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  • Circulation student assistant assists a patron at the desk of the Earth Sciences Library
    Through an initiative of the University Libraries Interlibrary Loan Service (ILL), all CU Boulder students and employees with ILL privileges may now pick up their ILL requests at their preferred Main Campus library.  “Until now, all ILL users
  • Boulder Children’s Chorale
    Celebrate Latin American indigenous languages by exploring new book collections, academic scholarship and music this month at Norlin Library.  The “Inclusive Collections and Courses: Latin American Indigenous Languages” symposium will formally
  • The Libraries newspaper collection in Norlin.
    In today's news climate, keeping up with the news can be both easy and challenging to do. Social media makes it easy to see headlines, but difficult to actually read the articles due to paywalls.  The University Libraries strives to provide all
  • The University Libraries and CU Boulder students with representatives of the Fo Guang Shan Denver Vihara.
    The University Libraries recently accepted a Chinese set of the “Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts.” The 20-volume set of encyclopedias was donated by Fo Guang Shan, an international Chinese Buddhist monastic order of Taiwan, known for its efforts in
  • Norlin Stacks
    The University Libraries are pleased to announce a partnership with Google Books, which will allow thousands of unique books in our collection to be digitized.  This effort is part of the technology company’s Library Project, which aims to
  • Adam Lisbon and David Hays. Photo taken by Boulder Daily Camera
    A group of faculty, staff and students at the University of Colorado Boulder are working to fill in the gaps in the history of Japanese and Japanese Americans on campus. Head of archives Megan Friedel started chewing on the idea with colleagues when
  • Head of Archives Megan Friedel and Japanese and Korean Studies Librarian Adam Lisbon outside.
    The hallways under CU Boulder’s Norlin Library are lined with rows and rows of nondescript gray boxes. It’s not the most scenic spot on campus, but the university’s 101-year-old archives can be a glimpse into different worlds and times. Many of
  • Course reserve books stacked on table.
    As incoming and returning students arrive on campus and our faculty make last-minute edits to their syllabi, the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries are also preparing for a successful start to a new school year.  Our Circulation
  • PASCAL owner takes on order picker ride.
    About 40 miles away on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO, there is a 30-foot tall high-density storage facility that holds millions of books, records, maps, and more.  This place is called the Preservation and Access Service Center for
  • Students from University Hill Elementary School bee designs hang on wall.
    The University Libraries are constantly rolling out new exhibits with campus and community partners. The Libraries have been a continuous partner in CU Boulder’s “Documenting Change” program, which showcases the intersection between artists and
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