Friends of the UNCG Libraries

Ann Perdue of Access Services has received the University Libraries Staff Service Award for 2015. Ann Perdue The University Libraries Staff Service Award was established in 1997 upon the retirement of Martha Ransley, former Head of the Circulation Department "to recognize and reward members of the SPA Library Staff who provide outstanding leadership and service in furthering the accomplishment of the mission of the Library to provide service to students, faculty, staff and members of the community which the University serves." Ann Perdue with Martha Ransley, who created the Staff Service Award Ann has actually been employed by the library twice -- from 1994-1998 and then coming back from more in 2007.  She started in 1994 as the Circulation Desk Manager, moved into the Stacks Manager position in 1996, left the Library in 1998, but came back in 2007 when the Stacks/Remote Storage Manager position became available. In announcing her award, her nominator cited ...

Do you have a piece of Greensboro’s history in your possession?  Something that tells your story, or that of your family or neighborhood?  A photograph?  A document?  A letter? If so, bring it along as you come to the Hayes-Taylor YMCA to see what the Achievers Program there has been doing to learn about and save Greensboro history in digital form so that it can be seen and used by future generations. On Saturday June 20 from 11 am until 2:00 pm, students who have been participating since February in a project to collect and digitize Greensboro history will hold a free event to show others what they’ve been doing. There will be a multi-poster display of some of the interesting and important historical materials that have been discovered since February. The “Digitizing Greensboro History” staff and students also invite the public to bring a cherished letter, document or photograph (individual, family, an older image of Greensboro or perhaps their neighborhood...

L-R: Mrs. Hyla Cundiff, Fred Cundiff, Nyasia Hendricks (student), Julia Johnson (student), Ms. Eugenia Brown (project staff) The University Library's collaboration with the Hayes Taylor YMCA's Achievers Program to digitize Greensboro's history recently engaged the students with Fred and Hyla Cundiff of Greensboro.  Mr. Fred Cundiff was the first African-American Assistant School Superintendent for the Greensboro City Schools, in the 1960s through 1970s. He played a major role in the desegregation of the city schools in 1971. He described to the students what it was like to be the only African-American at the Central Office, and the good and bad times he experienced in his position of responsibility. Mrs. Cundiff was a school teacher for 30 years, beginning in North Wilkesboro, and for over 25 years after she came to Greensboro with her husband in the early 1950s. L-R : Nyasia Hendricks, (student), Ms. Eugenia Brown (project staff), Jamon Oxendine-Blackmo...

In addition to the education of our students and the research of our faculty and staff, a big part of UNCG’s mission is serving the people of the state of North Carolina and beyond.  The University Libraries play a major role in that service.  A recent request for a report on our community engagement gave us a chance to look back on the service of the past year, including some areas that might not always be noticed by the casual observer. Many people may be aware of the programs and the activities offered by the Friends of the UNCG Libraries, which are advertised especially to our members and are generally open to the public.  In the period since the last school year began, we hosted 7 author visits, 2 lectures, 5 book discussions, 1 documentary film screening, and 3 signature events: •    our Friends of the UNCG Libraries annual dinner (featuring Kathy Reichs in 2015), •    our Women Veterans Historical Project luncheon (featuring a pane...