Friends of the UNCG Libraries

The University Libraries hosted a workshop by the Open Textbook Network on September 9, 2016  Over 35 UNCG faculty attended the workshop led by Rajvi Jhangiani, psychology professor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Vancouver, Canada. Major points  Jhangiani covered  included: – The burden of cost for higher education is trending toward the student, with less support by state funding. – Textbook prices have risen at a much higher rate than inflation. – Average student nationally spent around $1300 for textbooks and course materials for 2015-16. – To cope with the cost, students nationally are delaying purchasing a textbook, purchasing older editions, sharing a textbook with other, or never purchasing the textbook. The workshop was part of a larger initiative by the Libraries to reduce educational costs for our students.  In the spring, University Libraries will open applications for faculty to apply for incentive grants to encourage instructors to ...

Faculty promoted and/or tenured in 2016 were honored at the promotion and tenure attainment recognition event held on Monday, September 26 in the Virginia Dare Room of the Alumni House. This program, jointly sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the University Libraries, offers honorees the opportunity to select a book (or other resource) that has special meaning to them. The titles are added to the Libraries collection. A display is mounted next to the Reference desk in Jackson Library, and photos of the honorees with their selections are posted here  http://library.uncg.edu/info/ events_and_awards/recognition/ 2016/   We are particularly pleased to be recognizing three library faculty members who were granted tenure: Keith Gorman, Jenny Dale and David Gwynne pictured here.