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  • Portrait of Walter Orr Roberts, former director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
    The University Libraries and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are delighted to share the newly curated Walter Orr Roberts digital collection. Roberts was an internationally-renowned astrophysicist and a principal figure in many
  • Who are the contents of this rediscovered "time capsule" really for? Our archivist David Hays wrote about his efforts to find and recount this little slice of history just in time for Memorial Day. www.colorado.edu/libraries/2019/05/27/memorial-day-time-capsule
    Hanging in shadow over one’s back shoulder, high on the south wall of Macky Auditorium is a tarnished bronze plaque. Having nothing to do with music or the College of Music, played and housed in Macky, there is little reason to bring attention to
  • Campbell Award recipient David Hays delivers his acceptance speech.
    Longtime staff archivist David Hays is this year’s recipient of the Campbell Award. Campbell Award recipient David Hays delivers his acceptance speech. The award is named after Marie and Martha Campbell, sisters who joined the University
  • Data Preservation thumbnail
    The University of Colorado Boulder Libraries are now members of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA), a collaborative consortium of organizations dedicated to the long-term preservation of digital information.  The University
  • Norlin Library at sunset
    The 71st Conference on World Affairs (CWA) kicks off today at the University of Colorado Boulder. The week-long conference will last five days and features over 200 events, one of which is a public premiere film screening of “The Light Shines On,” a
  • Cover of CU Boulder's student newspaper, the Silver and Gold, from 1892
    Two of the University of Colorado Boulder’s historic university newspapers have been digitized by the Colorado State Library. “El Diario de la Gente” and early issues of “Silver and Gold” are available online from the Colorado Historic
  • Leones Glacier, Aysén, Chile, December 1, 2011, Photograph by Christoph Strassler.
    After two years, a dedicated group of University Libraries faculty, staff, and students partnered with the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) to digitize approximately 9,000 glacial photos from the Roger G. Barry Archives with help from grant
  • Photo courtesy of Professor David E. Fishman of books rescued by Jewish inmates during the Holocaust
    CU Boulder’s Program in Jewish Studies and cosponsors will honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, with a free public lecture by visiting scholar David E. Fishman, professor of history at the Jewish Theological
  • Jared Polis
    Gov.-elect Jared Polis will archive his congressional papers in the CU Boulder Libraries Special Collections, Archives and Preservation department. The donation will make Polis’ archived website and social media available for the public in
  • Students looking at an exhibit case at the UMAS celebration.
    The University of Colorado's predominantly white campus was a culture shock for Ashly Villa-Ortega. Now a senior, she began studying at CU in the fall of 2015, mere months after Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president. She wanted to get
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