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.
Donna Langille (she/her/they/them)
Community Engagement and Open Education Librarian
UBC Okanagan Library
donna.langille@ubc.ca
250 807-9233
As Community Engagement and Open Education Librarian, Donna works to improve access to scholarly research for community members. You can find her at the UBC Innovation Library where community members can access many of UBC’s electronic resources. Contact them by email to schedule an appointment.
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.
Nick Ubels (he/him/his)
Community Engagement Librarian
UBC Learning Exchange & Irving. K. Barber Learning Centre
nick.ubels@ubc.ca
604 827-0905
As an embedded community engagement librarian at the UBC Learning Exchange in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), Nick works with community members and non-profit organizations to improve access to scholarly research. Contact him by e-mail to set up a free one-to-one research consultations or get help using the DTES Research Access Portal.
Reference and AskAway referral
Need to speak with a library staff member right away? You can use our Ask Us service and chat with us. https://ask.library.ubc.ca/
Are you interested in speaking with a subject librarian? Here is a list of all of our subject specialists at UBC https://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/
Research guides
Research guides are created by subject-specialist librarians to recommend resources and search strategies by subject (including academic disciplines and courses), as well as format and publication type. https://guides.library.ubc.ca/
Other materials to help you get started
Center for Community Engaged Research
The community engagement team is a resource for community organizations.
Together, they share knowledge, build on ideas and move them forward in collaboration with students and instructors https://ccel.ubc.ca/community. Additionally, you can find information on where to post and sign up for volunteer opportunities on this page https://ccel.ubc.ca/community/posting-volunteer-opportunities.
Collaboratory - Collaboration Laboratory
The Collaboratory is a space in which UBC students, Faculty, and community members can work together to create change and lasting impacts on various social and economic issues. The Collabaratory hosts a speaker series, the Social Impact Lab, and the Democracy Lab. https://ccel.ubc.ca/community/collaboratory.