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Chapin Planning Library Relocation

Update, July 14: The Planning Library has now moved. Please visit Davis Library for planning materials or to consult Planning Librarian Jen Doty. The collections and staff of the F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Planning Library will relocate to Davis Library July 12, 2010. To prepare for this move, the Chapin Planning Library will be closed … Continue reading »

Libraries Offer Choices for Exam Study

Students looking for places to study for exams have options across campus libraries. The most popular study spots, Davis Library and the Undergraduate Library, both offer expanded hours during exams. Wilson Library will also offer extended hours for quiet study in the reading rooms, plus an exam lounge on the main floor with light refreshments. … Continue reading »

Library User Survey to Take Place During 2010

The University will be conducting surveys of library users every month during 2010. The surveys will take place in some campus libraries and also online when users connect to library resources. The in-person survey will take place each month during 2010 in Davis Library, Wilson Library, and the Health Sciences Library for one randomly selected … Continue reading »

Design Lab in Undergraduate Library Announces New Name, Longer Hours

The Design Lab in the R.B. House Undergraduate Library is open for business and has extended its hours. The Lab, formerly known as the Collaboratory, was refurbished in 2009. It is a space for UNC students and faculty members to create digital and multimedia projects, and to receive assistance with Web site creation, image manipulation, … Continue reading »

New Hours Will Extend Access to Special Collections

The Wilson Special Collections Library announces new hours that will expand weekend access to collections and standardize hours across the collections. Effective January 4, all special collections reading rooms and galleries will be open as follows: Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. – 5 … Continue reading »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Geographic Information Systems Day Events in Davis Library, Nov. 18

Celebrate GIS Day Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 214 Davis Library 1 p.m. Program: “Preserving North Carolina’s Vanishing Geospatial Data” 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Map competition and refreshments Free and open to the public Information: Amanda Henley, GIS Librarian, (919) 962-1151 Join the staff of Davis Library for GIS Day, a celebration of Geographic Information Systems, … Continue reading »

UNC Library Offers Mobile Options

Users of mobile phones, Blackberries, and similar devices now have access to UNC Library collections and services with two sites designed just for them: Mobile UNC Library site: library.unc.edu/m For Blackberry and plain-text: library.unc.edu/m/plain The mobile sites provide access to books, journals, research tools, and, of course, librarians in a format specially designed for on-the-go … Continue reading »

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