Dear Friends, In this issue, there are two stories that reflect important investments of library resources. The first is our library website. The new website represents our first major overhaul of the website in five years. While we are always making small changes and improvements, this represents significant effort by our webmaster, Debra Riley-Huff; ourRead the story …
Original and rare Faulkner material showcased
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The Faulkner Room in the J.D. Williams Library is displaying the many facets of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner’s career. “William Faulkner’s Books: A Bibliographic Exhibit” features 20 cases of work by Faulkner, focusing on the writing, publication and dissemination of the author’s books. Items on display include early manuscript drafts, first editions and limitedRead the story …
Friends of the Library focuses on future
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Friends of the Library, the volunteer organization that works to increase library resources of the University of Mississippi, is undergoing reorganization and looking ahead. Stephen Monroe, UM assistant dean and instructional assistant professor in the College of Liberal Arts, has assumed the position of interim president of the group’s board. The position had been vacantRead the story …
Library website gets new look
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UM’s J.D. Williams Library is showing off a new website designed to better suit users’ needs. The new website is intended to be more user-friendly and boost academic research. Debra Riley-Huff, head of Web services for the library, said the UM library website was updated so that people could use it on all kinds ofRead the story …
Civil rights films screened for local community
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The University of Mississippi Libraries and Center for the Study of Southern Culture have partnered with the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation and the Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library to present a set of four films based on the history of the civil rights movement in America. Two of the four documentaries shownRead the story …
Library lecture examines civil rights-era judge’s career, influence
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Archives & Special Collections at the University of Mississippi hosted a program on April 17 to commemorate Judge Claude F. Clayton and mark the opening of his case files and other papers to researchers. Clayton, a graduate of the UM School of Law, served as a judge on the U.S. District Court of Northern MississippiRead the story …
Recent donations enhance literature, accountancy, Southern history collections
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Three recent donations to the J.D. Williams Library will enrich the literature, accountancy and Southern history collections. The Shakespeare Oxford Society, Gary Previts and the late Carolyn Ross made these generous donations. The Shakespeare Oxford Society (SOS), a nonprofit, educational organization, gave the library more than 300 items, each bearing the society’s custom bookplate. “WhenRead the story …
Thank you for supporting our future
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Thank you. We will never have enough opportunities to say thank you for your support of the University Libraries. You help strengthen not only the libraries but also our beloved university as a whole. Each and every student and faculty member needs the resources offered under our roof, which you help make available. Many ofRead the story …
University Libraries 2013 Donors
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We express our gratitude for the numerous ways you support the University Libraries. For more information about becoming involved, please contact Angela Barlow, development director, at 662-915-3181 or ambarlow@olemiss.edu.
Two UM librarians complete leadership program
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Twenty-six students participated in the yearlong Mississippi Library Leadership Institute, designed to develop the next generation of library leaders in Mississippi. Of those participants, two were librarians from the University of Mississippi Libraries: Melissa Dennis and Judy Greenwood. The Mississippi Library Leadership Institute is a transformational experience requiring participants to attend four three-day training sessions,Read the story …