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New Zoom Booths Open for Reservations at MLC, McBay Library

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A new space option at two of UGA’s largest study spaces provides students with privacy while they attend virtual meetings or take proctored exams.

Six new Zoom Booths have been installed at the Miller Learning Center and the McBay Science Library. The small glass-walled booths are available via online registration for special uses, such as virtual job interviews.

Georgia Writers Celebrated with Dinner, Reading at UGA Libraries

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Celebrate Georgia writers this fall with a reading from the author of Erasure or with a special Italian dinner with the author of Under the Tuscan Sun.

The University of Georgia Libraries will host the two newest members of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame with special events open to the community later this year. Novelist and cookbook author Frances Mayes will be a featured guest for a plated dinner Saturday, Oct. 28, and poet Percival Everett will read his award-winning work on Thursday, Nov. 2, both at the UGA Special Collections Libraries Building in Athens.

Network Maintenance May Impact Library Services Oct.1

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Network maintenance work may effect library services on Sunday, Oct. 1. The work is part of regularly scheduled maintenance by the UGA EITS Office, and may cause periodic outages in electronic systems and resources across campus and via online platforms.

Because access to UGA Libraries databases and research materials are dependent on SSO access, there may be periods where full-text articles and other services are not available, both on campus and off campus. 

For visitors to the Main Library, McBay Science Library, and Miller Learning Center, wifi may be unavailable, which can impact services such as WEPA printing and internet access on laptops and computers. Outages may impact landline telephones and elevators, and group study room occupancy sensors will be off-line.

Vince Dooley’s Legacy on Display at UGA Special Collections Libraries

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The University of Georgia’s Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library is celebrating the life and career of late Georgia Football Head Coach and Athletic Director Vince Dooley this fall with a new museum exhibit, Legacy: Vince Dooley, 1932-2022. This display will open on Friday, Sept. 1, at the Special Collections Libraries Building on the University of Georgia campus, just in time for fans to celebrate the start of the 2023 football season.

Tales of Medical Woes, Judicial Triumphs Named Lillian Smith Book Award Winners in 2023

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A biography about a groundbreaking judge and a nonfiction narrative of how Black patients experience racism in the health care system have been named the year’s best books dedicated to issues of social justice, as winners of the 2023 winners of the Lillian Smith Book Awards, presented by the University of Georgia Libraries.

Group Study Room Locator Launches at UGA’s busy Miller Learning Center

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Finding a group study room at the University of Georgia will be a little easier this fall, thanks to a new Group Study Room Locator system installed at the busiest academic building on campus, the Miller Learning Center.

Large digital screens on each floor of the building display how many of the 95 group study rooms are available at any given time. Maps will show a red dot if the room is occupied and a green one if it is empty, while a quick-finder lists information to determine which area of the building has the most availability. The solution enables students to find an area with the most availability without having to scour all four floors.