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Cinema Politique, a program which aims to introduce and discuss international and national political developments on the basis of documentaries and movies, will begin a trial run at the University of Georgia Jan. 18.

Led by Cas Mudde of the School of Public and International Affairs, and Mary Miller, Peabody Awards Collection archivist with the UGA Libraries, the series will draw largely from the vast Peabody Awards Collection, and will take place once a month. A UGA faculty member will introduce each film, lead a discussion afterwards and make additional reading suggestions. January’s selection is the 1939 classic Mr. Smith Goes To Washington.

The University of Georgia community will honor the life of Judith Ortiz Cofer, extraordinary writer, poet, teacher, colleague, and friend, Friday, Jan. 27 at 3 p.m.

The memorial service will be held at  the UGA Chapel, with a  reception to follow at Demosthenian Hall.

For more information, contact Lisa Bayer, University of Georgia Press, 217-369-3166 or lbayer@uga.edu.

The UGA Libraries will operate on their normal schedule on Sunday, January 8th.

The Miller Learning Center will open at 1:00pm and return to its schedule of being open 24/7.

The tentative schedule for Saturday January 7th is for the Main Library to be open limited hours, 1:00pm to 5:00pm, due to the expected weather. Please note that the Map & Government Information Library and the Media Desk, both located within the Main Library, will be CLOSED.

All other UGA Libraries, including the Science Library, will be CLOSED.

If the situation changes, we will update the information on our website.

Please note: The Law Library, which is not part of the UGA Libraries, plans to be open on Saturday 1:00-5:00. See their inclement weather information on the Law Library homepage.

Due to inclement weather, the MIller Learning Center will close Friday, 1/6, at 3:30 p.m.

The University of Georgia Libraries, along with the rest of UGA, will be closing at 3:30pm today, due to the expected inclement weather. We will provide more information about weekend opening times when we have it.

Judith Ortiz Cofer, a retired University of Georgia professor, member of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, and University of Georgia Press author, passed away on December 30th. 

Lisa Bayer, director of the Press, offers a remembrance of Cofer on their site.

I was heartbroken to learn of Judith Ortiz Cofer‘s death on December 30th. The Press was wildly fortunate to publish her first novel, The Line of the Sun, in 1989. Judith told me that when her agent was initially shopping the project in New York, trade publishers told her that “Puerto Ricans don’t read.” So Judith eventually brought it to Malcolm Call, director of the University of Georgia Press, who told her that the Press didn’t publish fiction. Then he read the manuscript and changed his mind. And the rest is history.

The UGA Libraries now has a new website!

Our goals for this redesign were to reduce clutter, put the things that people use most front and center, and make the site easier to navigate and more visually appealing. If you can't find something that used to be on the homepage, check out the menu at the top of the page, or ask us.

Please check out the site and share your feedback with us.

Deborah Stanley

UGA Libraries Web Editor

dstanley@uga.edu

The Miller Learning Center will resume its 24 hours a day, 7 days a week operating schedule on Thursday, January 5 at 7 a.m. To check the MLC's scheduled hours, visit mlc.uga.edu/about/hours.

MLC Operating Hours, 12/19/16 - 1/4/17

January 19-23

7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

December 24 - January 2

CLOSED

January 3 & 4

7 a.m. to 5 p.m.