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40% Blow-Out Sale for all Vault merchandise
Nov 20th, 2009
Come ring in the season with UBC Library at the 2009 SUB Holiday Gift Fair! Spectacular images from the library are for sale as card sets and prints at discounted prices up to 40% off ($10 for 10 cards!). It's not too late to buy your seasonal card sets!
New this year we offer a selection of Tony Onley images as single cards for only $3 per card. Other offers include art umbrellas and award-winning gift packages from University Archives and UBC Rare Books and Special Collections.
Where: Booth #3 across Pie R Squared Pizza
When: November 30 - December 4, 2009
Can't make it to the SUB? Enjoy the savings all month long online.
New Behind the Scenes Gallery
Oct 16th, 2009
We have just launched a companion to the website – a ContentDM digital image gallery, which will allow access to all images from select titles that appear on UBC Library Vault. These include digitized engravings, illustrations, copper plates, hand-painted manuscripts and more. Offerings will include ntouched, raw photographs from original works as well as the final images showcased on UBC Library Vault. Highlights will include engravings from Vesalius's famous On the Fabric of the Human Body, illustrations from botany texts and more. The new image gallery will continue to grow over the next few months, be sure to check back often! Start browsing our
ContentDM Digital Image Gallery now. View other digital collections from UBC Library at
http://www.digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/ Custom Greeting Cards
Oct 15th, 2009
There is still time to order your custom cards! The UBC Library Vault custom greeting card second deadline is November 2, with delivery by December 4th! Back by popular demand, the Vault has added to its selection of customizable cards, making over 300 images available. You can choose your image, view its unique story, request custom envelopes, and add your business logo or a unique phrase to your greeting cards - all through our simple order form.
Let the world know about the rich collections at the UBC Library - make an impression with customized cards.
Explore the custom card gallery now!
Customized Greeting Cards
Sep 10th, 2009
The UBC Library Vault custom greeting card program is now taking orders! Back by popular demand, the Vault has added to its selection of customizable cards, making over 300 images available. You can choose your image, view its unique story, request custom envelopes, and add your business logo or a unique phrase to your greeting cards - all through our simple order form.
Let the world know about the rich collections at the UBC Library - make an impression with customized cards.
Explore the custom card gallery now!
UBC at the Olympics
Aug 13th, 2009
Did you know that UBC made Olympic headlines as early as 1962-1963? This was the time when the first Canadian National Hockey Team trained for the 1964 Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria, under coach Father David Bauer at the newly constructed Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre in Point Grey. Father Bauer's successor at the helm of the team, Dr. Bob Hindmarch, went on to actively support Whistler's Olympic bid in 1976, along with UBC's skiing coach, Al Fisher.
Special Packages from UBC Library Vault
Jul 16th, 2009
Calling all collectors! Would you like to own a reproduced letter by Charles Darwin, a 1597 map of Canada and a facsimile of an infamous Head Tax certificate? If so, you can purchase a Rare Books and Special Collections special package for the price of $22.28 containing these and other rare items. A free University Archives package accompanies each purchase, and proceeds support the development of UBC Library collections. Visit our online gift store now!
Life Sciences Libraries @ UBC
Jul 9th, 2009
UBC Library is offering print-on-demand options for e-books to which it subscribes online with Springer. For those unable to access e-books through the UBC Library catalogue, the library is taking orders to have these publications delivered in print copy to patrons. Orders extend to collections in medicine, environmental and life sciences, and cost $24.95 USD plus GST and PST, including shipping and handling.
Harry Potter Exhibition
Jun 11th, 2009
American Library Association, in conjunction with the National Library of Medicine, brings you an intriguing and popular new traveling exhibit: "Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine". From September 2009 to November 2010, 12 small libraries in the USA will feature by rotation for a period of 4 weeks panel displays of 15th - 16th century works of alchemy, natural sciences and occultism currently found in the History of Medicine Collection at the National Library of Medicine. It's pure magic!
Where: Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Utah
When: September 2009 - November 2010
Admission: Free
