In a donation from the Kohler Foundation, the University's Southern Folklife Collection recently received over 50 years of photographic work documenting Black life in the South and across America.
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The University has discovered detectable levels of lead in the water of three drinking fountains in Wilson Library, according to a campus-wide email sent on Thursday.
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Elaine Westbrooks is the first Black University librarian since the position was created in 1901 at UNC. “I lean into that because it really changes the way I think about the world,” she said. “And so I really think I’ve been the right leader for the right time.” Westbrooks' last day at UNC will be May 31. During her five years at UNC, spearheaded University Libraries’ work in diversity, equity and inclusion, working to make the library system a better, more accessible space for underrepresented communities.
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Westbrooks' last day at UNC will be on May 31. After leaving UNC, she will be the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell.
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The project is using machine learning technology to digitize every Jim Crow law passed in North Carolina between the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras. The team plans to expand the initiative to other states with the support of a $400,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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The Carolina Pride Alumni Network, Wilson Library and the Southern Oral History Program have partnered to create 'The Story of Us' – a digital archive to preserve the history of the University’s LGBTQ+ students and faculty. “I think there are direct benefits for current students both undergraduate and graduates who will, in the future, be able to access this archive, find themselves in it, find inspiration from it and hopefully see that they too fit in and they count at Carolina,” CPAN President Hogan Medlin said. “It’s incredibly important for any marginalized community, but in particular this community, given that our history has not yet been captured.”
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“Climbing the Hill,” a podcast aimed at retelling the stories of women at UNC, was named that because it captured all the documents and the stories that students traced. The name implies the tension between moving forward and making things fairer while acknowledging the continuing struggles.
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Elaine Westbrooks, vice provost for University Libraries and University librarian, said that prior to the pandemic, the Libraries held an exhibition examining the historical role of science in creating concepts of race, as well as other exhibitions meant to demonstrate active commitment to the equity and inclusion work stated in the Libraries' framework. “You should belong,” Westbrooks said. “You’ve earned the right to be here, and we want to ensure that you belong, you’re represented and you’re treated equitably.”
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Bob Anthony, curator of the North Carolina Collection and director of the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, is set to retire on May 31 after a 40-year career. Lisa Gregory, program coordinator at the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, said Anthony has always been passionate about his work, and that his work has elevated UNC’s status in the minds of people who research the state.
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The UNC Library is looking for participants for its recently released UNC Story Archive, a program where members of the campus community can tell their stories — all in their own voice. The project is based in the Wilson Special Collections Library and is open to all members of the UNC community, including students, alumni and faculty.
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Florence Fearrington, a 1958 graduate of UNC, donated a rare book collection earlier this summer valued at $6.2 million to University Libraries. The gift of over 4,000 books and objects will be added to the Wilson Special Collections Library and includes rare materials on natural history and children’s literature.
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As students look ahead to a fall semester full of uncertainty, here is definitive list of the best places on campus to grind out a paper — or try to pay attention during a Zoom class.
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Forty-five news sources, nearly two centuries of news: Get a glimpse of North Carolina history through Wilson Library's "Papers for the People: A Treasury of North Carolina News Sources”
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Two finalists for the University's police chief position, who both currently serve in higher education law enforcement, will answer questions on Tuesday morning in Wilson Library. The University is considering at least four individuals at this time, and hopes to have made a hire by the start of the fall semester.
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"She has strong composition and technical skills. Aesthetically, I think there's a lot of visual depth to her photographs."
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