April 15th, 2008 by Glenn Drexhage | No Comments »
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC celebrated its official opening on April 11, 2008. Hundreds of people attended this special event, marking a historic day for UBC Library, UBC and the province of British Columbia.
You can view the press release here:
http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2008OTP0084-000512.htm
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April 7th, 2008 by Glenn Drexhage | No Comments »
An overview of the Chapman Learning Commons, located in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is featured as the lead story in the April 2008 issue of UBC Reports newspaper.
You can view the article here:
http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2008/08apr03/heritage.html
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March 12th, 2008 by Glenn Drexhage | No Comments »
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is featured in the March 2008 issue of UBC’s e-Strategy Update.
You can view the article here:
http://update.estrategy.ubc.ca/2008/03/03/visiting-the-barber
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February 26th, 2008 by Glenn Drexhage | No Comments »
The opening of the second and final phase of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is featured in the Feb. 26 issue of The Ubyssey, a UBC student newspaper.
You can view the article here:
http://www.ubyssey.ca/?p=2586
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February 25th, 2008 by Glenn Drexhage | No Comments »
A profile of John Wood, founder and CEO of the non-profit organization Room to Read, appears in the Saturday, Feb. 23 issue of the Vancouver Sun. The article mentions the recent literacy event at Koerner Library, which involved students living in Koerner to raise funds for libraries in Nepal.
You can view the article here:
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=10a91e92-27a3-471a-985f-d501b633f372
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February 19th, 2008 by Glenn Drexhage | No Comments »
An article on the DREAM project, which featured students living in Koerner Library and other university libraries to raise funds for literacy in developing countries, appears in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
You can view the article here:
http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=nfCsc9FtNqyCvnyrdTVhn9fHrvB4zXPN
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February 15th, 2008 by Glenn Drexhage | No Comments »
Valentine e-cards from the UBC Library Vault site (www.ubcvault.ca) are highlighted on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s website.
You can view the article here:
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2745/you-forgot-valentines-day-no-need-to-fret
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February 8th, 2008 by Glenn Drexhage | No Comments »
An article on the DREAM project, which features students living in Koerner Library to raise funds for literacy in developing countries, appears in The Charlatan, a student newspaper at Ottawa’s Carleton University.
You can view the article here:
http://www.charlatan.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19683&Itemid=149
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February 8th, 2008 by Glenn Drexhage | No Comments »
cIRcle, UBC’s information repository, is featured in the February 2008 issue of UBC Reports.
You can view the article here:
http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2008/08feb07/circle.html
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January 23rd, 2008 by Glenn Drexhage | No Comments »
An article on the DREAM project, which features students living in Koerner Library to raise funds for literacy in developing countries, appears in the Vancouver Courier.
You can view the article here:
http://www.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/story.html?id=be068bee-3196-4136-8355-9f1860373eab&k=99544
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