Test Drive a New Library Website Page for Exploring Curated Materials

Information Technology and Web Services Department

We are excited to announce a new landing page which will showcase our website's curated reading and research materials. Library staff curate new lists every month and we wanted to showcase them in an organized, visually interesting, and engaging way. 

Test drive the BETA landing page now!

The BETA landing page will be accessible from October 30th, 2020 through November 23rd, 2020. We hope that this BETA preview period will provide our students and…

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Geospatial explorations continue with Maptime Mile High

Researcher Support Services

The monthly meetings of Maptime Mile High have continued into our virtual times! The online platform has allowed for a wider spectrum of people to attend, giving students an opportunity to engage with more voices beyond our campus.

Our last gathering focused on wildfires and geospatial data. Topics covered included data sources for historic fire perimeters, cartographic techniques for conveying emergency information to the public, data sources for fuel models used by forest managers,…

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RESOLVED: Auraria Library login system is down

Discovery Systems and Metadata Department

The Auraria Library login system is currently down.  We are working to resolve this as soon as possible.  If you have VPN access through your institution, you can use you that to bypass the login screen.  We apologize for the inconvenience. 

Open Access: The Best Way Forward for Equity and Inclusion in Research

Researcher Support Services

An analysis of master’s theses by Auraria Library revealed it would cost on average more than $2,000 to access resources to write a masters’ thesis if authors didn’t have access to Auraria Library’s resources.

In short, writing scholarly research is expensive. That’s where Auraria Library and Open Access come in.

What Is Open Access? 

Open Access (OA) refers to…

Open Access Week: Open with Purpose, Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion

Auraria Library statement against library vendors developing surveillance software

Collection Development and Strategies Department

We at Auraria Library stand strongly against the direct or indirect development or selling of surveillance data to law enforcement, including ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement). We ask our library vendors to be held accountable and insist that library vendors be transparent about how they use, repackage, and profit from personal data. 

When possible, Auraria Library does not do business with library vendors that sell surveillance data to law enforcement. However, in…

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