The Main and Science Libraries will be open shorter hours for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Libraries’ MLK Jr. holiday hours are:
Sunday, January 20 – 1:00pm to 9:00pm
Monday, January 21 – CLOSED
The University of Georgia Libraries and the Terry College of Business will host a question and answer program with Alex Cooley and Peter Conlon, veteran concert promoters and founders of Atlanta’s Music Midtown, on Jan. 15 at 2 p.m.in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries.
Conlon and Cooley will be interviewed by Lisa Love and Tom Beard. Love was formerly with the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and now serves as director of music marketing and development for the State of Georgia. She is also the founding editor of Georgia Music Magazine and is a member of the Country Music Association and the National Association of Recording Industry Professionals. Beard served as deputy assistant to the president under Jimmy Carter and is a longtime personal friend of Conlon and Cooley.
This event, co-hosted by the Georgia Music Foundation and the UGA Music Business Program of the Terry College, is open free to the public. The conversation will be recorded and archived at the University of Georgia’s Special Collections Libraries.
Cooley and Conlon joined forces in 1982 to create Concert/Southern Promotions, one of the country’s top 10 concert promotion firms, producing more than 300 shows per year, including some of the biggest names in the business. They later sold their business to SFX Entertainment, which was subsequently purchased by Clear Channel Media.
In 1994, they created the internationally recognized Music Midtown Festival, which featured both national and up-and-coming artists. The series ended in 2005 but was revived by Conlon in 2011 to enthusiastic response. Both Conlon and Cooley have been inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
The Bulldog Book Club is open to everyone and we just talk about the book du jour and other good reading. Here’s our spring 2013 list. For more information, contact Fran Teague, fteague@uga.edu. This is also a Blue Card event.
The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien
Jan. 24, Thursday, 12 noon, Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center
Jan. 30, Wednesday, 4 pm, Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center
Bossy Pants, by Tina Fey
Feb. 7, Thursday, 12 noon, Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center
Feb. 13, Wednesday, 4 pm, Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center
American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
Feb. 21, Thursday, 12 noon, Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center
Feb. 27, Wednesday, 4 pm, Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center
History of the World in Six Glasses, by Tom Standage
Mar. 7, Thursday, 12 noon, Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center
Mar. 20, Wednesday, 4 pm, Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center
In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
Mar. 28, Thursday, 12 noon, Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center
Apr. 3, Wednesday, 4 pm, Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
Apr. 11, Thursday, 12 noon, Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center
Apr. 17, Wednesday, 4 pm, Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center
The Miller Learning Center is proud to participate in World Book Night as a library distribution site. World Book Night U.S. is part of an ambitious global campaign to encourage reading. In the U.S., a half million free books will be handed out in towns and cities all on one day — April 23, 2013 — by enlisting 25,000 volunteer book lovers to promote reading by going into their communities and handing out books to light or non-readers and those without access to printed books. There are 30 U.S. World Book Night titles. Carl Lennertz, World Book Night U.S. Executive Director, said the books chosen, “are contemporary or classic books that appeal to a wide range of new readers. We looked for diversity and variety in all things: subject matter, age level, gender, as well as ethnic and geographic considerations.”
Want to help? Apply to be a volunteer book giver at www.us.worldbooknight.org now through January 25, 2013, by providing answers to several questions and picking a book title to give out from the World Book Night U.S. 2013 list. We’ll host a reception the week before World Book Night and distribute books to book-giving volunteers.
In conjunction with the Aaron Burr exhibit currently on display in the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Gallery, UGA alumnus and collection owner Brian Hardison will speak about Burr’s life Jan. 23. The talk will be at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of the Russell Special Collections Libraries Building.
The event is free and open to the public.
http://columns.uga.edu/news/article/aaron-burr-exhibition-on-display-at-special-collections-libraries/
UGA Alum Curtis Beall. Photo by Beth Newman, courtesy of Georgia Magazine.
We were saddened to learn of the passing of Curtis Beall, UGA alum, cheerleader, and WWII veteran. The University Archives unit of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library maintains the Curtis A. Beall Papers, which holds his 2006 book, Memoirs of a Marine Dawg: From Rose Bowl to Pacific Theater as well as photographs and clothing from his time at the University of Georgia. For any UGA football fan, Beall’s presence was a highlight at homecoming games where he would wear his 1942 cheerleader’s sweater and help lead the crowd in cheering on the home team.
For more information about the collections located at the UGA Special Collections Libraries, please visit our Home Page.
Tutoring in multiple subjects begins Monday, January 14, at the Miller Learning Center.
| Writing Tutoring Daytime Drop-in Tutoring (no appointment necessary) Mon. – Fri. 1 – 4 p.m. MLC Room 302 Evening Tutoring (by appointment) |
| Inorganic Chemistry Tutoring Mon. 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. MLC Room 370 |
| Organic Chemistry Tutoring Tues. 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. MLC Room 370 |
| Math Tutoring Mon. – Thurs. 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. MLC Room 368 |
| Physics Tutoring Wed. 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. MLC Room 370 |
| Academic Enhancement Peer Tutoring (all subjects) Tues. – Thurs. 6 – 9 p.m. (by appointment) MLC 351, 353, 355 Individual or small group tutoring in a variety of subjects (i.e. languages and ESL conversation, math, and study strategies) |
With the return of this popular series last night, we thought of revisiting a post from one of the great databases subscribed to by the UGA Libraries.
ARTstor (http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=aro9-uga1) is a database containing over a million images of art, architecture, fashion, photography, historical events, manuscripts and more. Download images for presentations or use for inspiration. Check out how ARTstor curated a Downtown Abbey collection at http://artstor.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/artstor-watches-downton-abbey/
Tags: ARTstor, Downton Abbey, visual resources
The University of Georgia’s Richard B. Russell Building for Special Collections Libraries is now accepting applications for participants in its docent program.
The Docent Corps is a skilled group of volunteers who provide tours of the library galleries to visitors, ranging from fifth graders to adults. Docents are trained to highlight permanent and rotating exhibitions and to help increase awareness of the many resources offered by the three special collections libraries: The Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The Walter J. Brown Media Archive and Peabody Awards Collections, and The Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies.
“Participation in the docent program requires a substantial commitment of time and energy on the part of volunteers, but we think it is tremendously rewarding,” said Jan Levinson, Outreach Archivist with the Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, who coordinates the program.
A 10-week training program provides an opportunity for docents to meet curators, archivists, and other special collections staff, learn about the collections and techniques for leading tours, and become familiar with all parts of the Special Collections Building. Follow-up meetings throughout the year provide opportunities to learn about new exhibits in the galleries and programs sponsored by the three special collections libraries.
“We are looking for applicants who are enthusiastic, flexible, and open to working with visitors of all ages,” Levinson said. “We don’t require prior experience in the arts and humanities, but a love of history and experience with teaching or public speaking is desirable.”
For more information about the training schedule and expectations, please visit the FAQ page. Interested individuals can apply online by visiting: http://www.libs.uga.edu/scl/contribute/docentapp.html
Applications must be submitted by Friday, February 8, 2013. Please direct any questions to Jan Levinson at jlevinso@uga.edu or (706) 542-5788. Note: All candidates selected for admission to the docent program will be required to submit to a background investigation.
Tags: Hargrett Library, Media Archives, Richard B. Russell Library, russell library, Special Collections, Special Collections Libraries Building, Walter J. Brown Media Archives
The UGA Special Collections Libraries Reading Rooms will close at 1:00PM on Monday, December 24, in observance of the Christmas Holiday.
