Patricia Logie, a B.C. artist who has donated her portrait collection Chronicles of Pride to UBC Library, is featured in the Coast Reporter, a Sunshine Coast newspaper.

You can view the article here: http://www.coastreporter.net/article/20091204/SECHELT0501/312049996/-1/sechelt/chronicles-finds-a-home

Chronicles of Pride is a collection of 31 portraits that honour a range of First Nations figures. The collection will be displayed in March 2010 in the Learning Centre Gallery,  located on level two of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, adjacent to the circulation desk.

Librarians from the David Lam Management Research Library have won plaudits for a unique guide that helps business students conduct research more effectively.

Jan Wallace, Christina Sylka and Lindsay Ure were recognized by the Academic Librarians in Public Service (ALPS) as part of the “Laud a Librarian Gold Medal” contest.

Last summer, the librarians discussed the need to help students with the critical thinking that’s needed for any research project.

Searching for data and information involves interactions between thinking, research, revising, re-thinking and research.  

Many students need coaching consultations throughout this process. To help them at the critical preliminary stage, the librarians devised a form, called Jump-Start Your Research. The form not only helps librarians understand the nature of the student’s assignment or project; it also speeds up the time it takes for the student to identify and refine their topic, create a strategy and begin the research.

The guide has been used for a term, and groups of students (MBA students in particular) have been filling the form out and sending it in, knowing that it will save them time – their scarcest commodity. So far, Jump-Start Your Success has been a success for the librarians and the students.

Congratulations Jan, Christina and Lindsay!

For more information, please visit http://toby.library.ubc.ca/webpage/webpage.cfm?id=804

UBC Library is featured in the fall 2009 newsletter from the Council of Post-Secondary Library Directors, British Columbia.

The cover image features attendees at the CPSLD fall meeting at UBC, and UBC Library’s report begins on page 20.

You can view the newsletter here: http://www.cpsld.ca/Newsletter/cpsld-09-fall.pdf

UBC Library is noted in an article about open access that appears in the Georgia Straight. Open access (OA) is about providing users with free access to information and knowledge.

You can view the article here: http://straight.com/article-269620/open-access-revolution

Drippytown – a fascinating exhibit featuring the work of six local comic artists that is on display in Rare Books and Special Collections – is reviewed in The Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper.

You can read the article here: http://ubyssey.ca/culture/?p=10845

Drippytown runs until January 31, 2010. Rare Books and Special Collections is located on level one of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall, UBC Vancouver campus.

The latest issue of the BCLA Browser, the publication of the British Columbia Library Association, includes an article on the recent m-Libraries Conference held at UBC.

You can view the article at m-Libraries

And you can view the entire issue at http://bclabrowser.ca/

UBC Library presents a great roster of events as part of Celebrate Learning Week, which runs until October 30. Topics range from protecting your digital reputation to information and digital literacy.

So come by and see what’s on offer – you can view a full listing of events here: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/webpage/webpage.cfm?id=816

The Chinese Experience in B.C. website, a project involving UBC Library and the City of Vancouver Archives, is featured in the Vancouver Courier.

You can view the article here: http://www2.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/story.html?id=bb4b8c74-b4d2-496e-b1c2-f556cba832fb

Dr. Irving K. Barber has been honoured with a 2009 Special Award for Philanthropy from the British Columbia Museums Association. The award was given in recognition of his involvement with several philanthropic activities in the province, most notably his exceptional gift for the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, which provides innovative support and funding to the cultural sector.

Dr. Barber and his wife Jean attended the awards ceremony in Osoyoos on October 16. Congratulations Ike!

An article about a unique collection focused on croquet, which has been donated to UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections division, appears in the UK publication Croquet World Online.

You can view the article here: http://www.croquetworld.com/News/finding.asp

Rare Books and Special Collections is located on level one of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.