Example of a data visualization

2018 Data Visualization Contest

Oct. 9, 2018

The 2018 Data Visualization Contest is an opportunity for students to show off their visualizations and draw attention to their projects. Data visualizations may include everything from charts and graphs to maps to data art to 3d models and can be static, animated, or web-based interactive stories. The Center for...

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Celebrate GIS Day with the Libraries

Oct. 9, 2018

GIS Day is a worldwide event that celebrates the technology of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). As explained by GISGeography , "GIS can capture, display and analyze location data to help make powerful decisions. For example, GIS helps us understand where best to build a wind farm, predict areas of flooding...

Artwork and photographs of the environment from the exhibit

Mapping Home / Collecting Truths: Works by Indigenous and International Artists

Oct. 8, 2018

CU Boulder University Libraries invites you to Mapping Home / Collecting Truths: Works by Indigenous and International Artists at the Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library , in Benson Earth Sciences . The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular library hours . Melanie Yazzie...

The 4th composition

Stacked Brick Sculpture Update #4

Oct. 4, 2018

ENVD 3115 students have constructed the fourth composition in their Stacked Brick Sculpture assignment, in the Gemmill Engineering, Math & Physics Library. This structure was built on Thursday, September 27. Their design is an arch with two stools on either side. One group member said about their design, "arches are...

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University Libraries Offers Mailing Materials

Oct. 1, 2018

Update Effective spring 2020, this service is temporarily suspended until further notice. University Libraries now offers mailing materials to CU Boulder faculty, staff and students by U.S. Mail, as a pilot project for the 2018-19 academic year. When reserving materials online, user will find a new option in the drop-down...

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Children's and Young Adult Open House: October 10

Sept. 28, 2018

The University Libraries invite CU community members, families and K-12 teacher partners to celebrate the Children’s and Young Adult Open House, on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 4 p.m., in Norlin Library. As CU Boulder's School of Education leads innovation in teacher preparation, a strong Children’s and Young Adult Collection...

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Writers' Lounge Comes to Engineering, Math and Physics Library

Sept. 26, 2018

The Writing Center and the Gemmill Engineering, Math & Physics Library have teamed up to bring Writers' Lounge to the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Every Monday, from 2 to 5 p.m., a professional writing consultant from the Writing Center will be stationed in Math 150, inside the Gemmill...

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CU Boulder Libraries Joins HathiTrust

Sept. 26, 2018

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 brick throne composition.

Stacked Brick Sculpture Update #3

Sept. 25, 2018

ENVD 3115 students have constructed the third composition in their Stacked Brick Sculpture assignment, in the Gemmill Engineering, Math & Physics Library. This structure was built on Thursday, September 20. Their design is a throne. "All of the other groups are working with a lot of round shapes," one group...

A student sitting in the second stacked brick compisition.

Stacked Brick Sculpture Update #2

Sept. 17, 2018

ENVD 3115 students have constructed the second composition in their Stacked Brick Sculpture assignment, in the Gemmill Engineering, Math & Physics Library. This structure was built on Friday, September 14. Their design was meant to mirror the privacy reading pods that were once found in Norlin Library. “We wanted a...

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