Library News

The University Libraries are pleased to announce the availability of two new KIC Bookeye 4 scanning stations in the Norlin Library. One unit is located near the Research Desk while the other is situated in the Norlin Commons. These scanners are state-of-the-art devices that enable book scanning, in black and...

9/05/17 Update: We are pleased to announce that the Howard B. Waltz Music Library renovation has been completed! The Music Library opened on August 28, and additional furniture has been arriving all month. Our renovation makes more efficient use of space in staff areas, while creating more group study rooms...

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.

Take the OER survey on making educational resources available to students! The initiative could offer public domain materials to lower the cost of attendance and improve learning. The University of Colorado is a member of the Colorado Department of Higher Education Open Educational Resources (OER) Council , a statewide body...

Named InfoMotion, the bike has an attached cabinet used to transport information about University Libraries, promotional materials and, of course, books.

The University of Colorado Boulder joins the Open Library Environment (OLE) Partners to further strengthen library input and engagement with FOLIO and related library management efforts. CU Boulder becomes the 10th library organization to join OLE’s investment in FOLIO and open source efforts for library management tools. Leslie Reynolds, Interim...

Shannon Baker’s fifth mystery novel, Stripped Bare , opens with its narrator, Kate Fox, coming in from an evening of calving on her ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska. A phone call immediately pulls Kate and the reader into a fast-moving plot filled with unpredictable twists. Stripped Bare is the...

For the past three decades, James F. Williams II has led the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries. As he prepares to retire at the end of this week, we would like to thank him for the incredible impact he has had on the University Libraries, the profession, CU Boulder and...

The University Libraries are proud to announce a new art installation in the Norlin Library. The sculpture, entitled Sanctuary, was donated to CU Boulder’s Department of Religious Studies by the artist, Matthew Vivirito. He spoke with the libraries about the piece, his inspiration, and his process. “The piece incorporates elements...

With digital information and storage becoming increasingly vital to academic research, University Libraries and Research Computing will open a brand new, state-of-the-art center on campus this month designed to help CU Boulder students and faculty manage their data, preserve it for the future and leverage it to pursue new lines...