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Eric Shoaf Donates Collection to UNCG in Honor of his Mother, Class of ‘52
11/5/2009 1:33:00 PM
The UNCG Libraries have received a donation by Eric C. Shoaf of a collection of books on the history of the guitar in popular music given in honor of his mother, Jane Sarsfield Shoaf, Class of 1952. The collection includes more than 500 items, focusing on guitar selections, biographies on great master guitarists, guitar repairs, and guitar learning courses. Eric is the Assistant Dean for Administration of the Library at the University of Texas at San Antonio.Sarah Dorsey, Head of Music Library ...
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Citizen Power... Activate! Form of... Upcoming Elections
10/28/2009 9:21:00 AM
I was robbed!Well, I'm not sure that Penn and I were ever actual city residents before, but with the recent redistricting process, we've lost our membership in the elite group that gets to go to the polls next Tuesday (or earlier if you like) and vote in the Greensboro city election.You city-tax-payin' swells, on the other hand, will be voting for a mayor, a city council member from your district, and three at-large council members. You'll also be asked to approve or deny $20,000,000 in bonds fo...
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Irma Minerva's Audio Magazine
Podcasts from Jackson Library at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
UNCG's All Campus Read and interview with Scott Gibson
10/26/2009 5:02:00 PM
In this podcast, we interview Scott Gibson, coordinator for the "All Campus Read" (formerly All Freshman Read) program and the One Book, Many Voices conference at UNCG. He discusses this year's book selection Enrique's Journey and it's importance to the local community.Author Sonia Nazario will be speaking Monday, Nov. 16, from 3-4 p.m. in Cone Ballroom, Elliott University Center and later in a lecture from 7-9 p.m. in the Sullivan Science Building Auditorium which is open to the public. Don't m...
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bonefolder
The cleanest book.
11/20/2009 4:00:00 AM
Earlier this year Bill Stewart from Vamp & Tramp Booksellers came to Jackson Library and gave a wonderful presentation on art books. One of the books he brought with him is called Soap Story which consists of two packages wrapped in archival copies of pages from a 1950s woman's magazine. One package contains 6 cubes of soap that the reader is meant to wash with. Inside of each cube is a page of linen paper screen-printed with part of the story. The other package contains a blank album. The reade...
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UNCG's Dataland
UNCG's land of data releases, new data sources, fun stats information, and much more!
Hey! IPUMS users! Read this!
11/19/2009 2:25:00 PM
IPUMS Research Award! Call for Nominations!The Minnesota Population Center is pleased to announce the second annual award competition for research using the MPC’s microdata collection. The 2009 IPUMS competition has been expanded to include separate awards for research using the USA and international databases. Papers or publications submitted should utilize one or more of the IPUMS datasets for studying social, economic, and/or demographic processes.To be eligible for the USA awards, papers mus...
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UNCG Special Collections & University Archives
SCUA collects, preserves, and makes accessible rare, unique, or otherwise significant materials outside the scope of the general UNCG library collection. We also deliver presentations, classes, tours,...
T-Day
11/17/2009 11:47:00 AM
Count Down to T-DayIn 1983, Swift & Co. owners of the iconic Butterball Turkey, published this guide to surviving Thanksgiving preparations. This guide provides a plan for the cook to follow as well as recipes so that the meal will be a success.Great American dinners : turkey with all the trimmings : the Butterball planner, step-by-step directions for a truly great holiday meal. item facsimile on view :Holiday Celebrationsan exhibitNovember 16, 2009 - January 4, 2010First Floor Lobby, Main Buil...
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