Friends of the UNCG Libraries

Take Risks, Embrace Change:  The 2014 Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians will be held on the campus of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC  on October 17, 2014 . The conference is sponsored by the libraries of Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. An exciting keynote speaker, Dr. Dianne Welsh, Hayes Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director, Entrepreneurship Cross-Disciplinary Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will begin the day.  The program will continue with dynamic sessions and posters where librarians will share their strategies for implementing change and innovative ideas.   This conference will provide a forum to: Share and celebrate the entrepreneurial accomplishments of librarians and information professionals Inspire each other to innovate and promote change Create a community to promote entrepreneurial practices The confere...

Steve Cramer, the UNCG business librarian, led a feasibility workshop with 25 visiting German university students on August 6. They were Fulbright students from all over Germany participating in a month-long entrepreneurship-themed Summer Institute Program. The students are engaging in language development, community service, and entrepreneurship education, as well as enjoying field trips to the North Carolina mountains, Disney World (in part to get a taste of its intern program), and Washington D.C. Only about half of the students are business majors. Joe Erba, a UNCG Entrepreneurship faculty member who often collaborates with Steve, had been working with the students and introduced Steve. Joe and Steve began by asking each student to describe his/her Germany-based business idea, which they were assigned to come up with over the weekend. One interesting proposed idea was a kangaroo farm in Bavaria to sell the meat (including a kosher herd). Another student was impressed wi...