Collection Spotlight: Yay, You! Moving Up and Moving On. Congratulations Graduates!

Collection Spotlight: Yay, You! Moving Up and Moving On. Congratulations Graduates!

The latest collection spotlight is up!  “Yay, You! Moving Up and Moving On.” features children’s books with a graduation, last day of school, life’s journey, teacher spotlight or other related theme. Yay, you! : moving out, moving up, moving on / written and illustrated by Sandra Boynton      PZ8.3.B7 Yy 2001  (image for this month’s display […]

Diversify Your Classroom Library Booklist

Diversify Your Classroom Library Booklist

A blog post by Tiffany Tse Did you know that in 2018, only 10% or fewer books were written by or about African, Asian Pacific, Latinx, or First Nations people out of 3,134 children’s books? The statistics were compiled by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, a team of librarians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School […]

Black History in North America Booklist

Black History in North America Booklist

A blog post by Tiffany Tse In light of Black History Month in February, we have curated a booklist for Black History in North America in recognition that Black History should be known and heard throughout the year. Black History Month originally began in the United States as Negro History Week by Carter G. Woodson, […]

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Collection Spotlight: June is National Indigenous History Month

Collection Spotlight: June is National Indigenous History Month

June is National Indigenous History Month. Click on the book cover or title to take you to the UBC Library catalogue record for the item. Teacher Resources We are the land [16 pack]. E78.C2 W423 2019 We all have connections to the land. We Are the Land explores Indigenous Peoples’ relationships with and connections to […]

New Displays: Books for Ramadan and Books for Easter

New Displays: Books for Ramadan and Books for Easter

Ramadan 2022 in Canada began on the evening of Friday, April 1, and ends on the evening of Sunday, May 1. For Muslims, Ramadan is the holiest month of the year. Many celebrate by gathering regularly in the evenings, trying to read the whole Qur’an during the month, and fasting from sunrise to sunset.  A common […]

Collection Spotlight: New Books!

Collection Spotlight: New Books!

The latest UBC Education Library Collection Spotlight is up! Our feature wall, located on the main level of the branch, is displaying “New Books for March 2022.” Come by and browse our newest Picture Books and Young Adult Novel arrivals. Feel free to browse our new books online as well.

Book a consultation with a librarian: Appointments now available on LibCal

Book a consultation with a librarian: Appointments now available on LibCal

Need a one-on-one appointment to help you with your research?  Book a consultation with a librarian or student librarian on LibCal: https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/appointments/edlib

UBC Climate Emergency Week: Feb 14-18

UBC Climate Emergency Week: Feb 14-18

UBC Education Library is participating in UBC Climate Change Week by dedicating our latest Collection Spotlight to climate change and the environment.  Visit and browse the display located on the main level breezeway: For more information regarding the week’s events, please visit: sustain.ubc.ca/events/climate-emergency-week A selection of online resources available from UBC Library related to climate […]

Collection Spotlight: Young Adult Fiction

Collection Spotlight: Young Adult Fiction

Our most recent Collection Spotlight is up! “Young Adult Fiction” is a gathering of popular, classic, and current UBC Education Library titles in the YA Literature genre. Find these books in the breezeway area of our branch. Just a few of the titles: As many nows as I can get / Shana Youngdahl. PZ7.1 .Y8124 […]