Atkins Library

Looby needs shared leave

Kimberly Looby, Atkins Library, needs shared leave donations. The Benefits Office will accept donations through Dec. 4.To contribute leave, faculty and staff should refer to the requirements and participant forms in Personnel Information Memorandum (PIM) 29 or in the literature racks outside of the Benefits Office, King Building, Room 207. For more information, email Marina LeLeux, benefits counselor, at mleleux@uncc.edu.

Oral history project holding drop-in sessions

Students, faculty, staff and community members will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on the April 30 campus shooting and subsequent response through the Niner Nation Remembers Oral History Project. By collecting first-hand accounts from individuals affected by the tragedy, UNC Charlotte will be able to preserve the memories and the vital historical context they provide.Participants can share their experiences in private from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 29-30, in Atkins Library’s Area 49 recording studio on the UNC Charlotte campus.

Atkins Library hosting the exhibit ‘Graphic Medicine’

“Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn” is a traveling exhibit from the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine. This display, which explores a field of literacy in which comics tell personal stories of illness and health, will be exhibited on the library’s first floor through Sunday, Nov. 24.

Dance professor wins Atkins Library Faculty Engagement Award

Kaustavi Sarkar, assistant professor of dance, is the recipient of the 2019 J. Murrey Atkins Library Faculty Engagement Award. 

Dean’s microscope collection on display

Tom Reynolds’ early childhood fascination in microscopy turned into a collection of antique and vintage microscopes, which are on display in the J. Murrey Atkins Library.

Reynolds, associate provost and dean of the Graduate School, amassed nearly 150 microscopes and accessories during the past 30 years. They primarily represent those from the 19th-century English genre.

Atkins Library reduced hours through May 12

Due to the change in exam schedules, Atkins Library is reducing hours of operation through the end of the academic year:

Friday, May 3 – Close at 10 p.m.
Saturday, May 4 – 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 5 – 10 a.m. to midnight
Monday through Thursday, May 6-9 – 7:30 a.m. to midnight
Friday, May 10 – 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 11 – 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 12 -1 to 5 p.m.

Atkins Library employee volunteers to ‘rock out,’ more organized opportunities in May

Chesney Klubert ’14 has volunteered with Girls Rock Charlotte for five years and has watched the nonprofit grow from a summer camp for girls age 8-16 to a year-round experience that now reaches out to adult women.

Dalton Tower stairwell closure extended

Stairwell no. 3 that provides access to the Atkins Library’s Dalton Tower will be  through Wednesday, Feb. 20. This temporary closure is to install a new HVAC unit as part of the Atkins Library Special Collections project.

Signage will direct patrons to use Stairwell no. 4.

Note, this is an update to a previous announcement.

 

Atkins Library to host Diversity Day 2019

UNC Charlotte’s J. Murrey Atkins Library will host Diversity Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28. This event, sponsored by the library’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, will explore the relationship between diversity and inclusion, the form it takes in the workplace and what inclusion looks like from all sides.

Organizers noted the goal is to help groups and businesses achieve a work environment in which all individuals are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success.

One Dalton Tower stairwell to be closed temporarily

Stairwell no. 3 that provides access to the Atkins Library’s Dalton Tower will be closed Monday, Feb. 11, through Friday, Feb. 15. This temporary closure is to install a new HVAC unit as part of the Atkins Library Special Collections project.

Signage will direct patrons to use Stairwell no. 4.