Project Muse

Collection Development and Strategies Department

Featured Database: Project Muse

You can use databases to easily find organized collections of articles, journals, news, streaming videos, primary sources, data, and more!  

  • This month, we highlight one of our favorite databases committed to open access research: Project Muse.

What’s in it? 

  • Project Muse…

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New Library Exhibit Highlights Unsung Mathematician

Library Newsroom

Dr. Gladys West, a pioneering mathematician who made key contributions to the development of modern GPS technology, is the subject of a new Auraria Library traveling exhibition at the top of the stairwell on the northwest side of the library’s 2nd floor. 

The four giant panels and video display that comprise the exhibition tell the compelling story of Dr. West’s life, highlighting her personal and professional accomplishments. She was born in 1930 to a sharecropping…

Exhibit honoring Dr. Gladys B. West, featuring biography, a book titled "Hidden Figures," and a colorful geoid model. The tone is informative and celebratory.

New Badge-Required Hours for the Auraria Library

Library Newsroom

Starting Oct. 1, 2025, the Auraria Library will require users to swipe campus ID badges to enter the library from 8–10 a.m. Monday–Friday and from 5–8 p.m. Monday–Thursday. 

Those without campus ID badges may continue to enter the library during 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday hours. Sundays will continue to be ID badge access-only during the Library’s 9 a.m.–5 p.m. operating hours.

Students, faculty, or staff members who do not have their IDs may contact the Ask Us Desk at 303…

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Serendipity and Critical Thinking: Jodi Shepherd Poised to Lead Auraria Library

Library Newsroom

Sited at the geographical hub of campus, the Auraria Library also sits at many of higher education and society’s intersections. Technology and tactility. Independence and community. Fact and interpretation.

Into that intersection steps Jodi Shepherd, who begins Sept. 1, 2025 as the Auraria Library’s new director. She will develop a new vision for the library and lead its 60-some staff, in service to the faculty, staff, and 38,000+ students—one…

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North American Women’s Letters and Diaries

Collection Development and Strategies Department

Featured Database: North American Women’s Letters and Diaries

You can use databases to easily find organized collections of articles, journals, news, streaming videos, primary sources, data, and more!  

What’s in it?…

Open book with “North American Women's Letters and Diaries” text. Surrounding it are scattered old photos. Red dotted design accents the lower right.