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.
Get a UBC Library borrower card
You are most welcome at UBC Library!
You do not need a library card to:
- Visit UBC Librarybranches
- Get free help from a librarian
- Use the quiet study spaces
- Use a computer
- Use the collection of books, journals, reference books and more at the branch
If you would like to borrow books and other Library items, you need to sign up for a library card. If you are not a UBC student, staff member, or faculty member, you may be eligible for a free or paid card. If you would only like to borrow a few items from UBC Library, it might be better to ask your local library about an interlibrary loan, which costs a small fee.
Which card can I sign up for?
| I am... | I am eligible for... | More information |
| An Indigenous person living in Canada | Indigenous Community Borrower Card | Click here |
| An individual community member in Vancouver | Community Borrower Card | Click here |
| An individual senior (65+) in Vancouver | Community Borrower Card | Click here |
| An individual community member in Kelowna | Okanagan Community Borrower | Click here |
| A staff member at a non-profit organization | Community Institutional Borrower Card | Click here |
| A UTown@UBC Community Services card holder | Campus and Community Planning Community Borrower Card | Click here |
| A resident of the University Neighbourhoods Association | UNA Card | Click here |
| A faculty member, staff member, or student visiting from another university in Canada or the U.S. |
Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement* *Some terms apply |
Click here |
| Researchers collaborating with UBC Faculty members on a research project | Faculty Authorization Library Card | Click here |
| Staff at UBC Affiliated Teaching Hospitals | Non-UBC appointed Hospital Staff card | Click here |
| A UBC alumnus | Alumni Access Card | Click here |
