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This weekend, UGA Libraries and MLC locations will be closed due to the winter weather situation.

As stated in the latest University of Georgia update, the Miller Learning Center and Main and McBay Libraries will remain closed Saturday and Sunday, January 24-25.

As conditions are monitored, UGA officials will update the community Sunday afternoon regarding the status of Monday, January 26. We encourage patrons to check our website and Instagram for updates prior to visiting on Monday.

Updates on all UGA Libraries locations will be posted on the Libraries’ home page and via its Instagram handle at @ugalibs.

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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.

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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.

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Alumnus, businessman and civic leader T. Rogers Wade has been named the 2025 recipient of the Dooley Friends of the UGA Libraries Award at the University of Georgia, an honor dedicated to the legacy of academic support from legendary Bulldog football coach Vince Dooley and his wife, Barbara.

Graduate students are invited to apply for a fellowship to perform research at one of the most ecologically and historically significant sites in Georgia — the Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe (CREW).

Nominations are open for the Wormsloe Fellowship, which provides support and funding for master’s or doctoral student research on a wide variety of topics related to the human and natural history of the coastal Georgia property. Funding is provided by the UGA Graduate School and the Wormsloe Foundation. 

The interdisciplinary research center, which is administered by UGA Libraries, supports the work of students and faculty who investigate a host of questions in a broad range of disciplines, including ecology, archaeology, history, geology, landscape architecture, historic preservation, environmental planning.

The first major biography in 20 years on Jeannette Rankin, written by historian Lorissa Rinehart, was released on Election Day 2025. Winning the Earthquake (St. Martin’s Press, November 2025) reintroduces Rankin, the national icon and longtime Georgia resident, who defied all odds to be elected the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.

On Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 3 p.m., the annual Jeannette Rankin Legacy Lecture held at the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia will feature a conversation with Rinehart discussing Rankin’s legacy and how her fearless leadership shaped the women’s rights and peace movements of the 20th century. Winning the Earthquake will be for sale at the event, and Rinehart will be signing copies.

Building on their award-winning faculty fellows program, University of Georgia Libraries in partnership with the Office of Instruction and EITS will offer two opportunities for faculty to design new courses centered on unique resources that drive active learning and student engagement.

The Creative Engagement Wing Faculty Fellows program launches in the spring, preparing faculty to use the cutting edge spaces of the new MLC Creative Engagement Wing to facilitate student innovation, collaboration, and hands-on learning.

Former Los Angeles Times Publisher and CNN President Tom Johnson will discuss his new book Driven: A Life in Public Service and Journalism from LBJ to CNN as part of the University of Georgia’s Fall 2025 Signature Lecture series on Wednesday, October 29. The public conversation with Red and Black Executive Director Charlotte Varnum will begin at 4 p.m. at the UGA Special Collections Libraries Building, with a light reception and a book signing to follow.