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
Greg Klaiber, winner of the 2010 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, can usually be found tending the cutting-edge equipment in the Library’s Digital Media Lab and providing calm, thoughtful guidance to those who use it. Continue reading
The Southern Historical Collection in the Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has announced the winners of the inaugural Parker-Dooley Award for Undergraduate Research in Southern Studies. Nominations for the 2011 award, which carries a cash prize, will be accepted until Feb. 4, 2011. Continue reading
Patrick Mullin, interim Associate University Librarian for Collections and Services, will retire August 1, after a professional career spanning 37 years. Mullin joined the Library staff in 1987 as Systems Librarian. He subsequently headed the Systems Department before becoming an Associate University Librarian with responsibility for Systems, Access Services and Systems, and then Technical Services … Continue reading
Rebecca Kemp, e-resources acquisitions librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the recipient of the 2010 First Step Award—A Wiley Professional Development Grant, from the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS). Continue reading
Diane Wheeler Strauss, associate university librarian for collections and services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will retire March 1, 2010, after more than 36 years of service with the Library. Strauss joined the Library staff in 1973 as the social sciences reference librarian in what was then the Business Administration/Social Sciences … Continue reading
The North Carolina Humanities Council has awarded the UNC Library $5,400 for the project “Worth 1,000 Words: Essays on the Photographs of Hugh Morton.” The grant will fund 13 essays that will provide insight into Morton’s work. The Library will post approximately one essay every two weeks on the blog A View to Hugh beginning … Continue reading
The class of 2010 has chosen to endorse the University Library for senior class giving. Every year, Carolina’s senior class designates a campaign beneficiary and encourages members of the class to make a financial donation as a way to give back to the University. “Everyone has studied, slept, and socialized in at least one of … Continue reading