Friends of the UNCG Libraries

The 2016-17 Innovation Grant is awarded to Callie Coward, Erica Rau and Carolyn Shankle for "Vintage Viands and the Roaring ‘ 20s." Vintage Viands offers opportunities for students, staff, and the local community to sample foods from an earlier era, and reflect on how taste and ingredients change over time. The event, connected through the Home Economics Pamphlets Collection and the Home Economics and Household Collection, offers attendees an online or physical exhibit. Vintage Viands gathers student attention, creating a memorable experience that places University Libraries in a favorable position. Looking long-term, the event serves as a template for creating accessibility of hidden or limited-use collections to wider audiences; individuals can still enjoy the event, regardless if the collection is for personal use, research, and/or curriculum development. We’re also hoping this project can spearhead a LSTA grant. With the grant, we’d like to modify the Vintage...

Lynda Kellam Karen Grigg UNC Greensboro librarians Lynda Kellam (Data Services and Government Information) and Karen Grigg (Science Liaison librarian) are featured in Databrarianship: The Academic Librarian in Theory and Practice (2016).  Published by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Kellam served as co-editor for the book, and Grigg published a chapter, “Data in the Sciences."  Databrarianship examines how librarians can utilize different methodologies and theories to better curate and organize academic research data. The new release draws “ on the expertise of a diverse community of practitioners, this collection of case studies, original research, survey chapters, and theoretical explorations presents a wide-ranging look at the field of academic data librarianship. ”   Additional information on Databrarianship.

The following information was provided by Assistant Dean of University Libraries Tim Bucknall : Every few years, we do a school-by-school and deal-by-deal cost avoidance calculation for the Carolina Consortium (CC).   This represents the savings as compared to what it would cost each school to receive the same journals without participating in the savings negotiated by the Consortium. I just finished the 2016 CC spreadsheet, and I'm very pleased to report that our collective annual cost avoidance is now $338,437,086. A few fun facts: - UNCG's savings is $9,577,238 from 34 ongoing CC deals (10th biggest savings out of the CC's 184 libraries) - the biggest savers are UNC Pembroke ($11M), Western Carolina ($10.9M), and UNC Asheville ($10.8M) - the biggest non-UNC system saver is Lenoir-Rhyne ($10.6M) - The 17 schools of the UNC System have 329 ongoing CC deals and save $115 million, which is 34% of all the CC savings. - Not everyone saves big. Two schools (both comm...

Readers of American Libraries , one of the profession's most important and respected journals, opened their June issue to read an article about recruiting and retaining volunteers in libraries.  Featured prominently in the article is the program in the University Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives. Assistant Dean Keith Gorman and archivist Kathelene Smith are quoted throughout the article. Pictured here is former Archivist and current volunteer Herman Trojanowksi.

Here's the Fall line-up for Friends of the UNCG Libraries events and programs: Author and Storyteller Joe Bruchac September 9-12 : Children’s Book Author and Storyteller Joe Bruchac will appear under University Libraries sponsorship at the Bookmarks Festival in Winston-Salem on Saturday, September 10, and the National Folk Festival in Greensboro on Sunday, September 11, and will make appearances for elementary age children at selected locations in Winston-Salem on Friday, September 9 and on Monday, September 12 at UNC Greensboro.   See bookmarksnc.org and nationalfolkfestival.org for details. Monday, September 19 : Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion— Red  Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival by Christopher Benfey, led by Dr. Emily Stamey  of the Weatherspoon Art Museum in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the Weatherspoon. 4 p.m. Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library 2nd floor, UNCG.  Thursday,...

St. Leo's, Greensboro's First Catholic Hospital  Dead men tell no tales, but those helped by Greensboro’s history of good medicine and medical care do, and the University Libraries at UNCG is partnering with three other area institutions on a project to make the records of the history of medicine in the Gate City--a total of thirteen unique archival collections--better known and more accessible to scholars, students and community researchers. insurance plan offered by St. Leo's Hospital (click to enlarge) Today's Greensboro Historical Museum, built as the First Presbyterian Church, served as a hospital during the Civil War Early in the twentieth century, for example, St. Leo’s, the first Catholic hospital in the city, was also home to the first of Greensboro's many nursing education programs. Building on this tradition, Wesley Long Hospital, founded by Dr. John Wesley Long and now part of the Cone Health System, had an early program for teaching ...

Dr, Karlene Noel Jennings has been appointed Executive Director of Development for the University Libraries at UNC Greensboro.  Jennings replaces Linda Burr Kemper who retired in January.  Jennings, who comes to UNCG from the College of William and Mary, holds a MSIS from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and a PhD from Iowa State University.  She earned a BA in American History from Washington and Lee, and a Master’s in Higher Education Administration and Museum Management from the University of South Carolina.  Karlene has a distinguished background in library advancement, having served as an external relations professional for 20 years, and as an academic library development for more than twelve years.  She is past chair of ALADN (Academic Library Advancement Network) and past facilitator of DORAL (Development Officers of Research & Academic Libraries).  Dr. Jennings is a Certified Fund Raising Executi...