Written by Samantha Lewis. Associate Professor and Department Head of Research, Outreach and Instruction Amy Harris Houk has accepted a promotion to Assistant Dean for Teaching and Learning with the University Libraries. This appointment is Houk’s fifth position during her tenure at UNC Greensboro. Houk graduated with a Masters of Library and Information Studies (now known…
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Research and Applications Webinar Series Begins January 22
UNCG Libraries presents a webinar series on “Research and Applications.” This webinar series is for UNCG students, staff, faculty, instructors and librarians. The series will cover topics on library resources and research tools. These webinars are all 30 minutes and are hosted in Webex Meetings. Once participants sign up, they will get an email with…
Melody Rood Hired as New Student Success Librarian
University Libraries recently welcomed Melody Rood as the new student success librarian in Jackson Library. In her role, Rood will be working closely with student success initiatives across campus as a point person for collaboration, instruction and research for University Libraries. She will also serve as the liaison for the International and Global Studies program….
2018 Entrepreneurial Librarian Conference
UNC Greensboro librarians participated in the Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians that was held on October 12, 2018, at WAKE Downtown in Winston Salem, North Carolina. In its sixth run, the conference’s careful planning was a collaborative effort between UNCG’s University Libraries and Wake Forest University’s Z. Smith Reynolds Library. This year’s theme focused on growth,…
Recent Faculty Publications and Upcoming Presentations
University Libraries’ faculty have recently published chapters in Academic Library Management: Case Studies edited by Tammy Nickelson Dearie, Michael Meth and Elaine L. Westbrooks. What does successful academic library management look like in the real world? A team of editors, all administrators at large research libraries, here present a selection of case studies which dive deeply…