Hoole Spec Coll Lib

Part 2 of our Special Collections Music Workshops take place tomorrow, February 18, from 12:30 - 1:30 pm in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library Reading Room! For more info & to register, go here: lib.ua.edu/#/news-exhibit…

Interested in learning more about music resources in Special Collections? Join us on Wednesday February 11 at 12:30 pm for the Zoom workshop "Accessing the Digital and Archival Collections." Register here: lib.ua.edu/#/news-exhibit…

The Hoole Special Collections Library will be closed Monday May 26 for Memorial Day. We'll reopen Tuesday at 9 am. Reminder: we do require appointments. You can make an appointment with Aeon: ua.aeon.atlas-sys.com/logon. Learn more about Aeon here: guides.lib.ua.edu/aeon.

Going forward, all appointments should be made using the Aeon Requesting System: ua.aeon.atlas-sys.com/logon. To learn how to use Aeon, take a look at our user guide: guides.lib.ua.edu/aeon!

The Hoole Library Reading Room will be appointment-only starting Monday May 12. We require three business days' notice to make an appointment. Please email us at archives@ua.edu or call 205-348-0500 to make an appointment. For more information, go here: lib.ua.edu/libraries/hool…

This project is made possible by generous funding from the @NHPRC

given the fragility of the materials, specialty digitization equipment is necessary to prevent physical damage during scanning. Our first batch is currently in production, and we are prepping our second batch for shipment.

Project Update: Our project to digitize materials related to Alabama’s coal and iron labor history is progressing as planned! Our digitization vendor is using a full suite of imaging equipment to digitally reformat each page to archival preservation standards…

Visit one of our study spaces this week & finish strong! lib.ua.edu/using-the-libr… Chat ask.lib.ua.edu Appointments bit.ly/3owEZyx Gorgas and Rodgers Libraries are open 24/7 through May 2nd at 5pm for details lib.ua.edu/#/hours #wherelegendsaremade🐘🅰️

UA Libraries Special Collections is excited to announce a grant funded project to digitize primary source materials documenting the history of coal and iron in AL! This project is made possible by generous funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commision.

Starting today in Gorgas Library there is Special Collections Exhibit called "In The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico". In The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement, c. 1592 – 1819.

Today, C&IS celebrates the life of Camille Elebash, one of Tuscaloosa and The University of Alabama's most decorated and celebrated journalists and professors. Read her memoriam here: bit.ly/3CQwoy1

On this date in 1963, Vivian Malone & James Hood walked through the doors of Foster Auditorium to enroll as students at UA. Sixty years later, we honor their bravery and the doors of opportunity they opened. Learn more about this historic milestone: bit.ly/43GKayo

Join us next Wednesday April 12 at noon in the Hoole Library Reading Room for "Latin American Collections at the Hoole Special Collections Library"! calendar.ua.edu/event/latin_am… (We do ask that you register if you are planning to attend. Registration link below.)

It's 2023 and we are now on Instagram. Maybe give us a follow. instagram.com/hoolespecialco…

Final reminder: today at 12 pm in the Hoole Library Reading Room - "Researching Campus History at Hoole Special Collections"! calendar.ua.edu/event/research… We do ask that you register (link above) if you are planning to attend.

Want a how-to guide to searching for and accessing Hoole Library's rare books and primary source collections? Join us tomorrow (March 1) at 12 pm for a Zoom workshop! Registration is required. More info below: calendar.ua.edu/event/how_to_s…

Visit @TheGorgasHouse to learn about William Crawford Gorgas’ connection to the Panama Canal! #Tuscaloosa #UniversityOfAlabama #RollTide #UAMuseums #Museum

Hoole Special Collections Library will close at 12:30 pm today, due to the threat of severe weather. We will reopen at 9 am on Friday, February 17.

Memory, History and Catastrophe-The Legacy of Lynching: The Memorial for Peace and Justice event is an account of the creation of the Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, centered around an interview with Bryan Stevenson. ow.ly/Us7350MT6cC