Archive for the ‘Scholarly News’ Category
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 »
Friday, March 29th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
Three reels of early home movies showing theater actress Annie Russell (1864-1936)—the only moving images of her known to exist—have been discovered in the University of Georgia Libraries’ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the only public institution in Georgia devoted entirely to preserving moving images.
Born in ...
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Monday, March 25th, 2013 - Ian Thomas, Science Library
Wed. March 27, 2013, 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM - Miller Learning Center, Rm 171
Speakers: Prof. William Lee (Journalism/Mass Communication) & Prof. David Shipley (Law School). The death of hacker-activist Aaron Swartz has sparked conversations around the issues of open access, intellectual property, and copyright law. Our panel will ...
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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.
Posted in Access Services, Books, GIL (Libraries Catalog), Library news, Main Library, Resources, Science Library, Services by maryp | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 - Ian Thomas, Science Library
Wireless printing is now available at the UGA Libraries (Main, Science, and the MLC) as well as several other locations around campus. Patrons can now not only print from a laptop, but also a mobile device (Android and Apple apps are available). Color and double-sided printing are also available via ...
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Friday, May 25th, 2012 - Kristin Nielsen
As of 11:30 a.m.: GIL Express requests can now be viewed in your My Library Account.
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Online requests for GIL Express books may be placed using the GIL-Find Universal Catalog. The request option in the Classic GIL Universal Catalog is not yet working.
Please be aware that GIL Express requests are not ...
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012 - Kristin Nielsen
We continue having problems with some searches in GIL Classic, so please use GIL-Find to search the Libraries' catalog.
GIL Express online requests are not working.
The online form for Repository requests is not working; to retrieve items from the Repository contact Access Services at 706-542-3256.
In more positive news, the EndNote download ...
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Monday, May 21st, 2012 - Kristin Nielsen
UPDATED:
As of this afternoon (May 22):
The My Account is working in GIL Classic but not GIL-Find. (GIL-Find will let you log in and shows you the password screen, but it won't let you see or renew your books online).
GIL Classic works using the Exact Search. Indexing problems are causing the ...
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Friday, May 11th, 2012 - Kristin Nielsen
Due to a planned software upgrade to the University System of Georgia's library servers, the ability to place GIL Express requests will be temporarily suspended next week. The service will be unavailable from midnight on May 13, 2012 until 7:00 a.m. on May 19, 2012.
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