As a new librarian, going into my second year of librarianship, it was such a fulfilling experience to attend my first NCLA. During this conference, I was able to present my poster detailing the community building process of my first year as a librarian, speak on a panel concerning job searching as an early career…
SUPPORTING OUR STUDENT WORKERS
The University Libraries now offers a snack pantry for our student workers in an attempt to help combat food insecurity on campus. This pantry was created to be a resource to our student workers with an understanding that there are many challenges students face and hunger should not be one of them. This pantry is…
UNCG’S TRIAD BLACK LIVES MATTER COLLECTION RECEIVED THE 2023 VOICES OF A CITY LOCAL HISTORY AWARD
The Triad Black Lives Matter Collection was selected to receive the 2023 Voices of a City Local History Award, an award presented by Greensboro History Museum, Inc. for important contributions to local history by individuals or groups. The purpose of the Triad Black Lives Matter Collection is to document the BLM movement, police brutality protests, and race relations in the…
VIRGINIA TUCKER & OTHER “HUMAN COMPUTERS” HONORED
A new historical marker honoring North Carolinians who worked as “human computers” for NASA was unveiled outside of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh on Friday, September 22. As part of the unveiling ceremony, UNC Greensboro University Archivist Erin Lawrimore shared information about Virginia Tucker, a 1930 graduate of the North Carolina…
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES OBSERVES BANNED BOOKS WEEK
Banned Books Week is an important annual observance highlighting the problem of censorship in libraries across the United States. This year Banned Books Week is October 1-7, and the University Libraries hosted a table in Jackson Library on Monday, October 2, where students could stop and share their favorite banned book. Librarians and Graduate Student…
