Okanagan Special Collections & Archives: New Digitized Collections
This spring and summer, nearly 7,500 items were digitized and made accessible, including 265 photographs and 2,907 newspaper publications from Kelowna Capital News and regional collections belonging to six community partners and memory institutions.
Equity Reads
Reading and talking about what we read is one of the most powerful ways to learn. By intentionally learning about the experiences of others, we can come together to fight for a better future for all of us.
Library service update regarding fines, fees and loan periods
UBC Library is implementing changes to its loan policies and fines structure, which will affect all library users on both Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.
National Indigenous Peoples’ Day booklist
National Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes the history, resilience, and diversity of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples across what we now call Canada. Reading the stories, histories, and ideas of Indigenous Peoples is just one way to celebrate and expand our understanding—which is something we should always be looking to do, not just on Indigenous […]
April 9 & 10: Zine Fair at Okanagan Special Collections
Join us on April 9 and 10 as UBCO students, faculty, and staff come together for the Zine Fair at Okanagan Special Collections (COM 004) from 12 to 4pm. This event provides students with the opportunity to build their own collection while offering faculty and staff insight into how zines can be introduced as […]
Taste of Home Food Drive for UBCO Students
Did you know that nearly 43% of post-secondary students in Canada are food insecure? Added to that, many students who live on campus are far from home and do not have access to the groceries they need to prepare a meal that reminds them of home. The Student Union, the Global Engagement Office and UBC […]
Orange Shirt Day Book Display
In commemoration of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day, UBC Okanagan Library has created a book display. The book display will be on the main floor of UBC Okanagan Library from September 26 to October 2, 2022. The books can be borrowed with your UBC ID card. Book displays are one […]
Data Futures
Faculty, staff, and student partners from UBC Okanagan Library and UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) were awarded a Data Champion grant from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada for their project, Data Futures. Data Futures centres on the effective management—collection, handling, and dissemination—of research data in graduate research labs and addresses issues of turning research data […]