<P> UBC has a number of different collections that have been donated and acquired . Major General Victor Odlum CB, CMG, DSO, VD donated his library of 10,000 books, which has been housed in "the Rockwoods Centre Library" of the UBC Library since 1963 . After Videomatica's 2011 closure, UBC and SFU acquired their $1.7 - million collection . UBC received about 28,000 movie DVDs, 4,000 VHS titles and 900 Blu - ray discs which are housed at UBC Library's Koerner branch on the Vancouver campus . In 2014, renowned art collector and antiques specialist, Uno Langmann, donated the Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs, which consists of more than 18,000 rare and unique early photographs from the 1850s to the 1970s . It is considered the premiere private collection of early provincial photos, and an important illustrated history of early photographic methods . In 2016, the Library acquired one of the world's most rare and extraordinary books, the Kelmscott Chaucer from 1896 . The book was printed in a limited edition of only 438 copies, but there are only 48 copies in the world with this particular type of binding . </P> <P> The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the UBC houses the university's collection of three archives and fine art; 1,000 works, mainly Canadian contemporary pieces 1960 to the present . The Gallery houses exhibitions, publications, acquisitions, archival projects, lectures and symposia on art history, criticism, and curating . </P> <P> UBC's administration, as mandated by the University Act, is composed of a chancellor, convocation, board, senate, and faculties of the university . The Board of Governors manages property and revenue, while the Senate manages the university's academic operation . Both are composed of faculty and students who are elected to the position . Degrees and diplomas are conferred by the convocation, which is composed of alumni, administrators, and faculty, with a quorum of twenty members . UBC also has a President, who is the university's chief executive officer and a member of the Senate, Board of Governors, Convocation, and also serves as Vice Chancellor . The President of the University is responsible for managing the academic operation of the university, including recommending appointments, calling meetings of faculties, and establishing committees . </P> <P> UBC's academic activity is organized into "faculties" and "schools". UBC has twelve faculties at its Vancouver campus and seven at its Okanagan campus . UBC Vancouver has two academic colleges: Interdisciplinary Studies and Health Disciplines, while UBC Okanagan has a College of Graduate Studies . At the Vancouver campus, the Faculty of Arts, which dates back to the 1915 Fairview Campus, is the largest faculty with twenty departments and schools . With the split of the Faculty of Arts and Science in 1964, the Faculty of Science is the second largest faculty with nine departments . The Sauder School of Business is UBC's Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration . The School of Architecture offers a program accredited by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board at the bachelor level (B. Arch .) and the master's level (M. Arch .). As of December 2012, a new school was created: UBC Vancouver School of Economics in conjunction with the Sauder School of Business . </P>

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