Archive for the ‘Library news’ Category

Charter to be displayed Monday 28th

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 ...

MLK Jr. Day Hours for the Main and Science Libraries

Friday, January 18th, 2013 - maryp

The Main and Science Libraries will be open shorter hours for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Libraries' MLK Jr. holiday hours are: Sunday, January 20 - 1:00pm to 9:00pm Monday, January 21 - CLOSED

Veteran Concert Promoters to speak at UGA Libraries

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 ...

Aaron Burr Memorabilia Collector to Speak

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 ...

UGA Special Collections Libraries Launch Community Docent Program

Friday, January 4th, 2013 - Richard B. Russell Library

The University of Georgia’s Richard B. Russell Building for Special Collections Libraries is now accepting applications for participants in its docent program. The Docent Corps is a skilled group of volunteers who provide tours of the library galleries to visitors, ranging from fifth graders to adults. Docents are trained to ...

Holiday Hours for Special Collections Libraries

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 ...

2013 Georgia Writers Hall of Fame inductees announced

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 ...

Services suspended for the winter break

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 - maryp

Faculty delivery and Repository requests have been suspended for the winter break. These services will resume their normal operations on January 4, 2013.

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.

GIL Express

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 - maryp

Today is the last day for requesting books online through GIL Express. The GIL Express service will be unavailable during the USG Winter Break from December 12, 2012 to January 2, 2013.