Reading Rooms Directory

Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives (Museum of Anthropology Reading Room)

The Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives includes a library, archives and the Oral History and Language Lab.  The library includes 12,000 books, journals, MOA staff publications, and other unique resources relating primarily to museology, Northwest Coast material culture, and world ceramics and textiles. The Archives holds records generated by MOA as well as relevant records from private individuals. No materials in the Library and Archives can be borrowed, but most can be reproduced and many can now be accessed online.

Geographic Information Centre

The Geographic Information Centre (GIC) offers support services for Geography undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and the general public. The holdings form a teaching, reference and research collection located in the Department of Geography.

ICICS/Computer Science Reading Room

The ICICS/CS Reading Room provides in-house information resources and assistance for the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS) and the Department of Computer Science (CS). Resources include a current core collection of books, journals, magazines, theses, and course reserves for CPSC and other related courses.

Kinkade Reading Room and Language Archives (Linguistics)

UBC Department of Linguistics

UBC Botanical Garden Library & Archives (UBC Botanical Garden Reading Room)

The UBC Botanical Garden Reading Room (Library) houses a collection of over 3,000 books and selections from over 150 magazine, journal and periodical titles.  The Archives holds the institutional records the Garden and its volunteer supporting organization the Friends of the UBC Botanical Garden (FOGs), as well as some personal records of select botanical researchers and former Garden staff.  The Garden also holds an extensive multimedia collection.