The R.B. House Undergraduate Library has partnered with UNC Academic Advising and Campus Health Initiatives for Students’ Emerging Lifestyles (CHISEL) to create the “Week of Balance.” Other campus libraries will also offer special exam-time diversions.

Below is the full schedule for Fall 2012. Campus libraries will offer extended hours for reading and exam days.

Good luck with exams, everyone!

Thursday, Dec. 6

• Therapy dogs for students: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. (212 Undergraduate Library)* and 12:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. (268 Carroll Hall)
• Take a Break; Make a Book!: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. (Davis Library 1st floor)
• Winter Stories for children of all ages: 5 p.m. (Wilson Library)
• Free coffee: 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. (Music Libary)
• Meditation led by Linda C. Chupkowski: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. (205 Undergraduate Library)*
• Coffee and snack break: 10 p.m. – Midnight (205 Undergraduate Library)*

Friday, Dec. 7

• Crafting: Learn to Knit: 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. (Sloane Art Library)
• Learn to Make a Small Book: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. (Sloane Art Library)
• Free coffee: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. (Music Library)

Saturday, Dec. 8

• Free tea: Noon – 6 p.m. (Sloane Art Library)

Sunday, Dec. 9

• Free tea: 2 p.m. – 10 p.m. (Sloane Art Library)
• Crafting: Holiday Cards: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. (205 Undergraduate library)*

Monday, Dec. 10

• Crafting: Gingerbread Houses: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. (205 Undergraduate Library)*

Tuesday, Dec. 11

• Project Sunshine: Card making for children with medical challenges: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. (205 Undergraduate Library)*

Wednesday, Dec. 12

• Therapy dogs for students: Noon – 4 p.m. (268 Carroll Hall)

* Denotes an official “Week of Balance” event, sponsored by Campus Health Initiatives for Students’ Emerging Lifestyles (CHISEL), UNC Academic Advising, and the R.B. House Undergraduate Library.

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Update: This year’s total: 2,650 2,870 books. Thank you, everyone!

For the fourth consecutive year, UNC’s libraries are partnering with campus departments to collect children’s books for the Book Fairy, an organization that donates books to the Pediatric Oncology Clinic at UNC Hospitals.

The drive will run Nov. 2 through Dec. 6, 2012. All new or gently-used books for ages one through mid-teen are welcome. The need is especially great for English and Spanish-language board books, the sturdy picture books made for young children. Also needed are books featuring children and families of many cultures.

Friends of the Library will wrap up the drive by accepting donated books at the annual Winter Stories program on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m., in the lobby of Wilson Library.

The Bull’s Head Bookshop will offer a 25 percent 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.

Campus drop-off locations

• Davis Library lobby
• Undergraduate Library lobby
• Wilson Library lobby
• Health Sciences Library, 1^st floor lobby
• Law Library
• School of Information and Library Science, Manning Hall lobby
• School of Education, Peabody Hall, Student Affairs Office lobby, 1st floor
• School of Social Work, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building lobby
• FedEx Global Education Center, Peacock Atrium
• N.C. Memorial Hospital, Cashier, ground floor

The book drive is sponsored by the University Libraries Diversity Committee, the Health Sciences Library, the Law Library, the School of Information and Library Science, the School of Education, the School of Social Work, the FedEx Global Education Center, and the UNC Hospitals.

For information about the drive, contact Shauna Collier at (919) 843-5808 or Eileen Heeran Dewitya at (919) 962-6901.

Related Links

• The Book Fairy website
• List of suggested titles
• Library Launches Third Book Drive for Pediatric Cancer Patients

Scheduled library hours will not change. However, some parking lots near libraries will not be accessible. For questions about library access, please Ask a Librarian.

Good luck, runners!

Related Links

• UNC Libraries locations and hours
• Advisory from UNC Public Safety
• Campus Visitor Detour Guide
• Tar Heel 10-Miler information

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Researching African American Family History Workshop
Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012
Wilson Special Collections Library
9:30 a.m. Coffee and Pastries | Main Lobby
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Program | Pleasants Family Assembly Room
Free and open to the public
Register by emailing Biff Hollingsworth at biff@unc.edu

Information: Liza Terll, Friends of the Library, (919) 548-1203

Researching and preserving African American family history will be the topic of a workshop at UNC on Saturday, Apr. 14.

The workshop will focus on resources and methods for genealogical research; preservation of African American family collections; and use of primary sources in library collections.

The free public event, set for 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Wilson Special Collections Library, is being sponsored by the Southern Historical Collection (SHC) and the Friends of the Library. Due to space limitations, attendees are requested to register by emailing Biff Hollingsworth at biff@unc.edu.

