Archive for the ‘Library Notes’ Category

eBooks @ your library – Blue Card Event 2/28 7pm

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 - amber

Learn how to download ebooks and ebook chapters and read them on your devices! eBooks @ your library will be held Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in Miller Learning Center 370. This event is open to all members of the UGA community, and it is also a Blue Card Event.

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 ...

Silent Study Room open in Main through Midterms

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 - Amy Watts

Lab A in the Main Library is open for silent study this week during midterms. It's a cell-phone silent area with no group discussion allowed. The room has 30 computers for student use and will be open 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. through Friday, March 1. (It will, however, be ...

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 ...

MLC open 24 hours for midterms starting 2/24 at 11 a.m.

Thursday, February 21st, 2013 - amber

The Miller Learning Center will be open 24 hours for Midterms starting Sunday, February 24, at 11 a.m. until Thursday, February 28 at 2 a.m.

State of the Union – Tonight @ 9:00

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 - Elizabeth White

The annual State of the Union Address by President Barak H. Obama airs tonight at 9:00pm. C-SPAN Coverage White House SOTU page (you can also watch it live here) Text of all previous SOTU addresses via The American Presidency Project Top 10 SOTU Addresses at Real Clear Politics

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; ...

New Fiction at the UGA Libraries – January 30

Friday, February 1st, 2013 - nadine

Ancient Light by John Banville PR6052.A57 A53 2012 Is there any difference between memory and invention?  That it is the question that haunts Alexander Cleave, an actor in the twilight of his career and of his life, as he plumbs the memories of his first—and perhaps only—love (he, fifteen years old, the ...

Bulldog Book Club: Discuss The Hobbit today!

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 - Elizabeth White

Today the Bulldog Book Club is holding a discussion of The Hobbit @ 4:00 pm in the Jittery Joe's in the MLC.