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Free Tutoring @ MLC Starts Mon. 1/14

Friday, January 11th, 2013 - amber

Tutoring in multiple subjects begins Monday, January 14, at the Miller Learning Center. Tutoring Schedule Writing Tutoring Daytime Drop-in Tutoring (no appointment necessary) Mon. – Fri. 1 - 4 p.m. MLC Room 302 Evening Tutoring (by appointment) Mon. 4 - 8:30 p.m. Wed. 4 - 8 p.m. MLC Room 302 Inorganic Chemistry Tutoring Mon. 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. MLC Room 370 Organic Chemistry ...

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.

An Evening at the Special Collections Library

Monday, December 3rd, 2012 - Jean Cleveland

Make plans to attend "An Evening at the UGA Special Collections Library" with Judith Ortiz Cofer's Advanced Creative Writing class Fri. (Dec. 7). A reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., students will read from their poetry and prose based on the art, rare books and artifacts in UGA's ...

Wireless printing is now available in the Libraries

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 ...

Georgia Collections Sought for Nationwide Digital Library

Monday, November 26th, 2012 - Jean Cleveland

The Digital Library of Georgia is accepting applications for original, unpublished historic materials significant to Georgia to be digitized and included in a nationwide digital library. Georgia libraries, museums, historical societies, archives and other cultural heritage repositories are invited to submit applications for up to five collections each to be considered ...

Thanksgiving Intercession Hours for the Main and Science Libraries

Monday, November 19th, 2012 - maryp

Monday, November 19         8:00am until 6:00pm Tuesday, November 20        8:00am until 6:00pm Wednesday, November 21   8:00am until 5:00pm Thursday, November 22      CLOSED Friday, November 23           12:00pm until 6:00pm Saturday, November 24      CLOSED Normal operating hours for the Fall semester resume on Sunday, November 25th.

Graham interviewed on national digital library project

Friday, November 16th, 2012 - Jean Cleveland

  Dr. Toby Graham, director of the Digital Library of Georgia and the Hargrett  Rare Book and Manuscript Library, was interviewed on WGAU radio about UGA's participation in the Digital Public Library of America Friday morning. Listen to the interview at: http://www.1340wgau.com/s/av/  

African Studies Exhibit

Thursday, November 15th, 2012 - Jean Cleveland

An exhibit on view in the rotunda of the Special Collections Libraries Richard Russell Building showcases items from the African Studies Institute collection along with objects illustrating African culture from personal collections. In the exhibit, examples of handwoven baskets, beadwork containers and clothing crafted in various African countries can be found, ...