Auraria Library Celebrates with Re-Dedication Ceremony

Auraria Library

Friday, October 21st was the Re-Dedication Ceremony of Auraria Library. The successful celebration took place as the Library approaches the final home stretch of renovations that expand the various spaces and resources being made available for students, staff and faculty of the Auraria Campus. Attendees were able to view the generous donations and contributions to the renovation of the Library, explore all the new spaces through a self-guided…

Auraria Library ribbon cutting ceremony at the front entrance

New Era for Auraria Library: 10 Highlights

Marketing & Communications

Check out New Era for Auraria Library: 10 highlights - Library offers more collaborative space, improved technology, new student-friendly amenities by Chris Casey of CU Denver Today.

"As fall semester heads into the homestretch, Auraria Library, heart of the Auraria Campus, pulses with life and learning. Construction is ongoing in a few places, but you can almost hear the 40-year-old building exhale. The six-year renovation project is drawing to a close."

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New Era for Auraria Library: 10 Highlights

New in Digital Collections: An Eclectic School Geography

Matthew Mariner

The latest little oddity to grace Auraria Library Digital Collections is "A School Geography: Embracing a Mathematical, Physical, and Political Description of the Earth." Our own copy is the third book in the "Eclectic Series of Geographies" line and hails from around 1880. Aside from the nifty color maps of continents and …

An engraving of Americans and Indians at a post office in the 1800s

Renovation Dreams Becoming Realities

Auraria Library

The mulit-phased renovation of the Auraria Library is transforming the very idea of the term “library”. Renovations are creating a physical and intellectual space specifically designed to support:

  • teaching and learning excellence - research and creative work excellence
  • community engagement and workforce preparation
  • exploration of a rich, diverse information environment

 

The 2015-2016 phase of renovation is the Innovating Dreams…

New aluminum Lawrence Street entrance canopy of the Auraria Library

Creating A LEED Gold Library

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As part of the Library renovation, the Library is installing energy efficient lighting, energy efficient windows, and an energy-efficient HVAC system to achieve LEED GOLD certification.

What is LEED GOLD certification?

LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices. To receive LEED certification, building projects satisfy…