Tools for Preparing for the 2012 Elections

As we close in on the 2012 elections, the University Libraries are making every effort to engage the campus in this exercise in civic engagement.

There’s a voter registration table on the first floor of Jackson Library where potential voters may register or change their voter registration.

Reference Librarian Lynda Kellam has prepared a LibGuide to help voters educate themselves about the candidates and their positions on the issues. 

Archivist Sean Mulligan has prepared an exhibit entitled Campaigns and Elections: the Race for Political Office now on display in the Hodges Reading Room on the 2^nd floor of Jackson Library.

The Friends of the UNCG Libraries book discussion on October 29 features Dr. David Olson of the Political Science Department leading a discussion of Theodore White's classic, The Making of the President 1960 at 7 pm in the Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library. Register on our website.

Even French television took an interest in the opinions of UNCG students when the Democratic National Convention was held in Charlotte, and visited Jackson Library to talk to them.