Collections
- The University Libraries community gardening project One Seed has shared thousands of red sunflower seeds with members of the university community and beyond—a flower which stems from CU Boulder history.
- Three undergraduate fellows in the University Libraries’ have curated exhibits using materials from Rare and Distinctive Collections.
- CU’s American Music Research Center and University Libraries’ Rare and Distinctive Collections recently acquired materials from Otis Taylor, an internationally renowned and Boulder-based blues banjo player.
- The fifth installment of the Embodied Judaism exhibit series, "Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness & Identity" explores the significance of food and agriculture for Jewish religious, cultural, national and political identities.
- In the latest edition of this series, the University Libraries conserve and research the recent donation of two World War II escape and evasion maps.
- A first edition of a rare, pedagogical music book by Giovanni Battista Martini was identified by music professor Robert Shay and now resides in Rare and Distinctive Collections.
- Undergraduate students from the department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts have curated film and video from the Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections for screening on April 19 and 26.
- Most materials will move to the Libraries offsite storage, PASCAL. Other items will be available electronically.
- The University Libraries has created a guide to Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept 15 to Oct 15.
- The collection includes over 125 books related to mental health, sexual health and wellness.