News Archive

UNO Libraries Institutional Repository sees unprecedented growth

Spring deadlines for grant applications are approaching. Full and part-time faculty who are interested in converting their courses from traditionally published materials to low or no cost materials are invited to apply; deadline Jan. 27.

Criss Library will have extended hours through Dec. 19.

The lecture Mapping Nebraska will be held in Criss Library on Dec. 4.

The exhibit Mapping Nebraska: From Nations to Statehood is on display in the Osborne Family Gallery; ends Dec. 19.

The exhibit Tangerine Bowl Champions is open on the first floor of Criss Library until March 2020.

UNO's Criss Library Creative Production Lab is leading the charge for Global Game Jam in Omaha! The goal: come together and make a video game or non-digital game like a board game or card game; Jan. 31 - Feb. 2.

All are welcome to use the lactation room in Criss Library.

Discover the documentary photography exhibit on mental health and stigma.

A new exhibit, Back to School, runs through January 5, 2020, on the lower level of Criss Library.

This event is part of Human Rights Week, sponsored by the Goldstein Family Community Chair in Human Rights.

We’re back for year two! The Creative Production Lab invites all 3D modelers, digital artists, tinkerers and miniature painters to compete in the Battle for Durango Valley! Oct. 22 - 30.

Want to improve your French in the work place? Join Sam Tepanossian for an interactive approach to learning how to speak French at work.

UNO's Criss Library Creative Production Lab is partnering with RHO Interactive to present the inaugural Spoopy Jam game jam. The goal: build and test your game design skills with other pros, students and newbies in the development community.

Join UNO Libraries to remember and preserve the history of OU and UNO football; Nov. 9.

Join UNO Libraries for a screening of a documentary that explores the ethics of the academic publishing industry; Oct. 25.

Join UNO Libraries for Open Access Week October 21-27, 2019. Activities include workshops, interactive displays and a movie screening.

Explore Open Access publishing models and how you can take back control from the publishers! October 21-27, 2019 is Open Access Week.

A poetry and performance event featuring Todd Robinson and Friends.

This workshop has been canceled.

This workshop introduces the basics of network analysis and a hands-on use of the software platform Gephi; Nov. 13

Join archivists from UNO Libraries' Archives & Special Collections to learn how to preserve your personal archives; Oct. 5.

Fall deadlines for grant applications are quickly approaching. Full and part-time faculty who are interested in converting their courses from traditionally published materials to low or no-cost materials are invited to apply.

New resources from UNO Libraries for the new academic year

Rescheduled to Oct. 9. This workshop discusses principles for effective data visualization, and demonstrates techniques for implementing these using the R statistical language.

This workshop discusses principles for effective data visualization, and demonstrates techniques for implementing these using the R statistical language; Oct. 15.

Bring your lunch to this workshop and learn how to correctly cite sources on a works cited page using different citation styles; Nov. 15.

Bring your lunch and learn how to use different types of in-text citations in your writing; Nov. 8.

This workshop discusses principles for effective data manipulation and data tidying with R.

Bring your lunch and find out how to choose the best quality sources for your project; Oct. 11.

Bring your lunch and learn how to get the most out of scholarly articles by reading them quickly and efficiently.

Learn how to reach more people and enhance the impact for your research through self-archiving on DigitalCommons@UNO.

Bring your lunch and gain a better understanding of your research assignment and navigate the steps to writing a great research essay; Sept. 13.

In this workshop, we answer this question: “How do I find things in the library?”

This workshop discusses principles for effective data manipulation and data tidying with R.

Bring your lunch and learn about the library’s many services, items available for checkout, and more.

The exhibit “A Demonstration in Democracy: The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam” is open August 2 through November 1, 2019, on the first floor of Criss Library.

The lecture "Stories of Subversion, Resistance, and Acceptance: Challenging Gender Stereotypes of the Classic Old West" is co-sponsored by UNO Libraries and the Union Pacific Museum and will be held on October 12 in Council Bluffs.

The exhibit opens August 9 and closes November 10, 2019, in the H. Don and Connie J. Osborne Family Gallery.

