Friends of the UNCG Libraries

Preserving Photograph Collections Sponsored by the North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) Walter Clinton Jackson Library, UNC Greensboro November 24, 2014 ~ 9 AM - 4:00 PM Historical and fine art photographs can be found in many libraries, archives, museums, and historic sites.  Preserving these collections requires a deep knowledge of the various types of photographic media, chemical photographic processes, causes of deterioration of photographic materials, and photograph conservation science.  This workshop is an introduction to identifying and preserving 19th and 20th century photographs: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, hand-colored silver gelatin prints, contemporary color, and digital photographs.  Strategies for preservation and best practices for proper handling, exhibition, and storage will be presented.  Participants are encouraged to bring photographic items of interest. Who Should Attend This workshop is designed for staff and voluntee...

 (click image to enlarge) We invite you to attend the upcoming Faculty Senate Scholarly Communications Forum, which will address to the topic: "Solving the Textbook Cost Crisis with Open Educational Resources." October 23rd 3:30 - 5:00 EUC Kirkland Introduction by UNCG Provost and Vice Chancellor Dana Dunn Speaker - Nicole Allen - Director of Open Education for the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Panel discussion to follow.

The University Libraries and the Provost's Office are pleased to begin a series of programs on the subject What is College For? based on the recommendation of our new Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Dana Dunn to read a book of the same name when she interviewed at UNCG for the position last spring.  University Libraries Director of Communications and External Relations Barry Miller took the idea to heart and proposed a series of programs which were endorsed by Dean of University Libraries Rosann Bazirjian and Dunn.  The project was accelerated to further inform the strategic planning process currently being undertaken by UNCG. To begin the series, we have invited Richard A. DeMillo of Georgia Tech to speak on the topic, "New Ecosystems for Higher Education: The Road Ahead."  DeMillo is the author of the book Abelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities, and is Director of the Center for 21st Century Universities and Chair of Computer Science a...

On Monday, November 3 at 7 pm in the Hodges Reading Room on the second floor of Jackson Library, the Friends of the UNCG Libraries will conduct a discussion of the play "The Member of the Wedding" by Carson McCullers.  The discussion will be led by Keith Cushman of the English Department, who will be joined by Bryan Conger, artistic associate of Triad Stage.  Triad Stage is presenting the play in Greensboro from October 19-November 9.  Tickets for the production are available from Triad Stage . The book discussion is free and open to the public. 

Click to enlarge. This graphic represents the responses of students taking a Spring 2014 survey of  student use of the University Libraries at UNCG.  The larger the type, the more the topic was mentioned by the students in response to the question: "How often do you perform the following activities in the Libraries?"

Beth Macy and John D. Bassett III are on a roll. The runaway success of Macy’s book Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local — and Helped Save an American Town has brought both into the limelight.   At the invitation of the Friends of the UNCG Libraries, Macy is coming to UNCG to talk about and sign copies of her book on November 6 at 7 pm in the Virginia Dare Room of the Alumni House.  Books will be for sale at the event , which is free.  The public is welcome.  No reservations are necessary.  Fred Starr, long-time furniture industry executive in the Triad, and UNCG documentary film-maker Matt Barr will offer reactions to the book following Macy's talk.  A week later, Bassett will be in Greensboro to receive UNCG’s 3rd Annual Entrepreneur Extraordinaire Award from the Bryan School on Wednesday, November 12, in the Bryan Building, Room 160 Auditorium  Published in July, the book has been very po...

On September 24, several members of the Jackson Society visited the new James B. Hunt Library N.C. State University.  Here are some photos.