University of Mississippi Libraries

Goodbye snow, hello rain! Grab your umbrella and come visit UM Libraries! J.D. Williams is open until midnight and the Science Library is open until 8:00 pm.

REBALERT: The university will delay the start of the spring semester until Thursday, Jan. 25. We strongly advise all students to delay your return to Oxford until Tuesday, Jan. 23 at the earliest. Full Message: bit.ly/3tW8PD0

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K12 librarians are here for the School Library Symposium we are hosting. One of their stops was the IDEAlab 💡 makerspace.

That third one… 🤔

@OleMissNews @beaverbatte @archivists_org

Original Library Collection Provides Insights Into University of Mississippi Early Days - Archivist working on project ahead of University Libraries' anniversary next year Full Story: bit.ly/47n4BlZ

We’ve been working on something really cool and excited to share this project with @OleMiss

Autumn in the Velvet Ditch🍂 In the Velvet Ditch Poster Series: Part 2 Have a great Thanksgiving Break, Rebs!

Can you guess all the costumes?

It’s National College Radio Day and no one does it better than Rebel Radio 92.1! 📻 The first radio station on campus was documented in the late 1920s but WUMS has been around since the 1980s.

Check out our #BannedBooksWeek stickers at the help desk on second floor (by the Starbucks) @olemiss

Reminder to students who went to the OTHER library last night, the one with the books is open noon to midnight if you’re looking for a quiet spot to wrap up your studying this weekend 😉

ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom has released new preliminary data documenting a continued uptick in censorship attempts in libraries across the U.S. during the first 8 months of 2023. Read more: ala.org/news/press-rel… #UniteAgainstBookBans #FreePeopleReadFreely

FRIDAY @ 1:00 join @southernstudies and @sarahisomcenter in Archives and Special Collections as we host Dr. Travis Foster from Villanova University to discuss the long history of gender variance. For more information calendar.lib.olemiss.edu/event/11290540

Interested in joining our Afrofuturism Discussion Group? There's only 15 spots available! Want more information about the group? Fill out this form: forms.gle/S51hHmyLyRETiQ… Questions can be directed at (662)915-3224 or dntownse@olemiss.edu

Day 1 of 2 is underway for Programming for Researchers hosted by @swcarpentry!

TOMORROW! Don't miss it!

Join us on Wednesday to learn more about the Pass It On! initiative and @UMLibraries—and there will be free pizza. See you there! 🍕

APPLICATIONS ARE STILL OPEN! Come be a part of the fun this semester 😀 Apply here: bit.ly/3WY5ayA

Welcome back, Rebs! We're open until midnight!