Coffee and pastries will be available for workshop participants at 9:30 a.m.

Speakers:

• Dorothy Spruill Redford, former manager of the Somerset Place State Historic Site and the author of Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage, will discuss use of primary resources such as the Southern Historical Collection’s Pettigrew Family Papers,  Anne Cameron Collins Papers, and Cupola House Papers to document her enslaved ancestors at Somerset Plantation.

• Holly Smith and Biff Hollingsworth, UNC librarians in the Southern Historical Collection, will discuss how to preserve personal collections of archival material and how to use library resources to conduct genealogical research on African Americans.

• Joey Fink of the Southern Oral History Program will share tips for conducting oral history projects.

The workshop is part the African American Family Documentation Initiative, an effort to acquire and make available for research a wide range of archival materials (letters, journals, photographs, and the like) to document the experiences of black North Carolinians and their families.

Also included in the initiative is the exhibit Southern Roots, Enduring Bonds: African American Families in North Carolina, on view in the Southern Historical Collection (4th floor) through July 1, 2012.

The exhibit tells the stories of black families and communities in the South, and encourages African American families to partner with the Library in preserving their family history.

To learn more about the African American Family Documentation Initiative, contact Holly Smith in the Southern Historical Collection at (919) 962-1345 or email wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.

Related Links:

• Southern Historical Collection (SHC)

• Exhibit Encourages African American Families to Preserve Their History

• African American Family Documentation Initiative

• UNC Press page for Dorothy Spruill Redford’s Somerset Homecoming

Most Duke University Libraries are open to the general public during certain posted hours. Beginning January 23, members of the public are welcome to visit and use the Libraries according to the following schedule:

• Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
• Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
• Sunday: 10 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Outside of these hours, all library entrances will be card-access only. This applies to Perkins, Bostock, and Rubenstein Libraries on West Campus, and to Lilly and Music libraries on East Campus.

Please note that library hours for Duke University students, faculty, staff, and other Duke-affiliated visitors remain the same. For more information about library hours of operation, please see the  Duke Libraries website.

New Card-Access Entry Points
In addition to the revised schedule above, the double doors to Perkins and Bostock libraries beneath the Perkins/Bostock connector will be card-access only 24 hours a day beginning January 23.

To use these building entrances, library users will need to swipe their Duke ID card or Duke Alumni Card. Individuals without a Duke ID card or Duke Alumni Card are asked to enter through either of the main library entrances on the Academic Quad.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

The Duke University Libraries reserve the right to deny access to any person whose conduct is disturbing to others or detracts from the research, scholarship, and study environment of the Libraries.

For questions about these policies, please contact Duke University Libraries.

Related Links

• Revised Public Hours and Card-Access Entry Points (from Duke University Libraries)
• Contact Duke University Libraries

For event information, please contact Liza Terll, Friends of the Library, liza_terll@unc.edu, (919) 548-1203.

February 9, 2012
A Carolina Valentine: A Poetry Reading by Jeffery Beam Celebrating 35 Years at UNC (read more)
Poet and recently retired UNC Library employee will read from his work. Attendees are encouraged to bring canned goods for donation to the Food Bank of Eastern and Central North Carolina.
5:30 p.m. – Reading, Historic Playmakers Theatre
6:30 p.m. – Book signing, Anne Queen Faculty Lounge, Campus Y

February 28, 2012
Big-Time College Sports: What Needs to Change? (read more)
Panel discussion with author and historian Taylor Branch, former University of North Carolina President William C. Friday, and Duke University public policy and law professor Charles T. Clotfelter. Will Blythe, author of To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever, will moderate
5:30 p.m. – Panel discussion, Sonja Haynes Stone Center Auditorium

March 10, 2012
The Moseley Manuscript Map of North Carolina of 1737: Its History and the Hunt for Its Provenance (read more)
A recently discovered 18th-century map by Surveyor General Edward Moseley.
10 a.m – Program with independent scholar Michael McNamara

March 13, 2012
A Tribute to Son House (read more)
Southern Folklife Collection Blues Legacy Series.
5:30 p.m. – Lectures by Daniel Beaumont and Dick Waterman, and a panel discussion with Rory Block, Joe Beard, and John Mooney
7:30 p.m. – Tribute concert featuring Rory Block, Joe Beard, and John Mooney. Carolina Union
Purchase concert tickets through the Carolina Union box office, (919) 962-1449. Available February 14, 2012.

