ICICS/Computer Science Reading Room

The Reading Room currently has part-time, staffed opening hours.

Upcoming Events

• Thursday, October 30th, 4:30 PM-6:00 PM: CS Art Circle at the ICICS/CS Reading Room. All CS faculty, staff, postdocs, and grad students are welcome. Please sign up through MyCS at https://my.cs.ubc.ca/event/2025/10/cs-art-circle-icics-cs-reading-room    
  
  
• Thursday, November 13th, 3:00-4:00 PM: CS Book Club at the ICICS/CS Reading Room. Book title: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. We will be focusing on “Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket” (pp.137-151). Full text is available via UBC Library. See CS Book Club website for more details and to RSVP.
  
  

What we offer

The ICICS/CS Reading Room provides dedicated, in-house information resources and assistance for the Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems:

• Current core collection of books, journals, theses, videos and more
• Electronic resources available online
• Course Reserves for CPSC and other related courses

Staff

The ICICS/CS Reading Room currently has one part-time staff to help you:

• Nobu Kawaguchi, Reading Room Coordinator 

Contact Us

• Phone: 604-822-2017
• Email: rdngroom@cs.ubc.ca

Mailing address:

ICICS/Computer Science Reading Room
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
262 - 2366 Main Mall
Vancouver, B.C.
V6T 1Z4

News

Our monthly newsletter [pdf] includes announcements, new books and new journals.

Our Facebook page and Instagram includes book reviews, stories, and event announcements.