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An ecologist at the University of Georgia will announce an “almost unheard of” discovery in the Tallassee Forest area of Athens-Clarke County that demonstrates the benefits of land conservation.

James W. Porter, the Meigs Professor of Ecology, will speak Aug. 25 at the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries at 5:30 p.m. Porter’s talk, open free to the public, is held in conjunction with the exhibit “John Abbot: Early Georgia’s Naturalist Artist” in the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. In addition to the rare watercolors on display in the exhibit, Porter will have more than 1,000 specimens of butterflies and moths from ACC available. The event is open free to the public; a reception will follow. The Russell Building is located at 300 S. Hull St. and parking is available in the Hull Street Parking Deck.

Porter’s research has revealed the presence of three lookalike species of Pearly Eye butterflies in the Tallassee Forest.

The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the re-release of the enhanced Macon Telegraph Historic Newspapers Archive:

 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/telegraph

The Macon Telegraph Historic Newspapers Archive is now compatible with all current browsers and provides access to early issues of the Macon Telegraph ranging from its inception as a weekly newspaper in 1826, through the daily issues of the early twentieth century without the use of plug-ins or additional software downloads. Consisting of over 51,000 newspaper pages, the website provides historical images that are both full-text searchable and can be browsed by date.

Winners of the 2016 Lillian Smith Book Awards will be honored Sept. 4 at the Decatur Book Festival.

The University of Georgia Libraries sponsors the awards, in partnership with the Southern Regional Council, the Georgia Center for the Book and Piedmont College, to honor the social justice activist and highly-acclaimed author of Strange Fruit and Killers of the Dream.

Cheryl Knott, a professor in the School of Information, University of Arizona, will be recognized for Not Free, Not for All: Public Libraries in the Age of Jim Crow; and Minion KC (stet) Morrison, professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware, for Aaron Henry of Mississippi: Inside Agitator.

An evening of local authors celebrating poetry and nature will be hosted by UGA Friends of the Georgia Museum of Natural History on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. The event will be at the auditorium of the University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries.

Reading their poems will be: Philip Lee Williams (“Elegies for the Water,” 2009, and “The Flower Seeker,” 2010); Clela Reed (“Dancing on the Rim,” 2009, and “The Hero of the Revolution Serves Us Tea,” 2013); Robert Ambrose, Jr. (“Journey to Embarkation,” 2016) and retired Ecology professor John Pickering. Also reading will be the winner of a $1,000 Discover Life poetry contest open to Clarke County high school student and selected in early September.

D.A. Crossley, Ecology research professor emeritus  and president of the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Natural History, will moderate the event.

For decades, fans in Sanford Stadium have been told, “Keep Your Seats Everyone…The Redcoats are Coming!”

This fall, the colorful history of the University of Georgia Redcoat Marching Band will be on display in the rotunda of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries.  For several years, there has been a football-related exhibit drawn from the UGA Athletic Association Archives, a part of University Archives. This year’s exhibit materials are from the Redcoat Band.

Tours of the exhibit will be offered Fridays at 3 p.m. before each home football game, beginning Sept. 3 when the Bulldogs meet the University of North Carolina in Atlanta.

An essential examination of the rise and fall of Orenthal James Simpson, and parallels between his incredible story with that of race in America. This critically-acclaimed documentary series reveals how he first became a football star, why America fell in love with him off the field, what happened in the trial for his ex-wife’s murder, and finally, why he is now sitting in jail for another crime 20 years later.

Are you a new or returning graduate student?

The UGA Libraries are holding open houses especially for you on Monday, August 8 between 2:00-4:00 pm.

Meet your librarians, learn about key online resources and borrowing privileges, and tour the buildings. Representatives from Libraries’ departments will be available to answer questions and demonstrate research tools including the GIL Find catalog, GALILEO system of databases, and citation management tools EndNote and RefWorks.

Main Library database introductions and tours will begin at 2:15, 2:30, and 3:15.

Science Library database introductions will begin at 2:15 and 3:15, and tours (including the MakerSpace) will begin at 2:30 and 3:30.

Also! Door prizes, light refreshments, and excellent air-conditioning.

Wondering which one to attend?

Tarzan of the Apes, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912, is one of the most successful fictional characters ever created. Fearless and intelligent, he met any situation (whether it be a hungry lion, a lost civilization or a damsel in distress) with complete aplomb. He’s the ultimate in wish-fulfillment, always acting capably and bravely in any situation.

Throughout his literary career, Tarzan of the Apes would roam across much of Africa, encountering many more lost civilizations than one would have reasonably suspected could exist. He fought evil humans, lions, panthers, apes and the occasional dinosaur. He was captured quite often, then threatened with execution or slavery or being tossed into a gladiator arena. But he always managed to escape and wreak havoc on his captors.

The CML is the first place on campus to have these new power sources–right at your study table. There is room for six patrons to connect devices, all without having to step over long extension cords. Come settle in and forget worrying about your battery! Now you can just concentrate on your work…..

A look at a fun collection examining all facets of science fiction fandom. Included are representative fanzine titles from the 17,000+ issues to be found in the Brooks zine collection. They represent a variety of times (including the zine some hold to be the earliest Science Fiction zine in the U.S., Planet #1, from July of 1930), a myriad of international locales, and a broad spectrum of specialized Fandom communities and their interests. Mementos from Brooks’ 38-year career with NASA’s Langley Research Center, along with a vintage typewriter and early reproduction equipment.

The exhibit, in the Rotunda of the Russell Special Collections Libraries, will be up through July.