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Asian Centre
1871 West Mall
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6T 1Z2
New GAA Reference Hours
Starting from October 5, other than the regular reference hours (i.e. Monday to Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.), Asian Library will have Graduate Academic Assistant (GAA) manning our Reference Desk during the peak time from Monday to Thursday. They can help patrons in their own language areas while answering basic to intermediate reference questions in general. […]
Asian Library New Food & Drink Policy
Effective immediately, no food is being consumed in any public area in the Asian Library. To ensure the protection and preservation of library collections, and to provide a comfortable and clean environment for studying, Asian Library enforces a new and strict food and drink policy starting from September 18, 2015. Under the new policy, library […]
A Tang Painting Scene Reconstructed 重構唐人宮樂圖
Come check out the new displays “A Tang Painting Scene Reconstructed” (重構唐人宮樂圖) and “History through Quipai” (曲牌) at the Asian Centre foyer and Asian Library upper floor. Curated by Alan Lau and Sophi Liang, “A Tang Painting Scene Reconstructed” is a three-dimensional contemporary “reconstruction” of a famous painting which depicts palace music making during the […]
Changes in Japanese reference support
Our Japanese Librarian Shirin Eshghi is on leave for the year of 2015. We regret that support for Japanese language related questions will be available for only so many hours per week. Please note that the expected wait time for requests will also increase. Please direct your reference related questions to Yoonkyung Kim at: japanese.library.support@ubc.ca. […]
Display in memory of Master Toa Wong – Legend of Cantonese Opera
Master Toa Wong (黃滔) is an honored and respected Cantonese opera master who passed away on June 30th this year at the age of 101. In the past years, Master Wong donated more than 600 items of books and recordings to the Asian Library. He also helped build and document the collection of Cantonese Opera […]
Thank you for joining the Chinese rare materials lecture
More than 50 people joined us on May 19 in the UBC Library Chinese Rare Materials lecture. Thank you to Prof. Boyue Yao (姚伯岳教授) from the Peking University Library and Dr. Bruce Rusk (阮思德教授) from the UBC Department of Asian Studies for sharing the history of Pang Jingtang Collection and introducing its authentication process. Prof. […]
Summer Book Display: The Education of the Women as Citizens of “Modern Japan”
UBC Asian Library’s Summer Book Display The Education of the Women as Citizens of “Modern Japan” Date: July 6 – August 21, 2015 Hours: 9am – 5pm (Mon-Fri) Location: Asian Centre Foyer What changes can we observe regarding women’s everyday life, social status and career options during the fast-changing Meiji and Taishō Japan? Did “modernization” […]
Welcome to Professor Yao Baoyue!
Professor Boyue Yao (姚伯岳), Rare Book Librarian from Beijing University Library, recently joined the Library to work on the CLIR Hidden Collection project. Library Development and the Asian Library recently hosted a small reception on April 16 to welcome Professor Yao to the Library, and to showcase some of the rare materials he will be […]
Chinese Rare Materials in UBC Library: focusing on Pang Jingtang Collection
UBC 圖書館珍貴的中國古文獻收藏：從龐鏡塘收藏說起 UBC 圖書館擁有異常豐富的中國古文獻收藏，吸引著世界各地的學者絡繹前往。其中最新入館的龐鏡塘藏書更以其珍貴稀見，引起學術界的高度關注。應邀前來鑒定龐鏡塘藏書的北京大學圖書館姚伯岳教授，將和UBC亞洲學系阮思德教授同臺亮相，講述龐鏡塘特藏的前世今生，介紹部分藏品的鑒定過程。聽眾將得以分享學者們的寶貴經驗，一窺中國古文獻的奧秘。 主講: 姚伯岳教授（北京大學圖書館）及 阮思德教授 （ＵＢＣ亞洲學系） 日期: 二零一五年五月十九日（星期二） 時間: 下午二時三十分至四時 地點: UBC 蔡章閣樓120室 (1855 West Mall, Vancouver) 講座以中文進行, 附英文翻譯 報名及查詢: phoebe.chow@ubc.ca / 604-827-2760 UBC Library has an extremely rich collection of ancient Chinese literature, which has attracted a great number of scholars from around the world. Pang Jingtang Collection, one of the latest […]