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Asian Centre
1871 West Mall
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6T 1Z2
“Where East Meets West” Exhibition – extended to February 24, 2013
UBC Asian Library, Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver and B.C. Chinese Music Association are pleased to announce that their collaborated exhibition, Where East Meets West: An Exhibition of Mid-20th Century Cantonese Musical Instruments in Vancouver, has been extended to February 24, 2013. To coincide with the exhibition, curator Alan Lau will be giving two talks in […]
Where East Meets West: An Exhibition of Mid-20th Century Cantonese Musical Instruments in Vancouver
Indonesian gamelan, African mbira… Cantonese music – what do these all have in common? — Find out at Where East Meets West: An Exhibition of Mid-20th Century Cantonese Musical Instruments in Vancouver. The exhibition showcases a collection of Chinese musical instruments from the Chinese Cultural Centre and the UBC Asian Library’s Henry Lok-Tin Lee Collections, used in Vancouver’s Chinatown during the 1950s and 60s. It is […]
Donations from Robert H.N. Ho & Family Foundation
The Asian Library is pleased to announce that we have recently received three titles of gift from Mr. Robert Ho and The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation. The books are now on display at the Asian Centre lobby. Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy 灋迹: 觀遠山莊珍藏法書選 Edited by Michael Knight and Joseph Z. Chang, this […]
WU HAN-CHI: One Family – Two Nations 伍漢持烈士生平展
Date: September 13 – 26, 2012 Place: Asian Centre Auditorium (1871 West Mall, Vancouver) Sponsors: UBC Library, The Memorial Museum of Generalissimo Sun Yat-Sen’s Mansion, OMNI/City TV 日期: 2012年9月13-26日 地点: 卑诗大学亚洲中心 (1871 West Mall, Vancouver) 合办: 卑诗大学图书馆, 孙中山大元帅府纪念馆, OMNI/City TV Details 详情: http://guides.library.ubc.ca/page-22415314
Roof and Skylight Replacement Update
Dear all, Seeing old colleagues and returning students after the summer break as well as many new faces remind me to update you all on the roof and skylight replacement project which has been going on since May. RJC, the contractor expects the project to be completed and scaffolding demolished on October 26th this year. […]
Temporary Floor Closing for the Asian Library
The Asian Library will close the 2nd floor from July 10 through 12 for renovation. There will be no access to our Chinese, Japanese and Korean collections in the call number range of A to F, H, P to PL4000s during that period of time. Library patrons can still access the lower floor collections: newspapers, […]
Renovation Projects Update (April 16 2012)
Asian Centre lobby upgrade Timeline: March 5 – mid-May – New carpet already installed in March. – Lighting to be replaced and upgraded to improve usability of space. – 8 additional electrical outlets, 3 work benches with seating, and low tables; 1 water fountain and a book return inside the building to be installed. Access […]
Retell | Rethink | Recover
UBC Library will be hosting an exhibition and one-day conference to commemorate the March 11 disasters in Japan. Click here for detailed information. Exhibition | February 20 – April 30, 2012 Rare Books and Special Collections, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre retelling the history of the areas affected by the disasters Irving K. Barber Learning […]
Head Tax Database Workshop – Sun Woy
The mapping of geographic names recorded in the head tax database was launched in the fall of 2008 by the Asian Library. It took 20 rounds of community–based meetings with Taishanese and Zhongshanese-speaking participants to match the towns and villages of origin reported by 90% of immigrants from these two counties with the geographical names […]