Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category

First Peabody Winners Festival set for March 27

Thursday, March 14th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland

Thirty-plus recipients of the University of Georgia’s prestigious Peabody Awards will be announced via webcast at 10 a.m. March 27, and later that day, at 7 p.m., a sampling of the latest winners will be screened in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, 300 Hull St., ...

New Titles in World Fiction at the Main Library

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 - nadine

The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God and Other Stories by Etgar Keret PJ5054.K375 A23 2004 Israel's hippest bestselling young writer today, Etgar Keret is part court jester, part literary crown prince, part national conscience. The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God gathers his daring and provocative short stories for ...

Red Carpet Reading – Books that were the basis for this year’s Oscar nominees

Sunday, February 24th, 2013 - Amy Watts

"Anna Karenina" Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy PG3366 .A6 2000 "Argo" The Master of Disguise: My secret life in the CIA by Antonio J. Mendez JK468 .I6 M46 1999 "Hitchcock" Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello PN1997 .P793 R43 1990 "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" The Annotated Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien PR6039 .O32 H6 2002 "Life of Pi" Life ...

Walk-up scanners and printers in Libraries

Friday, February 22nd, 2013 - Kristin Nielsen

We have new and easier ways to scan and print at the Main and Science Libraries: ScannX:  Scan your job and save it to a flash drive, upload it to Google Docs, email it, fax it, send it to a smartphone, or print it in color or black & white on ...

Hargrett Historical Maps and Broadsides Databases Open

Monday, February 18th, 2013 - Renna Tuten

The Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia Libraries maintains a collection of more than 1,000 historic maps spanning nearly 500 years, from the sixteenth century through the early twentieth century. Although not limited to a single geographic subject, the collection heavily emphasizes Georgia as colony ...

Some tax forms now available at UGA Libraries

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 - Amy Watts

Tax forms for 2012 have finally started to arrive!  As in past years, we receive a limited number of Federal and Georgia tax forms each year to be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. We are still waiting for the 1040 instruction booklets as well as the Georgia tax forms; ...

Bulldog Book Club Schedule for Spring 2013

Monday, January 14th, 2013 - Elizabeth White

The Bulldog Book Club is open to everyone and we just talk about the book du jour and other good reading. Here’s our spring 2013 list. For more information, contact Fran Teague, fteague@uga.edu. This is also a Blue Card event. The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien Jan. 24, ...

Main Library Annex re-opened

Monday, December 17th, 2012 - Amy Watts

The annex part of the Main Library is re-open now.  However, the Map and Government Documents Library is still closed, as is the Media Department.

New Fiction at the UGA Libraries – December 13

Thursday, December 13th, 2012 - nadine

Scenes From Early Life : a novel by Philip Hensher PR6058.E554 S34 2012 Philip Hensher’s husband, Zaved Mahmood, was born in late 1970 in Dacca, then a regional capital of Pakistan. In the months following his birth, the eastern part of the country split from the western side in a war of independence ...

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 ...