A lecture co-sponsored by UNO Libraries and the Danish American Archive and Library will be held on Oct. 14.

The exhibit “Danish Children Growing Up American” is on the first floor of Criss Library until Nov. 1.

The university community is invited to celebrate Bob Nash's 35 years of service to UNO and Criss Library on July 25.

A new exhibit, Hagel in Focus, runs June 28 to July 31, 2019, in the H. Don and Connie J. Osborne Family Gallery of Criss Library.

A new exhibit, You’ve Got Mail, runs through August 26, 2019, on the lower level of Criss Library.

Thirteen Affordable Content Grants have been awarded to assist faculty members in transitioning their courses to low or no cost course materials.

Criss Library will have extended hours for prep week and finals week from Sunday April 21, through Wednesday May 1.

The exhibit, Bonnie O'Connell: A Retrospective from UNO Libraries' Collection, opens April 2, 2019, on the first floor of Criss Library.

University launches a shared database providing access to finding aids and guides for the university's archival and manuscript collections.

Give OUT Day, the only national LGBTQ day of giving, is April 18, 2019.

Oral history interviews from the Women in Omaha exhibit have been added to Omaha Stories project.

Summer deadlines for grant applications are quickly approaching. Full and part-time faculty who are interested in converting their courses from traditionally published materials to low or no cost materials are invited to apply.

UNO Libraries is celebrating Open Education Week March 4-8, 2019 – an opportunity to raise awareness and showcase the impact of open education across the world.

Oral history interviews from 2016 added to Omaha Stories project.

Tommy Young-Dennis interview by Luke Wegener for LGBTQ+ Voices: The Queer Omaha Archives Oral History Project now available in UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections.

Create data-drive visualizations.

A workshop for for gathering, cleaning, and organizing data.

Endangered Data Week is a grassroots effort promoting the care, engagement, and awareness for open access to all endangered collections.

Endangered Data Week is a grassroots effort promoting the care, engagement, and awareness for open access to all endangered collections.

Endangered Data Week is a grassroots effort promoting the care, engagement, and awareness for open access to all endangered collections.

Bring your lunch to this workshop and learn how to correctly cite sources using different citation styles for research papers.

Bring your lunch and learn how to read scholarly articles quickly and efficiently in order to get the most out of them.

Bring your lunch and learn how to choose the best quality sources for your project.

Showcase your research collection with DigitalCommons@UNO

Bring your lunch and gain a better understanding of your research assignment and navigate the steps to writing a great research essay.

Meet and hear from local author Charlene Butts Ligon.

UNO Libraries support students and employees publishing in open access journals.

The traveling exhibit, American Women Rebuilding France, 1917-1924, features thirty-one WWI-era photographs and silent film footage that illustrate the extraordinary work undertaken to help the civilian population in Picardy, in northeastern France.

Criss Library is now open until 6 P.M. on Fridays during the 2019 spring semester.

A new exhibit, Civics in Practice: Illustrations from the Hagel Archives, opens January 11, 2019, and runs through May 3, 2019, on the lower level of Criss Library.

Alanna Faison interview by Luke Wegener for LGBTQ+ Voices: The Queer Omaha Archives Oral History Project now available in UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections.

Destiny Sturdivant interview by Luke Wegener for LGBTQ+ Voices: The Queer Omaha Archives Oral History Project now available in UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections.

The exhibit, Denise Brady: Books and Broadsides, opens January 11, 2019, with a reception open to the public on the first floor of Criss Library.

The exhibit, Denise Brady: Books and Broadsides, opens January 11, 2019, with a reception open to the public on the first floor of Criss Library.

The Library Friends are hosting a book sale on the main floor of Criss Library; Dec. 2 - 8.

The UNO Criss Library Creative Production Lab invites all 3D modelers, digital artists, engineers, and tinkerers to compete for a prize in the Battle for Durango Valley! The full event begins October 1st and runs through Halloween.

Individuals with diverse life experiences act as human books, and readers “check out” the human books for 20-30 minutes to learn and ask questions about the human book’s personal experiences; April 9.