Connect with a Community Engagement Librarian
Allan Cho (he/him)
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC
allan.cho@ubc.ca
604-827-4366
Allan’s work includes supporting ongoing community initiatives and leading new ones, focusing on community engagement with historically underrepresented groups, piloting IKBLC’s AskAway coordination, subject liaison librarian with the School of Information, and developing a new speaker series with the support of the Peña Family Foundation.
Kayla Lar-Son (she/her/they/them)
Indigenous Programs and Services Librarian
X̱wi7x̱wa Library, UBC
kayla.lar-son@ubc.ca
604-817-8091
Kayla is Metis from Treaty Six Territory and is the Indigenous programs and services librarian for the Xwi7xwa Library. Along with her colleagues at X̱wi7x̱wa, she works to provide Indigenous communities with culturally relative services and programs on the UBC campus and beyond. Kayla is also the program manager librarian for the Indigitization program. You can contact her through email.
Aleha McCauley (she/her)
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC
aleha.mccauley@ubc.ca
604-827-3906
Aleha is involved in several community initiatives that strive to improve access to research for community members, organizations and businesses across BC. Aleha welcomes you to connect with her by email.
Partner With Us
Are you a community member or organization and are interested in partnering with the UBC Library to develop an event (e.g. exhibit, workshop, speaker series, etc.)? Please contact a Community Engagement Librarian to schedule a consultation.
Here are some examples of our community engagement events, programs, and initiatives:
- Seed Lending Library, a partnership between UBC Library and UBC Farm
- Ink Dance, a partnership between the Canadian Society for Asian Arts (CSAA) and Asian Library
- 50 Years of Sole: A History of Fluevog: Honouring a Vancouver Icon, a partnership between The David Lam Management Research Library, Canaccord Learning Commons, Rare Books and Special Collections, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, and John Fluevog Shoes
Vancouver Campus
Allan Cho, Community Engagement Librarian, allan.cho@ubc.ca
Okanagan Campus
Donna Langille, Community Engagement Librarian, donna.langille@ubc.ca
UBC Learning Exchange
Nick Ubels, Community Engagement librarian, nick.ubels@ubc.ca
Follow Us
Follow our Library social media accounts to stay up to date on the latest events!
Vancouver Campus
https://www.facebook.com/UBCLibrary
https://twitter.com/ubclibrary
https://www.instagram.com/ubclibrary
Okanagan Campus
https://www.facebook.com/UBCOLibrary