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 working on.

Professor Boyue Yao discusses the significance of UBC Library’s Asian materials.

From left to right: Professor Yao, Ingrid Parent, UBC’s University Librarian, and Ya min Wu, a special researcher at UBC’s Asian Library.

A collection of rare Chinese materials were on display.