Maps on display as part of the exhibit

"Protect This Land" Exhibit in Earth Sciences & Map Library

April 18, 2019

The Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library is unveiling a new exhibit. “Protect This Land: Making Change Through Visualization” showcases a range of western maps alongside works by notable artists and student creations. The Earth Sciences & Map Library’s involvement in the “Documenting Change” campus-wide program further illustrates...

Rendering of Business Library Circulation Desk

Business Library Renovation and Closure

April 2, 2019

We are pleased to announce that the William M. White Business Library is being renovated during the 2019/2020 academic year as a part of the Leeds School of Business and College of Engineering expansion project! Construction on our new space has begun and will last until approximately January 2021, opening...

Government Publications kept at Norlin Library.

CU Boulder Libraries Hub For GoPIG

March 28, 2019

As the first Preservation Steward library in the nation and the longtime steward of government documents and the state’s Regional Depository for governmental documents, the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries serves as the glue that keeps government information libraries together. The Government Publications Interest Group (GoPIG) is a well-established, long-time...

Students Adán García, Ashly Villa-Ortega, and Amairany Casillas-Alcala were the leading curators for the exhibit.

UMAS and University Libraries partnership builds on history

March 22, 2019

Over 50 people connected to UMAS y MEXA de CU Boulder turned out to Norlin Library for the panel exhibit and reception celebrating the student group’s dynamic history. UMAS’ mission is to empower Latinx through education and activism. Amairany Casillas-Alcala, Adán García, and Ashly Villa-Ortega, all students that have been...

All students are welcome to submit original material by April 8, 2019.

LibCast Music Contest Now Through April 8

March 12, 2019

The University Libraries are excited to share their ongoing development of LibCast, a new podcast sharing the stories from the Libraries. LibCast producers want a simple and upbeat music theme to tie each episode together, and would prefer the music be an original composition by a CU Boulder student. All...

People holding chat bubble signs saying "Come Chat With Engineers."

Chat With Professional Engineers at Engineering in the Library

Jan. 14, 2019

Are you unclear about your career, unsure or undecided about your major? We invite you to attend the Engineers in the Library , February 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the upper floor of the Gemmill Engineering, Math & Physics library, in the Math Building. This is an open-house...

Wes and Linda as graduates.

A Love Story, With Maps

Dec. 10, 2018

One recipe for enduring love: A classroom encounter, a typewriter and a 1902 map of Colorado.

Student Playing the Game Zero Waste Speed Sort

Composting Comes to The Laughing Goat

Nov. 15, 2018

You may notice new bins in The Laughing Goat Cafe in Norlin Library. As part of a pilot this semester, the Environmental Center and the University Libraries have placed eight composting bins in the area surrounding the cafe. Daniel Baril , Zero Waste Program Manager, is leading the project. “We...

One of the pieces of the exhibit.

More than Geography: Panel Conversation of the Mapping Home/Collecting Truths Exhibition

Nov. 5, 2018

In honor of Geography Awareness Week , the Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library invites you to a reception and panel on Thurs, Nov 15, at 3:30 p.m., More Than Geography . The discussion, which begins at 4 p.m., engages the libraries’ current exhibition Mapping Home/Collecting Truths and...

The seventh composition.

Stacked Brick Sculpture Update #7

Oct. 29, 2018

ENVD 3115 students have constructed the seventh composition in their Stacked Brick Sculpture assignment, in the Gemmill Engineering, Math & Physics Library. This structure was built on Thursday, October 25. Their design is a pedestal with a backdrop. "We wanted to be diffferent from the other groups, stray away from...

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