A decade of Discorder digitized!
A few months ago we let you know that we were going to start digitizing Discorder, the music magazine published by UBC’s community radio station CiTR. Well, we’ve just about completed digitizing every issue from the 1980s (and might well be finished by the time you read this), so we figured now might be a […]
The Power of the Letter
Letters can provide insights in to the details of lives which have otherwise been documented in the extreme. Case in point, Charles Darwin, regarded as the progenitor of modern evolutionary theory. His work in this area is widely known but he also had many other interests including the study of insectivorous plants such as Drosera […]
Moving Spaces
As you might have heard we’ve been planning on expanding into a new space for several months. It finally happened on Friday, and we’re mostly moved in now! Here’s the room we’re moving into. I wish we’d taken some photos when it was just a vast empty white room before the carpet was installed. Here […]
Remembering the Empress
We marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, one of the worst naval disasters in Canadian history.
We’ve joined The Flickr Commons
We’re very pleased to announce that we’ve successfully joined The Commons on Flickr! You can check out the announcement on our blog.
Japanese Card Games
Later this year we’re starting a project in partnership with the UBC Asian Library and the UBC Department of Asian Studies to digitize some cool old Japanese game cards! (Ise monogatari utakaruta, from UBC Rare Books & Special Collections) Karuta カルタ, is a borrowed Japanese term (from the Portugese carta) that refers to playing cards. Karuta became popular in […]