Announcements

The University Libraries are offering educators affiliated with the university an opportunity to participate in an Open Educational Resources (OER) professional development. This opportunity is sponsored by OpenCU, a project funded by a grant from the Colorado Department of Higher Education and with additional support from the CU Office of...

The University of Colorado Boulder is part of a major national effort to assess the physical health of books across American research libraries. The Library of Congress is spearheading the initiative , thanks to a $540,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. CU Boulder Libraries, along with libraries at...

The Provost’s Fellowship in Information Science application is now open until November 21! CU Libraries and the Graduate Teacher Program (GTP) invites graduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Engineering & Applied Science, College of Media, Communication and Information, College of Music and School of Education...

The University of Colorado Boulder Libraries have become the newest member of HathiTrust , a global partnership of major research institutions and libraries working towards its mission to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. Today, ten years after its founding, HathiTrust holds the...

The Spring Awards ceremony is the time the University Libraries takes to recognize the important contributions that their faculty and staff have made over the past years. The 24th annual Campbell Award acknowledges the value and dedication of a respected member of our Library staff. This person has gone over...

CU Boulder Provost Russell Moore has named Robert H. McDonald as dean of University Libraries. McDonald, who currently serves as associate dean for research and technology strategies and librarian at Indiana University, will assume the post on Aug. 1, 2018. “I want to welcome Robert to CU Boulder,” said Moore...

The University Libraries continually seek input in an effort to create user-centered services and inclusive spaces. We received hundreds of responses to last year’s LibQual user survey. We’d like to share what we learned and the improvements we've made. Successes: services receiving the most positive feedback Individualized services like Ask...

Leslie Reynolds, Lisa Kippur, Barbara Black, Jim Williams, Yem Fong, and Deb Hollis at the CALCON17. James F. Williams II, dean emeritus, received the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) 2017 Career Achievement Award at their annual conference October 13 in Loveland, Colorado. The annual award honors a Colorado librarian who...

Athletic and academic experiences go hand-in-hand at the University of Colorado Boulder. Thanks to a generous donation from CU Athletics, we are able to offer three new resources to the community.

This spring the Friends of the Libraries sponsored three Undergraduate Friends of the Libraries Fellows: Ben Allen, Julia Kim, and Kelly Dinneen. The Fellowship introduces undergraduates to careers in academic librarianship. Fellows have the opportunity to work closely with library staff and a library faculty member as part of a...