Emily Gore, deputy university librarian at the University of Georgia, has been elected to serve as the new chair of the steering committee for SPARC, an international coalition of research libraries and institutions that supports open systems for research and education.
Unique Southern cuisine and book club worthy conversations are on the menu for a University of Georgia Libraries event, featuring influential cookbook authors from the state.
“The Long Table: Southern Cooking, Memory, and Meaning,” will serve up food and discussions with award-winning food writers and chefs Valerie Frey, Nicole Taylor, and Virginia Willis, along with moderator Rebecca Lang. The panelists will share their secrets from the kitchen and provide tastes of their writing and recipes.
The $25 event is scheduled for Thursday, March 12 at the UGA Special Collections Libraries Building. To register, visit our website.
Residents of Sandersville and the surrounding community are invited to drop off their old home movies so they can be brought into the modern era, thanks to the work of archivists from the Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, a special collections unit of the University of Georgia Libraries.
The “Free the Tapes” project is headed to the east central Georgia area after three successful rounds in Athens, which has resulted in the digitization of more than 500 family films.
James Brown’s eel skin boots have been replaced by Little Richard’s iconic silver lamé cape in a rotating display of Georgia musical greats curated by the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries.
The change comes as part of an annual rotation at the Georgia Music Collections exhibit at Akins Ford Arena, part of the Classic Center in Athens, which opened last year.
Due to winter weather conditions, the UGA Main Library and McBay Science Library will be closed on Saturday, January 31. The Miller Learning Center will be open from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.
All three locations plan to reopen on a delayed schedule of 1 p.m. on Sunday, February 1. We encourage patrons to follow our Instagram page for updates before planning a trip throughout the weekend.
Updates on other campus facilities will be posted by their respective units, in accordance with UGA's weather announcement.
UGA Libraries and MLC locations will be closed due to the winter weather situation through Monday, Jan. 26. Locations reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 27 with a delayed time of 12:00 noon.
As stated in the latest University of Georgia update, the Miller Learning Center and Main and McBay Libraries will be closed Saturday, Jan. 24 through Monday, Jan. 26
UGA officials updated the community early Monday afternoon sharing the delayed opening plan for Tuesday, January 27 at 12 noon. Staff should report at 12 noon, and classes resume at 1:15 pm. Regular closing hours for library locations are not impacted for Tuesday.
This article appears in UGA Today.
With hundreds of yards of white tulle, lace and satin on display, one University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries gallery might look more like a wedding dress boutique than a history exhibit at first glance. Yet among the 33 dresses, the new display spotlights a businesswoman, an industry and even a few pop culture moments.
The exhibit, entitled “Fashioning the Classic Bride: The Life and Career of Anne Barge,” illustrates the story of Anne Barge Clegg, a UGA alumna whose childhood sketches would later lead to New York fashion runways and international wedding markets.
This article appears on UGA Today.
Muhammed Ali’s lighting of the Olympic cauldron in 1996 signaled the beginning of the Olympic Games — at the same moment, it launched Atlanta to the international stage. Thirty years later, a new exhibit at the University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries looks back on the formative moment in Georgia history and the marathon of preparations leading up to the opening ceremony that would secure the city’s future.
Researchers can now use a modernized search tool to find unique materials preserved at the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries (SCL).
The updated technology allows for easier location of materials from hand-written journals, letters, and business ledgers, textiles, political papers, and other unique items from the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. (A separate search tool is in place for the Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the third unit comprising the UGA Special Collections Libraries.)
The revamped search tool known as SCLFind allows for more detailed descriptions and filtering of results, allowing researchers more insight into their searches.
To search for special collections materials, visit libs.uga.edu/scl/research/collections
T. Rogers Wade, distinguished University of Georgia alumnus, civic leader and longtime supporter of the UGA Libraries, died Dec. 7, leaving a lasting legacy marked by public service, philanthropy and leadership across the state.
