The University of Georgia Libraries, along with the rest of UGA, will be closing at 3:30pm today, due to the expected inclement weather. We will provide more information about weekend opening times when we have it.
Judith Ortiz Cofer, a retired University of Georgia professor, member of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, and University of Georgia Press author, passed away on December 30th.
Lisa Bayer, director of the Press, offers a remembrance of Cofer on their site.
The UGA Libraries now has a new website!
Our goals for this redesign were to reduce clutter, put the things that people use most front and center, and make the site easier to navigate and more visually appealing. If you can't find something that used to be on the homepage, check out the menu at the top of the page, or ask us.
Please check out the site and share your feedback with us.
Deborah Stanley
UGA Libraries Web Editor
dstanley@uga.edu
The Miller Learning Center will resume its 24 hours a day, 7 days a week operating schedule on Thursday, January 5 at 7 a.m. To check the MLC's scheduled hours, visit mlc.uga.edu/about/hours.
January 19-23
7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
December 24 - January 2
CLOSED
January 3 & 4
7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mary Miller, with the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, and Kimberly Ellis, a UGA graduate student in Historic Preservation and student employee in Media, will be guests on GPB’s On Second Thought, a one-hour, daily news talk show that airs at 9 a.m.
Miller and Ellis will be discussing the current “Foxfire: 50 years of Cultural Journalism Documenting Folk Life in the North Georgia Mountains” exhibit at the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. Foxfire, a project begun to inspire North Georgia students that gained national attention, illustrates the concept of “experiential learning,” a popular theory in higher education. Ellis curated the exhibit, along with her fellow grad student, Dixie Gallups, as part of their work in the Media Archives and an example of “experiential learning” in action.
The Libraries will be operating with shorter hours for the Thanksgiving Break as follows:
Monday, November 21 and Tuesday, November 22 – 8am to 6pm
Wednesday, November 23 – 8am to 5pm
Thursday, November 24 (Thanksgiving Day) – CLOSED
Friday, November 25 – 12pm to 6pm
The Libraries will be closed on Saturday, November 26th for the home football game – Georgia vs. Georgia Tech
Regular Fall semester hours resume on Sunday, November 27th.
The University of Georgia will host its first GIS Day at UGA to showcase how students and faculty use geographic information system (GIS) technology to visualize, analyze and interpret data in teaching, research and outreach Nov. 16 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Main Library
The event will feature a drone demonstration, lightening talks on real-world GIS applications, UGA Map and Government Information Library tours, information on internship opportunities, and booths highlighting projects from diverse departments and organizations around campus. Light snacks and interactive activities will also be provided.
GIS refers to software that captures, analyzes, displays and shares spatial or geographical data. Through maps, spatial modeling, and other applications, GIS provides critical information for public health, government planning, neighborhood real estate, national defense, business, transportation and many more fields.
The Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies received a Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Historical Records at the GHRAC annual ceremony.
The Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries at the University of Georgia will host a reception celebrating new exhibitions on display Nov. 10 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Part of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts Festival, the event will include light refreshments, live music, and an interactive student performance. The reception is free and open to the public.
