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Our Innovation Lab Maker Space is opening on Monday, July 15th! Come say hello and make something!

The Digital Media Lab wants your feedback about our services and equipment. Use the QR code or follow this link to complete a brief survey: forms.gle/fbyjDdu252nuZ9…

Our phones are out! We are working to fix this. In the meantime, if you need us, please email us aok@umbc.edu or use the "Ask a librarian" feature on our website.

STUDY-A-THON today on the library’s Discord server! Meet us in the Virtual Study Room 4-9 for some pomodoro-style study sessions with games in between. Find us here: discord.gg/urNPbqdgXp

The Career Center's big Career and Internship Fair is right around the corner (2/17), which means every printer in the library is about to be hit with long lines of folks waiting on fresh copies of their resumes. Print ahead and skip the wait!

Digital Media Lab open house TODAY from 11-2! Learn about all the cool equipment and resources the DML offers. Stop by our table in the library atrium for free swag and a raffle ticket, then check out all the stuff in the DML for snacks and raffle entry 😎

Last weekend to enter the #Librrary contest! Win your own private study room! Post a photo/text/anything about how YOU use the library. Tag us and use the hashtag #VIPStudySpace. Entries accepted until Monday, December 6th at noon! Visit my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library… for more info

Welcome back Retrievers! If you need help getting started in the library, or just want a refresher, we’ve put together a slideshow for you! Follow the QR code or go to library.umbc.edu/welcome.php to see a quick library orientation. Welcome to the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery!

It's almost finals week, so we're helping you Relax and Refuel! If you missed us yesterday, stop by True Grits tonight starting at 5 to grab your care package!

[Image: Brea Souders, End of the Road 10, 2020. Courtesy of the artist.]

Brea Souders and Lia Purpura will be in conversation for a free virtual artist's talk on April 22, 2021, at noon EST. Register here: ow.ly/jr5t50EkR04 #umbc #poetrymonth

For our final day of #NationalLibraryWeek, we want to highlight our Gallery's newest virtual exhibit, End of the Road. This exhibition features photographs by Brea Souders alongside writing by UMBC poet-in-residence Lia Purpura. See the full exhibit here: librarygallery.umbc.edu

If you ever want to give directly to AOK Library, check our website homepage for the donation link. Your support means we can do our favorite thing--support our community of inquisitive minds! #umbc library.umbc.edu

.@EveryLibrary builds voter support for library causes across the country. There are so many issues to support and campaigns to join--check them out today! everylibrary.org

Today, we're celebrating Take Action for Libraries Day as part of #NationalLibraryWeek. Many orgs work to alert citizens to various library-related causes and needs . The American Library Association provides advocacy information for national causes. ala.org/advocacy/

If you are missing focused study time with fellow Retrievers, check out our discord Virtual Study Room! lib.guides.umbc.edu/virtualstudyro… #umbc

...or book a virtual research appointment with a librarian to get some help on that tricky final project: library.umbc.edu/makearesearcha…

Are you inspired by #NationalLibraryWeek to dig into some library services? Try our curbside pickup to check out books from AOK Library: umbc.libcal.com/spaces?lid=105…

@UMBC Thank you so much for the shout-out, and extra points for those library puns! 😂

It's National Library Workers Day and we wanted to say thank you to our tremendous staff at @UMBCLibrary! We could speak volumes about the important chapters they've added to our story 💛🖤 #NationalLibraryWeek