Archive for the ‘Library news’ Category
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 - maryp
If you are graduating Spring Semester 2013, CONGRATULATIONS!!
Things to do before you graduate:
Check your library “My Account” record and clear all outstanding obligations.
Return all books (including GIL Express) before you leave campus even if they are not due.
Pay all fines and fees. You may pay by cash, check or credit ...
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Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 - Amy Watts
Just got word that coverage of the discovery of the oldest known film of African-American baseball players will be on both "World News with Diane Sawyer" and "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley." This is after coverage in the New York Times today.
The footage was discovered as part of a ...
Posted in Library news, Media, News, Peabody Media Archives, Special Collections by Amy Watts | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
The latest episode of "Unscripted with Alan Flurry" will air this Saturday (4/27) at 2 pm and features printmaker Nicola Lopez. The episode was filmed at the former location of the Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscripts Library in the Main Library.
"Unscripted with Alan Flurry" is a television series in which ...
Posted in About us, Building info, Hargrett Library, Library news, Main Library, Special Collections by Jean Cleveland | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 - Deborah Stanley, Web Editor
Students: Would you like to help us improve our web site? Would you like to earn a free $10 print/copy card? If so, please consider helping us out with some usability testing of our web site. The test involves sitting down with one of our staff and trying to complete ...
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 - Renna Tuten
The Hargrett Library is pleased to announce four new broadcasting and journalism collections:
Sidney Pike papers
Sidney Pike's (b. 1927) career in television began with producing and directing baseball programming for Boston's WBZ-TV and WHDH-TV for 17 years. During his tenure at WHDH, Pike also produced a documentary, "American Way of Life," ...
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Monday, April 22nd, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
Brian Croxall, an Emory University English professor whose research explores representations of technology within fiction and philosophy, is the featured speaker at the Futures of the Book Symposium April 27.
The symposium will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Richard B. Russell Jr. Special Collections Building.
Croxall’s talk is ...
Posted in About us, Exhibits, Hargrett Library, Library Events, Library news, Programs, Scholarly News, Special Collections, Special Collections Libraries Building by Jean Cleveland | No Comments »
Friday, April 19th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
An exciting new initiative began today when the Digital Public Library of America launched its first six service and content hubs. The hubs promise to unleash millions of historical, scientific and cultural documents from many of America’s national and state institutions, making them easily searchable as digital records to anyone with an Internet ...
Posted in About us, Collections, Digital Library of Georgia, Events, Exhibits, Hargrett Library, Library Events, Library news, News, Peabody Media Archives, Richard B. Russell Library, Scholarly News, Services, Special Collections, Special Collections Libraries Building by Jean Cleveland | No Comments »
Thursday, April 18th, 2013 - Deborah Stanley, Web Editor
Hallie Pritchett, head of the Map and Government Information Library, has been appointed to the Depository Library Council for a three year term. The 15 member Council advises the Public Printer of the United States on policy matters related to the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The University ...
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Thursday, April 18th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
The only surviving copy of the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America will be on display in the gallery of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
An accompanying exhibit focuses on the year 1863 and features letters, diaries and publications from that ...
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Friday, April 12th, 2013 - nadine
Finals stressing you out? Feeling overworked?
Tell it to a therapy dog!
On Weds. May 1 and Thurs. May 2 from 11am-1pm, the UGA Libraries has invited some local therapy dogs to help you ‘Paws & Relax’ on the north quad in front of the Main library. Need giant-sized attention? Marley ...
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