UBC Library and the Peking University (PKU) Library have formed an agreement involving the exchange of staff and expertise related to cataloguing and conservation with an emphasis on Asian materials. The libraries may also exchange academic works from professors at UBC and PKU. The agreement takes effect December 1, 2012 and can be renewed after five years.
UBC and the Beijing-based PKU have had a wide range of research and other collaborative agreements, some dating to 1980. Professor Stephen Toope, UBC President and Vice-Chancellor, and Professor Shanlu Zhu, Chair of the University Council at PKU, signed a university-wide student mobility agreement earlier in 2012. Read the full announcement here.
