Library service update regarding fines, fees and loan periods
Starting in August 2024, UBC Library is implementing changes to its loan policies and fines structure, which will affect all library users on both Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. Learn more about...
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Equity Reads
What is Equity Reads? The Equity and Inclusion Office is partnering with the Library to feature books written by, for, and about marginalized individuals and communities. Each month Theo Dhaliwal,...
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Archivist Paige Hohmann receives Leadership Award
Congratulations to Paige Hohmann, Archivist at UBC Okanagan Library and Okanagan Special Collections and Archives, on receiving a Leadership award at the 2024 Staff Awards of Excellence ceremony. As...
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Okanagan Special Collections & Archives: New Digitized Collections
The team at UBCO Library’s Okanagan Special Collections & Archives has been hard at work digitizing, curating, editing, and ingesting items contributed by community partners. This spring and...
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Okanagan Reads Book Club Kits now available
UBCO Library and Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) have partnered to provide book clubs kits for community book clubs to use. The first batch of Okanagan Reads book club kits are now available to borrow...
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Truth and Reconciliation Book List
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, or Orange Shirt Day, is a solemn day to reflect on the ongoing legacy of the residential school system in Canada. Secwepemc author and activist Phyllis...
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Equity Reads review: Truth Telling
This book has been reviewed for Equity Reads by Theo Dhaliwal, UBCO student and Inclusive Programming and Engagement Assistant in the Equity & Inclusion Office. Truth Telling: Seven Conversations...
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Centre for Scholarly Communication workshop series for undergraduate researchers
UBC Strategic Plan Feature Jessica Lowry Academic Communication Consultant at the Centre for Scholarly Communication (CSC), was featured in a UBC Strategic Plan story on Research Excellence for a new...
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Pride Programming Booklist
Pride Programming is a peer-lead program for Queer-identifying students and allies at UBC Okanagan. Pride Programming focuses on building community, hosting events, and creating safe spaces on campus....
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Women’s History Month Booklist
UBC Okanagan Library has put together a list of books to help us recognize Women’s History Month in Canada. October was designated as Women’s History Month in 1992, and each year we celebrate a new...
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UBCO Biology funds research data and statistical analysis support through the...
UBC Okanagan Library, through the Centre for Scholarly Communication (CSC), and the Irving K Barber Faculty of Science’s Department of Biology have partnered to fund and manage research data and...
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Climate Action Week Booklist
Climate Action Week in early November provides an opportunity to focus on climate change related challenges and emergencies facing our communities while situating libraries as places to connect people...
View ArticleSummon searches resulting in Application Error message
Summon is experiencing intermittent issues with searches failing to complete and displaying an “Application Error. Your search has failed to complete. Please try again.” Other institutions are...
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Archivist Paige Hohmann receives Leadership Award
Congratulations to Paige Hohmann, Archivist at UBC Okanagan Library and Okanagan Special Collections and Archives, on receiving a Leadership award at the 2024 Staff Awards of Excellence ceremony. As...
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Stories of Partnership: Kelowna Museums and UBC Okanagan Library
UBC Okanagan Librarians Donna Langille and Christian Isbister are featured along with Erik Beardmore, Programming Associate at Kelowna Museums in the latest episode of the “Stories of Partnership”...
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Behind the screens: How UBC Library contributes to virtual reference service...
Get to know the human side of virtual reference at UBC Library. Donna Langille, Open Education Librarian and AskAway coordinator at UBCO Library, is one of the three library professionals featured in...
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What is Records Management?
What are records and why do we need to manage them? As a public institution UBC has specific policy-driven responsibilities to manage its records effectively and appropriately. Regardless of format,...
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African and Diasporic Fantasy Booklist
The idea for this book list came to us from Tendai, who is studying Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice with a Minor in Theatre at UBC. The books on this list have been compiled by Tendai and...
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UBC Okanagan Seed Library
You might have noticed a new addition to the Library space. Located on the left side of the Service Desk on the main floor of the library and near the entrance to the Commons building, you’ll find the...
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Wrapping up my time as Student Digital Records Manager
My name is Nemo Xu and I’m a first-year student in the dual master’s program at the iSchool. In September 2024, I started my position as the UBC Okanagan Academic Operations & Services: Student...
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