Friends of the UNCG Libraries

Nice praise and great photo of Steve Cramer in this story about exports, marketing and entrepreneurship education at UNCG. Those who haven't seen the article should check it out here .

The Real Learning Connections Project is a joint initiative between the University Libraries (UL) and the Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). This is an ongoing venture, now in its fifth year, which has triangulated the work of a faculty member, a librarian, and a student with the goal of harnessing the learning power that could be shared among these three participants in a unique way.  Experiential learning opportunities for students in the DLIS are work experiences that allow them to sample professional environments in which they might seek a career or which might give them experience that will help prepare them for their careers.  Projects are chosen by the UL administrators and led by librarians to accomplish a specific organizational goal or need.  Students and librarians work together in consultation with LIS faculty to produce tangible project outcomes.  LIS faculty utilize the ...

UNCG will be well-represented at the upcoming Bookmarks Festival in Winston-Salem on Saturday, September 6. •    The University Libraries are sponsoring storyteller, author, and naturalist Doug Elliott . •    Poet Terry Kennedy will read from his book, New River Breakdown . •    Alumnus Robert Morgan will talk about his book, The Road from Gap Creek . •    The NC Literary Map , a project of the University Libraries at UNCG, will be among the exhibitors, as will the Friends of the UNCG Libraries and The Greensboro Review .

Those with questions about voting, the new voting law, or candidates may view the Libraries' Election Guide at http://uncg.libguides.com/ govinfo/elections Reference Librarian Lynda Kellam will also be addressing students on Wednesday, September 10 on voting at an event sponsored by Office of Leadership and Service Learning.

Who: Margaret Maron Presents Women of Mystery (with Nancy Pickard) When: Wednesday, October 29, 7 pm Where: Virginia Dare Room, Alumni House, UNCG Free and open to the public How does a highly successful writer like North Carolina’s Margaret Maron give back?  For one, she continues to write books that her readers are eager to snap up whenever they’re published.  Margaret’s latest, the nineteenth featuring Judge Deborah Knott of the fictional Colleton County east of Raleigh, North Carolina, is entitled Designated Daughters and was published in August. As the Chicago Tribune has declared, “There’s nobody better.”  While decidedly modest about a list of accomplishments and awards that includes an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2010, Margaret has long been active in mentoring other writers and calling attention to the compelling issues facing North Carolina in her novels. Maron’s papers are on long-term ...