Rare and Distinctive Collections

Editor’s note: To collect these assets and complete this project, students followed strict health and safety COVID-19 guidelines that included social distancing. For audio or video interviews, students conducted them virtually by phone or

Chi Feng, a graduate student in the Department of Asian Studies and Civilization, used this fellowship to pair her interest in the academic scholarship of early China with strengthening records of rare Chinese books held in the Libraries’ collections.

This blog post is one in a series where student interns working on the CU Japanese and Japanese American Community History Project share and reflect on their experiences.  Until recently, I had no idea that there was such a long history of

This blog post is one in a series where student interns working on the CU Japanese and Japanese American Community History Project share and reflect on their experiences.  In the Fall of 2019, Megan Friedel (Head of Archives) and Adam Lisbon (

This week, the University Libraries are bidding adieu to the hard-working, talented and innovative Class of 2020 graduates who have served as libraries employees, interns and volunteers, and who have made significant and memorable contributions to

For many people, the smell of a paper book is enchanting. Books can remind us of chocolate, coffee, smoke, wood or vanilla. The aroma is so popular, perfumiers have tried to capture the essence of a book's smell through candles and even cologne or

Looking for a new craft activity to try while at home? Conservators in-training, rejoice! The University Libraries' Preservation unit and the Book Arts League of Lafayette, Colorado can teach you how to make a single sheet pamphlet to further

Please join us virtually at noon on Tuesday, April 21 for the University Libraries’ first annual Peter Ossorio Archives Fellowship Symposium.  The Libraries Special Collections, Archives, and Preservation (SCAP) department inaugurated the

The Special Collections, Archives, and Preservation (SCAP) department of the University Libraries has created the Documenting Community, 2020 project to capture, in real time, the ways in which COVID-19 is affecting our university community, our

This event is canceled due to ongoing issues related to COVID-19. We apologize for any inconvenience and will update you if we are able to reschedule this event.