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Main Library closed Saturday and Sunday

Saturday, December 15th, 2012 - Amy Watts

The Main Library will be closed Saturday, December 15, due to maintenance of the building's climate control system. The Science Library will be open, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Both the Main and Science Library will be closed as previously scheduled on Sunday, December 16. The Miller Learning Center will also ...

Main Library parking lot closed 12/15 – 12/21

Friday, December 14th, 2012 - Amy Watts

The parking lot adjacent to the library (normally accessible from Jackson Street) will be closed December 15 through December 21 for  maintenance of the building’s climate control system. Construction equipment, including a crane, are occupying the space while the work is being done. Because of the parking lot closure the only ...

Library closures Dec 15-17

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 - Amy Watts

The Main Library will be closed Saturday, December 15, due to maintenance of the building's climate control system. The Science Library will be open, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Both the Main and Science Library will be closed as previously scheduled on Sunday, December 16. The Miller Learning Center will also ...

New fiction at the UGA Libraries – Nov 1

Thursday, November 1st, 2012 - Amy Watts

The Sandcastle Girls : A Novel by Chris Bohjalian Main Library:  PS3552.O495 S26 2012 Over the course of his career, New York Times bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian has taken readers on a spectacular array of journeys. Midwives brought us to an isolated Vermont farmhouse on an icy winter’s night and a homebirth ...

Fall Book Sale and Bake Sale, Wed Oct 24

Monday, October 22nd, 2012 - Amy Watts

The LSA Spring Book and Bake Sale is Wednesday, October 24! The sale will be from 9:30 to 3:30 in the Main Library Lobby. Half of all proceeds will go to the North Georgia Food Bank, with the remainder going to the Library Staff Association. Items for sale at the book sale will ...

New fiction at the UGA Libraries Oct 12

Friday, October 12th, 2012 - Amy Watts

Triburbia: a novel by Karl Taro Greenfeld PS3607.R4536 T75 2012 Thrown together by circumstance, a group of fathers—a sound engineer, a sculptor, a film producer, a chef, a memoirist, a gangster—meets each morning at a local Tribeca coffee shop after walking their children to their exclusive school. The sound engineer looks uncomfortably like ...

New fiction at the UGA Libraries, Oct 1

Monday, October 1st, 2012 - Amy Watts

Things We Left Unsaid by Zoya Pirzad translated by Franklin Lewis PK6561.P47 C5413 2012 Clarisse Ayvazian is the model 1960s wife and mother. She leads an unremarkable life with her well-respected engineer husband and three children, tucked away in a wealthy, middle-class neighbourhood of Abadan. But her tranquillity ends forever with the arrival of ...

Map Library reopening July 12

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 - Amy Watts

The Map Library will reopen on July 12th, 2012 in our new location in the subbasement of the Main Library on North Campus. Our hours through early August will be 8:30AM - 5PM M - F, closed weekends and official University holidays. If you have a question about our new location ...

Behind the scenes photos of Main Library renovation

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 - Amy Watts

We've added to our Facebook page several photos of the beginnings of the renovation process at the Main Library. If you like pictures of demolition, you're gonna love this set. One of my favorites is the door that appears to magically stand on its own, after the walls around it are ...

When one hallway closes, another opens… (Main Library construction)

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 - Amy Watts

The central hallway is now closed.  All traffic is getting routed along the construction corridor that is located along the west side of the building. There are maps being handed out by Security in the lobby to assist people in finding their way.  Signs in the elevators and stairwells will be ...