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Libraries Website Redesign Underscores Access to Resources

Submitted by deborah on

The University of Georgia Libraries has launched a website redesign, giving a fresh look and better mobile functionality for patrons and researchers accessing a vast array of electronic academic resources.

The website, located at libs.uga.edu, includes streamlined menu options and updated homepage design to highlight library hours and services, study space options, and special collections events and exhibits. Most of all, the new design furthers the website’s mission to provide access to the Libraries’ electronic resources, which results in UGA students and faculty conducting as many as 11 million annual database searches and downloading 5.5 million full-text articles annually.

Introducing the UGA Access button

Submitted by Chandler Christoffel on

If you have used databases through UGA Libraries recently, including Multi-Search, you may have noticed something different. 

In several databases, we now have a UGA Access button. This button can connect you to full-text or print versions of articles, books, or other resources, when available. If no resource is available, you can also use the button to request a PDF or a physical copy from another library. Libraries calls this kind of button a link resolver. But jargon aside, think of it as a second option to check in case full-text is not directly provided by a database. 

Website Outage March 19-20, 9pm-1am

Submitted by Kristin on

EITS will be upgrading technology at the Main Library after the library closes at 9:00 p.m. this Friday, March 19. This outage may last until 1:00 a.m. on March 20 and affects access to the following sites:

  • The UGA Libraries' website: sites using libs.uga.edu such as ILLiad interlibrary loan requesting
  • The Digital Library of Georgia: dlg.usg.edu

During this time, GALILEO and GIL may be accessed through the following links:

GALILEO databases: https://www.galileo.usg.edu/uga1 ('Search GALILEO' on that page is equivalent to UGA's Multi-Search)

GIL Find catalog: https://galileo-usg-uga-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?tab=default_tab&vid=UGA

Website Tools Help Patrons Find Library Books or Request Pickup

Submitted by Camie on

A new tool on the UGA libraries’ website helps people retrieve books while social distancing.

The Stackmaps tool has been integrated into the GIL Find system on the Libraries’ website, libs.uga.edu. For books available at the Main and Science libraries for checkout, patrons can click “map it” and find a guide that helps them navigate the library stacks to the location of the materials they need.

“With 4.6 million volumes in our libraries, organized via the Library of Congress call numbers system, we know that it can be difficult to find the book that you want among our stacks. This tool helps patrons to find what they are looking for by themselves, which helps all of us maintain social distancing,” Viki Timian, head of access services for UGA Libraries, said of the tool, which launched just prior to the campus closure last spring.

Valdosta State University Archives Map and Plat Collections Now Available Online

Submitted by amywatts on

Three map and plat collections featuring historical maps, plats, deeds, records, and correspondence pertaining to South Georgia land holdings dating from 1767 to 1899 are now available in the Digital Library of Georgia.

These resources belong to Valdosta State University Archives. They have been made available online thanks in part to the DLG's Competitive Digitization grant program, a funding opportunity intended to broaden DLG partner participation for statewide historic digitization projects.

The three digital collections are:

UGA Network and Internet Outage, January 25

Submitted by Kristin on

The University of Georgia will conduct campus-wide network maintenance on Saturday, January 25 from 6:00 a.m. - midnight. As a result, there will be intermittent outages of campus Internet access and information systems. Since the exact timing of outages on Saturday will be unpredictable, please assume that online resources will be unavailable. 

For the Libraries, this means that you will not be able to log into our computers or use the wireless. Our systems (e.g., websites, databases, e-journals) will be inaccessible from campus.

You will still be able to check out books.

GIL and GALILEO will only be accessible if you are using a *non-UGA internet service provider* at the following URLs:

GIL-Find Catalog