Get Research Help in Knowledge Market

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Research tutoring is for quick questions, tips, and strategies on finding and evaluating information resources. Research Tutoring is located in the Knowledge Market on the first floor and is available Monday–Thursday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Friday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Auraria Library Newsletter January 2017 No.2

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In this Issue:

  • Entering the Library Renovation Homestretch

  • Take a self-guided tour of the Library's new spaces

  • Learn about new Library initiatives, faculty partnerships, campus outreach, free research workshops, and the latest addition to Special Collections

  • Mark your calendar for the opening of the MakeLab

New Digital Collection: The Wonderful World of Clothes

Special Collections and Digital Initiatives

The latest oddity to surface in the Auraria Library Digital Collections is the well-meaning, albeit dated, Wonderful World of Clothes, a 1963 UNICEF publication that is part of our UN/UNESCO collections. With illustrations reminiscent of a certain musical Disneyland attraction, and descriptions of traditional dress, this book was an attempt to expose children and pre-teens to a few examples of global garb styles in an approachable and gentle manner. It was also funded by Robert…

Quiet Study Space For Students and Faculty

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For Students and Faculty

The Library invites Auraria Campus students, faculty, and staff to enjoy the Quiet Study space for focused study in a comfortable, very quiet, environment.  Located on the Library’s second floor, in the southeast corner.

Quiet Study Space Guidelines

  • For use by Auraria Campus students, faculty, and staff.This is a noise-free area.
  • Please silence your devices and take conversations to the first floor.

New Digital Collection: The Illustrated Works of Goethe

Special Collections and Digital Initiatives

The latest addition to the Auraria Library Digital Collections is Goethe's Works Illustrated by the Best German Artists, a 10-book set of the works of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, the most prolific member of the Sturm un Drang literary movement. While the Weimar Classicism and a general sense of impending, devilish doom of Goethe's words are well-known, the highlight of this 5-volume set are the illustrations. Mostly wood engravings, the illustrations in this set range…