Barbara Towell (she/hers)

e-Records Management, @UBCArchives. Tweeting mostly about RM at the University of British Columbia, sometimes about other stuff. Views are my own.

[Digitization Centre @DigitizeUBC]

Here’s a close-up of the UBC crest above the Main Library entrance, captured in 2000. From the UBC Archives Photograph Collection: https://t.co/qwmWfq1jek

[UBC Archives @UBCArchives]

#TBT Law huts - 12 September 1951 https://t.co/zLHQgCNfkz
[these re-purposed army huts were the original home of UBC's Faculty of Law @AllardLaw]
#UBChistory #UBCLaw #UBCcampus

[Museum of Anthropology at UBC @MOA_UBC]

Learn about UBC's X̱wi7x̱wa Library, Canada’s only Indigenous branch of an academic library. Read the full story: https://t.co/h9KgcVWOPk

#NIHM

[UBC Library @ubclibrary]

Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives have launched an exhibit about 1940/50s entrepreneur and restaurateur, Oscar Blanck. The photos are on display in Ike’s Café at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Learn more: https://t.co/45edqPl1KJ

[Digitization Centre @DigitizeUBC]

Volkswagen on top of a light pole. This stunt was executed by the Engineering Undergraduate Society in 1983. @ubcengineers

From the Alma Mater Society Image Collection: https://t.co/5EUCo8DGG0

[Barbara Towell (she/hers) @BikeFreak8]

@archivistsdotca @UBCArchives Great job John! @UBCArchives

[ACA @archivistsdotca]

Next up in our Archives Spotlight series, our interview with John Moran, Digital Archivist at @UBCArchives . John writes about busy days, budget challenges and the underexplored research potential of university archives. Check out the In the Field blog: https://t.co/TfwqyhfeHU

[UBC Library @ubclibrary]

The new Chung | Lind Gallery includes approximately 292 square metres of display space on the second floor of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. The gallery will open to the public on May 1. https://t.co/CbC0mU3L8P

[Barbara Towell (she/hers) @BikeFreak8]

@UBCArchives How long was it there for?

[Barbara Towell (she/hers) @BikeFreak8]

@poptrtsrravioli @connie_walker Agreed

[UBC School of Information @UBCiSchool]

The deadline for applications is December 5th, 2023 - that's in ONE WEEK! More info here: https://t.co/acelw5xPSb

[UBC Library @ubclibrary]

UBC Library acquires rare Japanese manuscripts and calligraphy works. https://t.co/zra18rlM19

[Barbara Towell (she/hers) @BikeFreak8]

@UBCArchives @AMS_UBC Looks at little smoky in the photograph just as it does outside today.

[Barbara Towell (she/hers) @BikeFreak8]

@pjvangarderen Only a head wind can get in the way

[Barbara Towell (she/hers) @BikeFreak8]

@marktmaclean Hi Mark, I talked to folks over at LT Hub and they suggest putting in a support ticket. Hope it helps

[Barbara Towell (she/hers) @BikeFreak8]

In Oct 2023, UBC will implement an automated 1-year retention policy for video content held in Zoom and MS Teams. Learn more here: https://t.co/JySWANMYhw
#UBCArchives #RecordsManagement #automatedretention #UBCLibrary

[Barbara Towell (she/hers) @BikeFreak8]

Coming Oct 2023: 1 year retention policy on video content in Zoom and MS Teams. Read more here:
#automatedRetention #recordsmanagement #UBC #UBCLibrary
https://t.co/JySWANMYhw

[UBC Archives @UBCArchives]

For those intending to see @OppenheimerFilm, FYI the Volkoff Family fonds (https://t.co/tARFmjZUKo) includes several pieces of correspondence from Oppenheimer addressed to George Volkoff, one of his grad students at UC Berkeley.
See also https://t.co/1FlSAKNoAa

[DPC Chatter @dpc_chat]

📢 New job alert!📢

#DPCjobs Vacancy for Digital Preservation Analyst at University of Cambridge https://t.co/Gh9U4qUzOp #digipres #digitalpreservation

[Library and Archives Canada @LibraryArchives]

Say what?! You didn't know we’re offering up to $5,000 in scholarships to eligible students in fields related to libraries and archives?

Find out if you're eligible to apply for the Price McIntosh Bursary, and please share: https://t.co/qSxDh7uzKp