CSC Staff Feature: Mahtab Matin
Mahtab Matin is a Writing & Academic Communication Consultant in the Centre for Scholarly Communication (CSC) and a PhD candidate in the faculty of Nursing.
Climate Action Week Books and Films
UBC Okanagan Library has curated a selection of books and films to expland our understanding of climate chnage and inspire action.
Two Lives: a historical podcast researched through Okanagan Special Collections & Archives
Renowned local author Alix Hawley has produced a new podcast about the history of the Okanagan in the 1800s called Two Lives and credits UBCO Library’s resources and supports with helping her to create and produce her podcast.
Truth and Reconciliation Book List
If you are looking for more information on the history of residential schools or Indigenous-Canadian relations, we encourage you to continue your learning and consult some of the books or movies we have available through the library.
Collections Update: Rethinking the sustainability of our subscription model
University Librarian Susan Parker has released an important Library Service Update that will directly impact all UBC Library users, including those at UBC Okanagan.
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Celebrate plurilingualism and the accents, colloquialisms, dialects, and speech patterns that help make our voices unique.
New digitized collection: Cominco Magazine
UBCO Library’s Okanagan Special Collections & Archives and Trail Museum & Archives are pleased to announce the release of a new digitized collection now available through the British Columbia Regional Digitized History (BCRDH) project. Cominco Magazine was first published in 1940 as a monthly journal to celebrate Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company of Canada Limited […]
Queer Zine Fair collaborators awarded UBC Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund
Congratulations to Donna Langille, Open Education Librarian at UBC Okanagan, and Erik Beardmore from Kelowna Museums for receiving the UBC Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund for their project Queer Zine Fair.
Sharron Simpson Family Community Engagement Endowment Fund recipient: Mari Noble
This year, Mari Noble’s project, “Metaphors of Beauty and Power in the Okanagan: Human-Centric Transfer of Knowledge through Metaphoric Language” was awarded the Sharron Simpson Family Community Engagement Endowment Fund.
UBC Library pilots new knowledge synthesis service at both campuses
While the library has supported researchers involved in systematic, scoping and other knowledge synthesis review projects for decades, the demand for expert consultation services in a variety of disciplines rose steadily in recent years. Librarians on both campuses saw the opportunity to provide a more comprehensive solution.








