The Penn Center has named UNC a member of its 1862 Circle. The award recognizes the role of the Southern Historical Collection in preserving the Penn School papers. Continue reading
The UNC Library has awarded its 2011 Outstanding Employee Award to Megan Kilb. Honorable mentions went to Katelyn Ander and Alison Murray. Continue reading
The North Carolina Maps project, a collaborative effort of the UNC Library, the North Carolina State Archives, and the Outer Banks History Center, has received the American Association for State and Local History’s Award of Merit for Leadership in History. Continue reading
Carol Hunter, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Services, is part of a multi-institutional team that has received a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources’ Digital Library Federation to study business cases for new service development in research libraries. Continue reading
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library is the inaugural winner of the Springshare Innovation in Academic Libraries Award, from the Academic Division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). The award honors the project “Should Brandon and Nicole Get Engaged?” (ShBANGE), an interactive alternate reality game played out on the UNC campus in spring 2010. Continue reading
Vote for Katy’s entry Ph.D. student Katy Simpson Smith’s story of an archival mystery discovered at UNC has advanced to the Society of American Archivist’s national “I Found It In the Archives” contest. In April, the Library announced that Smith was the winner of the local “I Found It” contest, sponsored by the Wilson Special … Continue reading
Two forward-looking projects are the recipients of the inaugural University Libraries Innovation Awards at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Continue reading
Katy Simpson Smith is the winner of the 2011 “I Found It In The Archives” contest at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Runners-up are Anne Mitchell Whisnant and Anna Maxwell Snyder. Continue reading
Librarians Chad Haefele and Emily King of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been named by Library Journal as Movers & Shakers of 2011. Continue reading
The University Library has awarded its 2010 Outstanding Employee Award to Josh Hockensmith of the Sloane Art Library. Honorable mentions went to Aaron Bednar of Library Systems and Elizabeth (Betty) Meehan-Black of Monographic Services. Continue reading