AudioBooks

Did you know we have a huge e-audiobook collection? It's under our databases, NCLive-e-audiobooks.

You will need to create a new account on campus in order to connect your account to UNCG. After that you can log-on from any computer. You can also download the OneClickDigital app and download directly to some mobile devices (including an iphone)

 It's free, its mostly popular literature and non-fiction, also language study, and you can put it on your mp3 player, whats not to love?

Digital Collection Spotlight

Here at the University libraries we have so many amazing digital collections you can access from anywhere and they just keep growing! You can find the links to our online collections on the homepage or click here.

This week why not check out Civil Rights Greensboro collection? This a collection is a collaborative effort between UNCG, Guilford College, Greensboro College, and Duke University, as well as the Greensboro public library. It documents the Civil Rights movement of Greensboro from the 1940's to the 1980's. Greensboro, NC was a formative city for the civil rights movement in the United States and this collection lets you see some of the amazing archives and search easily by person, collection or subject.

Best Books of 2012

Still hanging around greensboro? Looking for some books to read now that those finals are over with? Here a selection of books from various "best of" lists that we have in our University libraries. Happy Holidays and happy reading!

NPR's best books of 2012:

Canada by Richard Ford

The Brontes: Wild Genius on the moors: The story of a literary family by Juliet Barker

Behind the beautiful forevers by Katherine Boo

The art forger: a novel by B.A Shapiro

The lifeboat: a novel by Charlotte Rogan

NW by Zadie Smith

Blown covers: New Yorker Covers you were never meant to see by Francoise Mouly

Publishers Weekly best books of 2012

Bring up the bodies by Hilary Mantel

The round house by Louise Erdrich

All we know: three lives by Lisa Cohen

The New Yorker: Best Books of 2012

The constant heart by Craig Nova- A UNCG PROFESSOR!

Fear of music by Jonathan Lethem

Bewilderment: new poems and translations by David Ferry

Gone to the Forest by Katie Kitamura

Amazon best books of 2012: Editors picks

The yellow birds by Kevin Powers

Gone girl by Gillian Flynn

The Fault in our stars by John Green

The age of miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking by Susan Cain

Holiday Hours

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LibQual grand prize winner

Congratulations to undergraduate student Autumn Snead. Autumn  won the  grand prize of  Kindle Paperwhite for taking the LibQual+ survey.  Autumn is a senior  Elementary Education major.  We greatly appreciate Autumn and everyone else who completed the survey.  It really helps us learn if our resources and services are meeting your needs!

Univeristy Libraries presents Semper Fi, Always Faithful

When: Today, Monday 22, 2012. 7:00pm
what: A free screening of the award winning documentary with a discussion and Q&A by Jerry Ensiminger
Where: Elliot University Center Auditorium
Complimentary parking will be available in the Oakland Avenue Parking Deck.

Digital Media Commons at UNCG

Geek Week

Come out to the EUC Maple Room today at 1:00pm to learn important facts about avoiding plagiarism with Jackson library's Amy Harris Houk.

Green Leak: Recycling at UNCG - Construction Waste

Construction - it's everywhere.

With all of the construction going on at the university, you are probably wondering what happens to all of the debris and construction waste.

This Green Leak of the week highlights sustainability efforts in construction and renovation projects at UNCG, including the recent renovation projects in Jackson Library.

Ben Kunka of OWRR discusses the topic of recycling construction waste in the 7th podcast in our series about recycling and waste reduction at UNCG.




Transcript (pdf)

Watch the previous podcasts:

• Introduction


• Plastics


• Comingled paper


• Office Paper


• Electronic Waste


• Dining Services

Green Leak: Recycling at UNCG - Dining Services

This Green Leak of the week highlights sustainability efforts in Dining Services at UNCG, including composting of food waste and compostable plates, cups, and utensils.

Kevin Deans of Dining Services and Ben Kunka of OWRR discuss this topic in the 6th podcast in our series about recycling and waste reduction at UNCG.



Transcript (pdf)

Watch the previous podcasts:

• Introduction


• Plastics


• Comingled paper


• Office Paper


• Electronic Waste

UNCG History on Display

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro: The First Hundred Years, 1891-1991

June 1 - September 30, 2011
Jackson Library Lobby

The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives invites the UNCG and greater Greensboro community to witness the birth and development of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro through artifacts, documents, and images from the University Archives. This exhibit tells the story of how a small college, founded on ten acres of farmland in 1891, was able to overcome early setbacks to develop into the large, thriving University it is today. Divided into five eras corresponding to the names under which the University operated, the exhibit highlights important historical events including the Brick Dormitory fire of 1904, the death of founding president Charles Duncan McIver in 1906, and the growth of the College under Julius Foust. It also emphasizes the changes in student life including the introduction of college traditions such as Rat Day, the desegregation of the School in 1956, and the enrollment of male students in 1964.

Beth Ann Koelsch spoke with archivist Sean Mulligan to learn more:

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro: The First Hundred Years, 1891-1991 will be on display in the Jackson Library Lobby from June 1 – September 30, 2011.

You can find more information out about University Archives at :

http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/collections/university_archives/index.aspx

An Interview with Lynda Kellam, Data Services and Government Information Librarian at UNCG

Lynda Kellam is a UNCG graduate who oversees Data Services and Government Information for Jackson Library. Before returning to UNCG to work towards he degree in Library and Information Studies, she served as a Fulbright Student in Croatia. She spoke with us about her role as a Government Information Librarian and the various resources available to those researching government records and other information sources.

Host: Andrew Holt Williams

Time: 2:22

Music: "Morning Sunrise" by Pete Calandra and Scott Schreer (freeplaymusic.com)

Links:

• Lynda's profile at the UNCG Jackson Library website

• Political Science Department liaison page for Jackson Library

• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research- find resources on politics from universities all over the country

Earth Week Events @ UNCG

In this podcast Jenny Paige, Environmental and Sustainability Manager of UNCG's Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling(OWRR), discusses Earth Week Events at UNCG as well as information on other sustainable events and what exactly the OWRR does to make UNCG a "green" place to be!

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Beth Filar Williams, & Jenny Paige

Time: 7:25 | Size: 6.8 MB | Download .mp3 | Transcript

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Earth Week Events
• UNCG Sustainability Committee
• UNCG Sustainability Film Series
  
• UNCG Green
• OWRR Staff