Archive for March, 2012
Celebrating Preservation Week with Steve Berry
Monday, April 23, 4:00-5:30 p.m. Millhopper Branch Library International and New York Times best-selling author and 2012 National Preservation Week spokesperson Steve Berry will give a talk about his suspense novels in celebration of Preservation Week 2012 (April 22-28). Berry will speak at the Millhopper Branch Library on Monday, April 23 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. Berry, [...]
Read More..>>ICPSR Workshop
The University of Florida Department of Political Science and the George A. Smathers Libraries present THE ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) WORKSHOP Thursday, April 12, 2012 Library West, Room 211 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Registration Info: RSVP to dschwieder@uflib.ufl.edu; walk-ins also welcome What Will You Learn? What’s in the ICPSR archive [...]
Read More..>>UF Libraries debut online exhibition as companion to opening of the Harn Museum David A. Cofrin Asian Art Wing
The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries has debuted the online exhibition “Korean Art: Collecting Treasures” (http://exhibits.uflib.ufl.edu/harnkoreanart) to coincide with the March 30 opening of the Harn Museum’s David A. Cofrin Asian Art Wing and as a permanent companion to the temporary exhibition. The online exhibition features items from the Harn’s Korean holdings including bronzes, [...]
Read More..>>Join the libraries 10th annual ReadFest and 6th annual Edible Book Contest!
In celebration of National Library Week, the Smathers Libraries will hold the 10th annual ReadFest on April 10-11 and 6th annual Edible Book Contest on April 12! Join us to read an excerpt of a favorite book (or listen to others read), read to children or enter the Edible Book Contest. All signups are at [...]
Read More..>>Presentation by Brett Bobley, Director NEH’s Office of Digital Humanities
Monday, March 19, 2012 4:00-6:00 p.m. Smathers Library (East), Room 1A All faculty, students, and staff are invited to a virtual presentation and Q&A with Brett Bobley, Director of the NEH’s Office of Digital Humanities (ODH), who will speak about the development of the ODH, its current funding programs, and future trajectories. There will be [...]
Read More..>>ARTBOUND 2012: Third Annual Juried Student Book Arts Competition at the University of Florida Libraries
EXTENDED DEADLINE: JUNE 5, 2012 Call for Entries: Students (graduate or undergraduate) making books in book arts and/or fine arts programs across the United States are invited to participate in ARTBOUND by submitting work to a juried artists’ book exhibition and permanent collection at The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries! Entrants are to [...]
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