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Library Intersession Hours

Most UNC libraries will have reduced hours during the intersession. Save yourself a trip! Check the library hours page or call the library you wish to visit before coming to campus. Some libraries may also close in the case of adverse weather. We look forward to welcoming you back with regular hours beginning Monday, Jan. … Continue reading »

Updated: 2,377 Books for Pediatric Cancer Patients at UNC

A campus book drive at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has collected more than 2,000 books to benefit pediatric cancer patients at UNC Hospitals. Continue reading »

Exam Study Options Include Expanded Wilson Hours

UNC’s Wilson Library offers exam study options. Davis and Undergraduate Library will have expanded hours through the end of finals. Continue reading »

Patti Thorp, UNC’s First Lady, is Book Drive Chair (Video)

Patti Thorp, wife of UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp, is this year’s honorary chair for the campus book drive to benefit pediatric cancer patients at the UNC Hospitals. In this video, Patti Thorp meets the Book Fairy, who brings books to the Pediatric Oncology Clinic, and some of the special people involved with the program. Donate … Continue reading »

Winter Stories Program Dec. 10

A Seasoning of Stories and Songs 17th Annual Winter Stories Program for Children of All Ages Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 Refreshments: 5 p.m. Program: 5:45 p.m. Wilson Special Collections Library Free and open to the public Information: Liza Terll, Friends of the Library, (919) 962-4207 Storytellers and musicians will entertain children of all ages at … Continue reading »

Software Provides New Look at Digital Library Collections

Online visitors have new options for interacting with digital library collections from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Library has implemented software that provides advanced browsing and viewing for most photographs, postcards, letters, drawings, and other items that the Library has digitized and placed online. (View demonstration.) Users of the Library’s digital … Continue reading »

Film and Discussion Dec. 1 Will Recall 1960s Anti-Poverty Work

The First 100 Film Screening and Panel Discussion Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 5:30 p.m. Reception | 6 p.m. Program Carolina Union Theater Free and open to the public Information: Liza Terll, Friends of the Library, liza_terll@unc.edu, (919) 962-4207 The Southern Historical Collection presents a rare screening of the film The First 100, a 30-minute documentary … Continue reading »

2,000 World War I Postcards Now Online for Veteran’s Day

Approximately 2,000 postcards from the First World War debut on the Library’s Web site today in honor of Veteran’s Day. The postcards are the first of nearly 6,400 that the Library plans to digitize by June 2010. They are drawn from the Bowman Gray Collection of World Wars I and II in the Rare Book … Continue reading »

Pow! Workshop on Comic Book Collecting Nov. 21

Comic Book Collectors Workshop Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Wilson Special Collections Library, Rare Book Collection Reading Room UNC-Chapel Hill Free and open to the public Information: Rare Book Collection, (919) 962-1143 or rbcref@email.unc.edu It’s a bird! . . . It’s a plane! . . . It’s a comic book collectors … Continue reading »

Book Drive to Benefit Pediatric Cancer Patients at UNC

Book Drive Discount at Bull’s Head Bookshop The Bull’s Head Bookshop will offer a 25% discount on children’s books purchased for donation to the book drive. At the time of purchase simply mention the phrase, “Book Fairy” to the staff. Find information about the 2010 book drive here! New: Patti Thorp, UNC’s First Lady, is … Continue reading »

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