A new exhibit on display in the rotunda of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries examines the history of a preservation non-profit celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2017. On display through August 25, Saving Athens: Celebrating 50 Years of the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation looks at the efforts of this local group to protect and preserve the the physical history of the Athens, Georgia.
This weekend (June 16-18), the UGA campus will be switching to a new payment system for printing/copying (Atrium). The card readers on the public copiers and microform printers will be replaced with readers compatible with the new system.
While this work is occurring (June 16-18), these devices will not be available.
Learn how to use the new GIL-Find catalog! Orientations will be held in the Main Library's Instruction Lab at the times listed below. No registration is necessary.
The Curriculum Materials Library, 207 Aderhold, will be closed the entire Memorial Day weekend: Saturday, Sunday & Monday. The book drop to the right of the CML entrance is always available for returning books. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, May 30th.
All Circulation services provided through the UGA Libraries' current computer system will be taken offline on Monday, May 22, in preparation for our move to a new system. Only minimal Circulation services will be available at the libraries' service points on campus and at remote sites. There will be no access to any online Circulation services (online renewals, requesting, etc.) from Monday, May 22 thru Thursday, May 25. For more information, please call 706.542.3256 or email maincirc@uga.edu.
The end of the school year means the beginning of summer reading programs. Let the Libraries help save you time & money. Borrow what you need! Summer Reading Lists for Local Schools matches the lists with what the Libraries own. The Curriculum Materials Library is in 207 Aderhold Hall and in addition to the titles on the lists we have thousands of other books, from board books for babies to Young Adult lit, which includes a lot of recent movies (The Fault in Our Stars, Everything, Everything, The Hunger Games, Twilight and, of course, Harry Potter for example) so we have something for everyone. And puppets. And fake food. :-)
Gold nuggets, historic maps, photographs, postcards and other artifacts help tell the story of Georgia’s antebellum gold rush – which preceded the frenzy in California by two decades – in an exhibit at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Opening June 5, the exhibit features a complete set of Dahlonega Mint coins and illustrates how this early development of southern industrialization, while profitable, was also destructive as it remade local economies, societies, and environments. In pursuit of wealth, miners ripped apart stream beds and hillsides, cut down forests, and erected miles of wooden flumes and towns of wooden shacks. Public and private mints sprang up to transform precious metal into currency and, with the help of the state and federal governments, speculators obsessed with the prospect of riches drove the Cherokee from Georgia.
The semester intersession begins on Friday, May 5. The Libraries’ intersession hours are
Maymester begins on Tuesday, May 9. The Libraries’ Maymester hours are:
Intersession Hours: Curriculum Materials Library/207 Aderhold Hall
Return books even when we're closed! There is a book return slot in the door to the RIGHT of the CML entrance.
Orientations on the New GIL-Find will be held in the Main Library's Instruction Lab at the times listed below. No registration is necessary.