March 20, 2012
Southern Roots, Enduring Bonds: African American Families in North Carolina (read more)
Exhibit opening highlighting materials from the African American Family Documentation Initiative, including items from the papers of WRAL-TV broadcaster J.D. Lewis and his family.
5 p.m. – Exhibit opening
5:30 p.m. – Program with family and friends of J.D. Lewis

March 23, 2012
Music from the True Vine: A Tribute to Mike Seeger (read more)
Remembering musician and historian Mike Seeger (1933-2009), a member of the Seeger Family. The Mike Seeger Collection is held in the Southern Folklife Collection.
5:30 p.m. – Talk by Bill Malone, author of a biography of Mike Seeger
6:30 p.m. – Tribute concert with Alice Gerrard, Ginny Hawker, and Tracy Schwarz

March 29, 2012
“Maidens Call It Love-in-Idleness:” Potions, Passion, and Fairy Knowledge in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (read more)
In conjunction with the Rare Book Collection exhibition Nature and the Unnatural in Shakespeare’s Age.
5 p.m. – Exhibition viewing, Melba Remig Saltarelli Exhibit Room
5:30 p.m. – Program with UNC professor Mary Floyd-Wilson

April 4, 2012
Lux Libertas in Perpetuity: Historic Preservation at UNC (read more)
The 2012 Gladys Hall Coates University History Lecture, with Wendy Hillis, historic preservation officer at UNC.
5 p.m. – Exhibit viewing, North Carolina Collection Gallery
5:30 p.m. – Program with Wendy Hillis

April 10, 2012
The Invention of Scientific Reading (read more)
Adrian Johns, Allan Grant Maclear Professor of History at the University of Chicago, delivers a lecture in the UNC English and Comparative Literature department’s Critical Speakers series.
5:30 p.m. – Program with Adrian Johns

April 14, 2012
Researching African American Family History Workshop (read more)
Resources and techniques for using primary sources to research African American history.
9:30 a.m. – Coffee
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Program

April 24, 2012
The Japanese American Incarceration at Poston (read more)
A program about the experience of the Poston incarceration camp for Japanese Americans during World War II.
5 p.m. – Undergraduate researchers display Poston materials from Wilson Library
5:30 p.m. – Presentations by Poston survivor Joanne Iritani and UNC law professor Eric L. Muller

April 25, 2012
Campus Buildings and Libraries – Gallery Talk and Tour (read more)
In conjunction with the exhibitions “A Dialogue Between Old and New”: Notable Buildings on the UNC Campus and Knowledge Building(s): The Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2:30 p.m. – Gallery talk for Knowledge Building(s). Meet in Davis Library.
3 p.m. – Campus walking tour of significant buildings. Meet in Davis Library

June 2, 2012
Currency in Chaos: How the Civil War Changed America’s Money
A discussion about Civil War currency and an opportunity to have experts evaluate your notes, coins, and other money items from the Civil War era.
9:30 a.m. – Coffee
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Program

Download an event flier (pdf)

Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011
Wilson Special Collections Library
Cookies at 5 p.m. | Lobby
Program at 5:30 p.m. | Pleasants Family Assembly Room
Free and open to the public
Information: Liza Terll, Friends of the Library, (919) 548-1203

Storytellers and musicians will entertain children of all ages at the Friends of the Library’s 19th annual Winter Stories program on Dec. 8 in Wilson Library.

This year’s program, with the theme “A Gathering of Stars,” will feature tales from around the world, along with live instrumental music and sing-alongs.

Brian Sturm, associate professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS), and SILS students Keith Beisner, Becky Carlson, Veronica Koven-Matasy, Susan Metallo, and Megan England Ward will enchant with folk tales and literary tales from around the world.

SILS students Veronica Koven-Matasy, Ericka Patillo, and Hannah Pierce, plus Library staff members Kate Barnhart, Renee McBride, and Terry Patrickis will provide music.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a new or gently used children’s book to contribute to a book drive for the Book Fairy, an organization that donates children’s books to the Pediatric Oncology Clinic at UNC Hospitals.

Related Links

• Library Launches Third Book Drive for Pediatric Cancer Patients

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Howard Holsenbeck, UNC class of 1963

Have you considered joining the Friends of the Library at UNC? Your gift could go twice as far if you join by the end of the year.

A generous match challenge from longtime Library supporter Howard Holsenbeck will add $100 to the first 100 new Friends memberships of at least $100 each. Gifts must be made by Dec. 31, 2011.

Although it sounds complicated, the idea is simple. “Giving to the Library is one of the best investments I’ve ever made,”  said Holsenbeck, a member of the UNC class of 1963. “I’d like to encourage others to join me.”

