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Thursday, January 24th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
The Charter of the University of Georgia will be on display Jan. 28 in the Gallery Hallway of the Special Collections Libraries building.
The charter is displayed annually on Founder’s Day, Jan. 27. Since Founder’s Day falls on a Sunday when the Russell Building is closed, it will be on view ...
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Monday, January 14th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
The University of Georgia Libraries and the Terry College of Business will host a question and answer program with Alex Cooley and Peter Conlon, veteran concert promoters and founders of Atlanta’s Music Midtown, on Jan. 15 at 2 p.m.in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries.
Conlon ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
In conjunction with the Aaron Burr exhibit currently on display in the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Gallery, UGA alumnus and collection owner Brian Hardison will speak about Burr's life Jan. 23. The talk will be at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of the Russell Special Collections Libraries Building.
The ...
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Friday, December 21st, 2012 - Jean Cleveland
The UGA Special Collections Libraries Reading Rooms will close at 1:00PM on Monday, December 24, in observance of the Christmas Holiday.
No material will be pulled from the vault after 12:00PM.
The building will remain closed from Tuesday, December 25, 2012 through Tuesday, January 1, 2013 for the holiday break.
The Special Collections ...
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Thursday, December 20th, 2012 - Jean Cleveland
Judson Mitcham, Georgia’s poet laureate, and the late author Toni Cade Bambara, who compiled one of the first anthologies of African-American women’s writing, will be honored as the newest inductees of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame at its 2013 ceremony.
A poet and novelist, Mitcham—the only two-time winner of the ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012 - Jean Cleveland
Make plans to attend "An Evening at the UGA Special Collections Library" with Judith Ortiz Cofer's Advanced Creative Writing class Fri. (Dec. 7).
A reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., students will read from their poetry and prose based on the art, rare books and artifacts in UGA's ...
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Monday, November 26th, 2012 - Jean Cleveland
The Digital Library of Georgia is accepting applications for original, unpublished historic materials significant to Georgia to be digitized and included in a nationwide digital library.
Georgia libraries, museums, historical societies, archives and other cultural heritage repositories are invited to submit applications for up to five collections each to be considered ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2012 - Jean Cleveland
Dr. Toby Graham, director of the Digital Library of Georgia and the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, was interviewed on WGAU radio about UGA's participation in the Digital Public Library of America Friday morning. Listen to the interview at: http://www.1340wgau.com/s/av/
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Thursday, November 15th, 2012 - Jean Cleveland
The University of Georgia and GALILEO are helping to build a nationwide digital library with support from two private foundations,
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is a groundbreaking project to make our country’s local archive digital, searchable, and freely accessible. Launched last summer by Harvard University, the DPLA recently ...
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Thursday, November 15th, 2012 - Jean Cleveland
An exhibit on view in the rotunda of the Special Collections Libraries Richard Russell Building showcases items from the African Studies Institute collection along with objects illustrating African culture from personal collections.
In the exhibit, examples of handwoven baskets, beadwork containers and clothing crafted in various African countries can be found, ...
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