | No Comments »
The latest issue of UBC Library’s Friends newsletter is now available online (PDF).
Highlights include recent acquisitions from Videomatica, transformations to physical library spaces, exhibits and a showcase of the Chung Collection. In addition, Dr. Irving K. Barber and Basil Stuart-Stubbs, both supporters of the Library, are remembered in memoriam.
Friends readers are encouraged to fill out a readership survey and enter in a draw to win a $50 Amazon.com gift certificate. The survey is open until December 21, 2012.
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June 12th, 2012 by Glenn Drexhage | Comments Off
Canaccord Learning Commons. Photo: Martin Dee
The latest on UBC Library appears in the Spring 2012 issue of the CPSLD Newsletter, published on behalf of the Council of Post Secondary Library Directors, British Columbia.
Scroll to page 27 for the UBC entry – which includes a tribute to Irving K. Barber, an update on the Library’s new Community Report, notable film donations and more.
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February 2nd, 2012 by Glenn Drexhage | Comments Off
Asian Library
UBC Library’s Winter Update appears in the new issue of the BCLA Browser (Volume 4, no.1), the newsletter of the British Columbia Library Association.
Have a read and find out about the exceptional Videomatica film collection being housed and preserved by UBC and SFU; the B.C. Historical Newspapers Project; a CLIR meeting at UBC Library; the latest instalment of Live-in for Literacy: exhibitions at Rare Books and Special Collections; the Great Reads leisure reading program; and exciting news involving cIRcle, UBC’s digital repository.
Posted in B.C. History Digitization Program (BCHDP), bcla, cIRcle, Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), General, great reads, Live-in for Literacy, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections, UBC Library, Videomatica | Comments Off
January 16th, 2012 by Glenn Drexhage | Comments Off
Photo credit: Sally Hunter
An exceptional film collection valued at $1.7 million will be housed and preserved by the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.
Videomatica – a long-loved video rental store that opened in 1983 and specialized in rare and esoteric titles – is donating the bulk of 28,000 DVDs, 4,000 VHS titles and 900 Blu-rays to UBC. The collection will be housed at UBC Library with more than 5,000 duplicates available at UBC’s Dept. of Theatre and Film. SFU receives about 2,800 documentaries from the collection.
For more information please see the press release.
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