Friends of the UNCG Libraries

Dr. Keith Gorman Ms. Beth Ann Koelsch If you watch C-SPAN programming this weekend, you’ll see some familiar UNCG faces, including two from the University Libraries.  The UNCG related programming will air Feb. 21-22. Recently, C-SPAN came to the UNCG campus and interviewed two faculty members of the Special Collections and University Archives Department in Jackson Library. They also interviewed two faculty members and one emeritus faculty member in the History Department. Ms. Beth Ann Koelsch is curator of the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project in the library’s Hodges Special Collections & University Archives. “Since it’s for C-SPAN2 “the book channel,” I pulled books from the collection including memoirs, books written about particular companies (for example, “The 149th WAAC Post HQ Company, 1940-1943: Our Story”), comics, books on the history of women in the military and books about the role of women in the military,” she said. Dr. Keith Gor...

left to right: Kelly McBride, Lead Librarian for Information Literacy Rachel Fleming, Lead Acquisitions Librarian Pam Mitchem, Preservation and Digital Project Archivist Beth Cramer, Coordinator of Bibliographic Services The University Libraries at UNCG wish to thank their colleagues at Appalachian State University for meeting with the library faculty here on February 13, 2015 regarding the promotion, tenure and rankings guidelines and procedures at their library.

We have been asked to let Friends members know about these upcoming events sponsored by the MFA Writing Program at UNCG, O. Henry Magazine, and the O. Henry Hotel. For details, see: http://www.ohenryhotel.com/literary_stars.htm