Friends of the UNCG Libraries

A video created by our Digital Media Commons staff was recognized by Lyrasis at their latest eGathering as one of the top three entered in a contest.  LYRASIS partners with member libraries to create, access and manage information, while building and sustaining collaboration, enhancing library and technology operations, and increasing buying power. Congratulations to the DMC folks!

The April 2013 issue of Our State features features an article about the North Carolina Literary Map developed by the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives at UNC Greensboro.  Markfield, Evan.  "Digital Literary Heritage: An Online Database Tracks Authors and the Local Towns Where their Stories are Set." Our State (April 2013): 26. The website for the North Carolina Literary Map is library.uncg.edu/dp/nclitmap

The papers of two eminent alumni authors have come to the University Archives, and are to be processed and made available later this year. The papers of Angela Davis-Gardner include research materials, various drafts of manuscripts, and promotional materials. Angela graduated from UNCG with a MFA in Creative Writing, where her mentors were Randall Jarrell, Robert Watson, and Peter Taylor. The Michael Gills papers also include various drafts of manuscripts, correspondence, and promotional materials.  He was Randall Jarrell Fellow at the MFA Program at UNCG while receiving his degree, and received the Ph.D. in fiction writing from the University of Utah.  

As graduation season approaches, the thoughts of many Library and Information Studies students turn to the job search.  Librarians at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro helped prepare a cohort of students for this process through a series of mock phone and in-person job interviews. Agnes K. Bradshaw, LaTesha Velez, and Gerald Holmes discuss the program in their article “ Mock interviews for ACE Scholars ,” which appeared in the April 2013 issue of C&RL News .  "Mock Interviews for ACE Scholars: Preparing for the Professional Job Search." C&RL News 74:no. 6, (April 2013): 192-194. 

Alaina Jones (center) flanked by  Director of Development Linda Burr and  Friends Board member David Arneke Alaina Jones of the Harold Schiffman Music Library is this year’s winner of the Outstanding Student Library Worker Award, given annually through the generosity of Friends Board member David Arneke and supplemented by the UNCG Bookstore.

Ms. Kathryn F. Wirkus has established The Kathryn F. Wirkus Women Veterans Historical Project Fund at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  Her gift will enhance the work of the Betty Carter Women Veterans Historical Project of the University Libraries.  Born and reared in Miami, FL, Wirkus received her BA in Early Childhood Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MA in Guidance and Counseling from Webster University.  Kathryn served in the United Stated Air Force for 27 years on active duty, the Guard and Reserve components, serving in various capacities as an education & training and personnel officer.  Following retirement from the USAF in 2006, she began a second career as a Colorado State Veterans Service Office, and as the Colorado Women Veterans Coordinator.   She was chair of the planning committee for the first Colorado Women Veterans Conference 2011 and the subsequent Resource Fair 2012.  In 2...

The following persons, together representing a century of service to UNCG, were recognized at the recent faculty and staff excellence awards ceremony Mary Jane Conger- 35 years Cindy Slater - 35 years Kathy Crowe - 30 years