Holsenbeck’s support for the Library reaches back to the year of his graduation, when he sent $50 to what he called “the most important part of the University.” Since then he has made a gift every single year, often several a year, to support the collections of the University Library. A previous Holsenbeck challenge in 2010 doubled 10 gifts of $1,000 from new donors to the Library.

“Howard Holsenbeck epitomizes the generosity of our Friends of the Library,” said University Librarian Sarah Michalak. “He wants to share the sense of purpose and commitment with others by encouraging them to give to the Library, too.”

Friends of the Library at all levels receive the biannual magazine Windows and advance notification of Library events and exhibits. Friends also receive a library borrower’s card that gives access to resources in any campus library (minimum annual gift of $25). At higher giving levels, building and endowment naming opportunities are available.

You may make a gift to the Library at any time online, or contact Peggy Myers, Director of Library Development, pmyers@email.unc.edu, (919) 843-5651.

Related Links

• Make a gift to the Library
• Friends of the Library

For the third consecutive year, UNC’s libraries are partnering with campus departments to collect children’s books for the Book Fairy, an organization that donates books to the Pediatric Oncology Clinic at UNC Hospitals.

The drive will run Nov. 14 through Dec. 8, 2011. All new or gently-used books for ages one through mid-teen are welcome. The need is especially great for English and Spanish-language board books, the sturdy picture books made for young children. Also needed are books featuring children and families of many cultures.

Friends of the Library will wrap up the drive by accepting donated books at the annual Winter Stories program on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m., in the lobby of Wilson Library.

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.

Campus drop-off locations

• Davis Library lobby
• Undergraduate Library lobby
• Wilson Library lobby
• Health Sciences Library
• Law Library
• School of Information and Library Science, Manning Hall lobby
• School of Education, Peabody Hall, Student Affairs Office lobby, 1st floor
• School of Social Work, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building lobby

The book drive is sponsored by the University Library Diversity Committee, the Health Sciences Library, the Law Library, the School of Information and Library Science, the School of Education, and the School of Social Work.

For information about the drive, contact Katelyn Ander, Undergraduate Library, 962-2559.

Related Links

• The Book Fairy website
• List of suggested titles

Download event flier (pdf)

I Dream of Chang and Eng
Program with playwright Philip Kan Gotanda
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011
Wilson Special Collections Library
5 p.m. Reception and exhibition viewing | North Carolina Collection Gallery
5:30 p.m. Program | Pleasants Family Assembly Room
Free and open to the public
Information: Liza Terll, Friends of the Library, (919) 548-1203

The lives of Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese twins, have been a source of fascination for nearly two centuries.

On Dec. 6, playwright Philip Kan Gotanda will speak about his new play, I Dream of Chang and Eng, which reimagines the remarkable lives of the pair.

The program will also feature presentations and readings from the play by undergraduate students who have researched the lives of Chang and Eng through documents in the Wilson Special Collections Library. A display of materials curated by the students will be on view during the event.

Chang and Eng were born in 1811 in Siam (now Thailand). As teenagers, they traveled the Americas and Europe, becoming popular celebrities. The pair eventually settled in North Carolina as gentlemen farmers, marrying sisters Adelaide and Sarah Yates of Wilkes County, and ultimately fathering 21 children between them. Chang and Eng died within hours of each other in 1874.

I Dream of Chang and Eng premiered in Berkeley, Ca., in March. Gotanda is known especially for his sensitive explorations of the lives of Asian Americans in both his many plays and as a filmmaker. He has been artist in residence at Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. His works have been produced by theaters across the country, including the American Conservatory Theater and the New York Shakespeare Festival.

Gotanda comes to UNC at the invitation of Heidi Kim, assistant professor of English and comparative literature, and the instructor for English 265 Honors, “Literature and Race, Literature and Ethnicity.”

“Philip is unquestionably one of the foundational and most influential figures in Asian American theatre,” said Kim. “He’s been incredibly generous with my students and has added immeasurably to their learning.”

Kim’s students used materials about the Bunkers and their era from the North Carolina Collection and Southern Historical Collection in Wilson Library. Their display and presentations will highlight letters and documents, pamphlets, photographs, and museum objects.

The program is sponsored by the North Carolina Collection, Southern Historical Collection, and the Friends of the Library.

Funding for Gotanda’s visit comes from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost through the Performing Arts Special Activities Fund, the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and Honors Carolina.

Related Links

• North Carolina Collection
• Southern Historical Collection
• The Chang and Eng Bunker Project (English 265 Honors class blog)
• Philip Kan Gotanda website
• Video: English 265 Honors students discuss Wilson Library documents about Chang and Eng
• Mike French
• Akhil Jariwala
• Hetali Lodaya