Farewell to Bronte Burnette!
Xwi7xwa Library would like to thank Bronte Burnette, our recent student librarian, for all her hard work and contributions during her time with us! Burnette moved to Vancouver from Montana and joined our team while working on her MLIS at UBC’s iSchool. She has since graduated from the program and is the Educational Resource Developer […]
Say Goodbye to Daily Overdue Fines!
Starting September 15 2020, UBC Library is eliminating daily overdue fines on books, journals and audio-visual (AV) materials for all library users. Here are some other important points about the Library’s update on overdue fines: Overdue fines for Course Reserve loans, Interlibrary loans and electronics will still apply when physical borrowing resumes. Fines for overdue recalled […]
Indigenous Strategic Plan
What’s Going on? Indigenous Strategic Plan 2020 Get caught up with the Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology’s Overview of the ISP! On Monday, September 14 Xwi7xwa’s team attended the celebration and launch of UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP); find out more about this virtual event here. Reconciliation Pole 7idansuu (Edenshaw) James Hart, Haida UBC […]
Out ‘n About with Xwi7xwa Library
The Xwi7xwa team is out ‘n about exploring social distance safe activities! We’re ready to start getting social, active, and safe and we want to encourage all of you to do the same. Stay tuned to see what we’re up to, we’ll even point to library resources if you prefer to participate indoors! Out ‘n […]
Indigenous course content list for Summer 2020!
The list of courses with Indigenous content is now available! According to the 2020 University of British Columbia Course Calendar and departmental course descriptions, there are 17 courses, from 7 different departments, that have a significant amount of Indigenous content being offered for the Summer 2020 session. To download the course list click here. Xwi7xwa […]