Archive for the ‘Media’ Category

UGA Media Archives story to feature on national news tonight (4/30)

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Digitized 1940s Wire Recordings Now Available Streaming on the Russell Library Website

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 - Renna Tuten

The twenty wire recordings from the Herman E. Talmadge Collection were digitized last year and are now available online. These recordings document the 1948 and 1950 gubernatorial races and the bitter fights held in the aftermath of the Georgia Supreme Court's decision to favor Lieutenant Governor M.E. Thompson's claim to ...

Media Archives Images from Dedication Day (Feb. 17, 2012)

Monday, February 27th, 2012 - danroth

Below is a sampling of images taken at the Dedication Ceremonies of the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library on Friday, February 17, 2012. Photography by James Benyshek and Dan Roth. [gallery columns="4"]

Library staff member Jermaine King featured in Columns

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 - Amy Watts

Media Desk Supervisor Jermaine King has been featured in the campus publication Columns: But what may be most surprising about the collection isn't the classic Shakespeare or Audrey Hepburn movies, it's that modern films like The Social Network, Iron Man and Black Swan are all available for checkout by faculty, ...

70th Annual Peabody Award winners announced

Thursday, March 31st, 2011 - Amy Watts

A record 39 recipients of the 70th Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The winners, chosen by the Peabody board as the best in electronic media for the year 2010, were named in a ceremony ...

Library Workshop 11/1: Find Stuff You’ll Love

Thursday, October 28th, 2010 - phoebe

Learn how to find leisure reading, movies and music at the UGA libraries. Monday November 1st, 7-8pm, Miller Learning Center 369. This is a blue card event.

National Home Movie Day at Americus, Sat. Oct 24

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 - Amy Watts

Home Movie Day is the perfect opportunity for people to connect with our past and to move the conversation about preserving our cultural heritage into the future." -- Ken Burns National Home Movie Day 2010 is coming to Americus, Georgia on Sunday, Oct. 24  from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30  p.m. ...

Films on Demand now available

Monday, September 13th, 2010 - Kristin Nielsen

Looking for ways to enliven a class presentation or add content to your eLC course site? Films on Demand, the Libraries' new database from GALILEO, offers streaming video for over 7,000 educational films. Films are broken into segments for easy linking and viewing. Producers include Films for the Humanities & ...