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Honoring the 80th anniversary of the USS Arizona's sinking at Pearl Harbor

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. A one-of-a-kind exhibit dedicated to the USS Arizona battleship that was destroyed in a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941, is getting...
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Application deadline extended for University Libraries Data Grant Program

Researchers often can't find free data sources that meet their needs. As a result, they have to find funding from their department or through grant funding to purchase data. But what if grants are competitive or aren't available to purchase...
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Jerry Perry honored with Association for Academic Health Sciences Libraries Award

Associate Dean Jerry Perry was honored by the Association for Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) with the Gerald J. Oppenheimer Cornerstone Award at the annual business meeting on November 3. Perry was recognized for his service to AAHSL and...
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Congratulations to the 2021 Greenfield Scholarship recipients

Congratulations to Cassandra Sillik , Jacqueline Larson , and Julie Fonseca , who were awarded a 2021 Naomi and Samuel Greenfield Endowed Scholarship ! This annual $1,000 scholarship for library student employees was established by long-time librarian Louise Greenfield...
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University Libraries awarded Teaching with Primary Sources grant

The Library of Congress , the world’s largest library, recently awarded a $83,226 grant to the University Libraries. This funding will bring our library and archival experts together with a multidisciplinary group of University of Arizona faculty to create teaching...
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Ethan Henderson appointed Director of Development

University Libraries is pleased to announce the appointment of Ethan Henderson as our Director of Development. Ethan brings an impressive record of experience and accomplishments in academic library fundraising and donor relations. Before joining our team in August, he...
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Call for Proposals: Libraries announce second round of Digital Borderlands Mellon grant

Note: New proposal development workshop dates added on Jan. 14 and Jan. 21. The University of Arizona Libraries invite faculty, scholars, and interdisciplinary teams from the university to submit applications for the second round of grants to support research and...
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CATalyst welcomes all makers and ReDATA launches data curation services

University Libraries' commitment to the value of openness is evident, literally and figuratively, in two initiatives: the Research Data Repository, known as ReDATA, and CATalyst Studios, a makerspace located in the Main Library. Read our recent story in Lo Que...
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Sarah Shreeves selected as Association of Research Libraries Leadership Fellow

Sarah Shreeves , vice dean at the University Libraries, has been selected as a member of the 2021-2022 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Fellow program . The year-long program, the flagship of the ARL Academy , brings together a...
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at the Libraries

University Libraries is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) by highlighting history, people, digital collections, and online exhibits that include and represent Hispanic, Latinx, and Chicano/a/x communities. Stay tuned as new highlights are added. Using newspapers to expand...
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Health Sciences Library launches new website September 20

You asked, and we delivered. The University of Arizona Health Sciences Library (UAHSL) will launch a new, improved website on September 20. A team of University Libraries staff has been transitioning the website to the university’s UA Sites platform over...
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Looking back, looking forward, preserving A.E. Douglass materials for the future

A.E. Douglass and colleagues working in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research under the Arizona Stadium, undated. Enjoy the last story in a four-part series about the Andrew Ellicott Douglass films digitization project funded by the Council on Library and Information...
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How the library is building data science skills for students and faculty

The Harvard Business Review once described the work of a data scientist as the "sexiest job of the 21st century." One University of Arizona data scientist looked at 10 universities in the United States to better understand what a job...
Welcome Back to the University of Arizona Libraries! (Fall 2021)

Welcome back, Wildcats! Take a tour of our spaces and services.

Maybe it has been a while since you've been in the libraries--or maybe you've never visited us at all! Here's a quick tour of some of our spaces and services with America Curl , a former student employee and recent...
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Fine Arts Library continues as a closed stacks library

Due to budget and staffing constraints, the Fine Arts Library (FAL) is permanently closed to walk-in access and will continue to serve as a closed stacks library. The University Libraries, in collaboration with the College of Fine Arts and the...
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Library data specialists amplify student research discoveries

Last October, the Libraries’ Office of Digital Innovation & Stewardship launched the University of Arizona Research Data Repository , also known as ReDATA. ReDATA, which is free to University of Arizona faculty, staff, designated campus colleagues, and enrolled undergraduate and...
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A tribute to Lois Olsrud: football librarian, colleague, donor

Lois Olsrud , a former library faculty member and long-time colleague, passed away June 2, 2021. Hired in 1966 as a Humanities Librarian, she retired June 28, 1996, after 30 years of service at the University Libraries.  Lois worked closely...
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How Special Collections brings archives to life

Our Special Collections department contributes research work and support that results in course curricula, manuscripts and books, articles, films, and much more. Even podcasts. Trent Purdy Amanda Howard In October 2019, Canadian podcaster Adam Huggins traveled to Tucson to do...
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A special shout-out to Special Collections student employees

The spring semester has ended, but we wanted to give a special shout-out to the student employees in Special Collections who made great contributions over the past academic year. From August 10, 2020, to May 4, 2021, they served over...
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Libraries announce Mellon grant recipients to launch U.S.-Mexico Borderlands digital storytelling projects and new collaborations

People who live and work on the U.S.-Mexico borderlands will be able to see more perspectives of their history, culture and experiences thanks to a grant project created by the University Libraries to support the development of research projects that...

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