The theme for this year’s International Open Access Week, to be held October 19-25, will be “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion.” Openness can be a powerful tool for building more equitable systems of sharing knowledge. Rebuilding research and scholarship to be open by default presents a unique opportunity to…
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NEA Big Read: Greensboro Kick-Off Event September 15, 2020
Join us on September 15, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom as we kick off a community Big Read of the novel Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones. Keynote speakers include state representative and UNC Greensboro alumna Dr. Ashton Clemmons and Dr. Sharon L. Contreras, superintendent of Guilford County Schools. Register today for this virtual event! After registering, you…
2020 Online Flick! Experimental Film Festival: Lineup Announced for Virtual Artist Talk Series
About the Flick! Experimental Film Festival: Flick! Experimental Film Festival is a small-scale festival presented by University Libraries’ Digital Media Commons (DMC) since 2015. It is dedicated to promoting and encouraging the production and exhibition of experimental, innovative and creative short films. Flick! curates diverse local, national and international image in movement works that offer…
University Libraries Selects Lalami’s The Moor’s Account for Next Book Discussion
University Libraries will host a virtual book club in September and October of novelist and essayist Laila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account. The book, which won the the American Book Award, the Arab-American Book Award and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2015, as well as a…
Online Learning and Research Events for Fall
The Online Learning and Innovation Webinar Series is for UNCG faculty, instructors, librarians, graduate students, TAs and staff interested in learning more about instructional technology and online learning at UNCG. The series will cover topics on library resources and research tools. These webinars are all 30 minutes and are hosted in Zoom. Once participants sign up,…