MLC Open 24 Hours Thru 5/7
Monday, April 29th, 2013 - amberThe Zell B. Miller Learning Center will be open 24 hours/day through the end of finals, 5/7 (at 10:30pm).
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The Zell B. Miller Learning Center will be open 24 hours/day through the end of finals, 5/7 (at 10:30pm).
“Unscripted with Alan Flurry”
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 - Jean ClevelandThe 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 ...
Futures of the Book symposium
Monday, April 22nd, 2013 - Jean ClevelandBrian 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 ...
Georgia well-represented as National Digital Public Library launches
Friday, April 19th, 2013 - Jean ClevelandAn 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 ...
Head of Map and Government Information Library appointed to Depository Library Council
Thursday, April 18th, 2013 - Deborah Stanley, Web EditorHallie 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 ...
Annual Display of Confederate Constitution April 26
Thursday, April 18th, 2013 - Jean ClevelandThe 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 ...
Reduced Hours Saturday 4/13 for Main and Science Libraries
Monday, April 8th, 2013 - Viki TimianThe Main and Science Libraries will open at 10am and close early at 4pm this Saturday 4/13 in anticipation of the estimated 65,000 people coming in for the Jason Aldean concert. The campus will have extremely limited parking and transit options in addition to some road closures so please plan your visit accordingly. There ...
Earliest known plantation baseball game film discovered
Friday, April 5th, 2013 - Jean ClevelandA 26-second film of a game played by African-American employees at Pebble Hill Plantation, circa 1919, may be the earliest moving images of baseball filmed in Georgia. The 28mm home movie, part of the Pebble Hill Plantation Film Collection (c. 1917-c. 1976), was donated to the University of Georgia Libraries’ Walter ...
Librarian Mariann Burright featured in Columns
Monday, April 1st, 2013 - Amy WattsMariann Burright, Head of Science Collections & Scholarly Communication Librarian, is featured in the current issue of Columns, discussing UGA's institutional repository Athenaeum@UGA. Excerpt: "Regionally, we are well-positioned," she said. "There already is quite a bit of openly accessible work that has been harvested and deposited in (UGA's institutional repository)." Called Athenaeum@UGA, the ...
First Person Project Interview Day April 19
Friday, March 29th, 2013 - Jean ClevelandThe next interviews for the First Person Project, a new oral history series documenting the experiences of everyday Georgians, are set for April 19 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries at the University of Georgia. Modeled roughly on StoryCorps, a national initiative ...
