This Spring, the J.D. Williams Library Green Team contracted True View Window Tinting to install Vista low emissivity (low-e) film on the south-facing library windows to reduce energy consumption and improve the overall comfort level of the library building. Initially, the library funded a project to cover one large east-facing window earlier in the year.Read the story …
Digitizing UM’s special collections becomes full-time job
Many collections now available online
November 13, 2014 by
From photographs of blues legend B.B. King to the historic images of the 1962 integration of Ole Miss, the digital collections of the University of Mississippi’s Department of Archives and Special Collections are a valuable online resource. Archives and Special Collections staff digitizes an array of historic photographs, documents and interviews, including analog materials suchRead the story …
AICPA Collection Digitized
November 13, 2014 by
When the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) donated its library to the University of Mississippi in 2001, it was an opportune time for digitizing. Royce Kurtz, accounting reference librarian and associate professor, has created digital copies of more than 7,000 titles totaling a quarter of a million pages. These titles document the evolutionRead the story …
Journalism school’s namesake donates unique historic photo collection to library
October 13, 2014 by
The J.D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi soon will be home to a unique collection that includes never-before-seen photos of James Meredith attending his first classes at Ole Miss and what are believed to be the last photographs made of William Faulkner at his Oxford home, Rowan Oak. Ole Miss alumnus and journalism school namesakeRead the story …
Message from the Dean
May 14, 2014 by
Dear Friends, In this issue, there are two stories that reflect important investments of library resources. The first is our library website. The new website represents our first major overhaul of the website in five years. While we are always making small changes and improvements, this represents significant effort by our webmaster, Debra Riley-Huff; ourRead the story …
Original and rare Faulkner material showcased
May 14, 2014 by
The Faulkner Room in the J.D. Williams Library is displaying the many facets of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner’s career. “William Faulkner’s Books: A Bibliographic Exhibit” features 20 cases of work by Faulkner, focusing on the writing, publication and dissemination of the author’s books. Items on display include early manuscript drafts, first editions and limitedRead the story …
Friends of the Library focuses on future
May 14, 2014 by
Friends of the Library, the volunteer organization that works to increase library resources of the University of Mississippi, is undergoing reorganization and looking ahead. Stephen Monroe, UM assistant dean and instructional assistant professor in the College of Liberal Arts, has assumed the position of interim president of the group’s board. The position had been vacantRead the story …
Library website gets new look
May 14, 2014 by
UM’s J.D. Williams Library is showing off a new website designed to better suit users’ needs. The new website is intended to be more user-friendly and boost academic research. Debra Riley-Huff, head of Web services for the library, said the UM library website was updated so that people could use it on all kinds ofRead the story …
Civil rights films screened for local community
May 14, 2014 by
The University of Mississippi Libraries and Center for the Study of Southern Culture have partnered with the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation and the Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library to present a set of four films based on the history of the civil rights movement in America. Two of the four documentaries shownRead the story …
Library lecture examines civil rights-era judge’s career, influence
May 14, 2014 by
Archives & Special Collections at the University of Mississippi hosted a program on April 17 to commemorate Judge Claude F. Clayton and mark the opening of his case files and other papers to researchers. Clayton, a graduate of the UM School of Law, served as a judge on the U.S. District Court of Northern MississippiRead the story …