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Join my colleagues Jamie Conklin and Collin Drummond on June 24th for a virtual workshop on Generative AI, Copyright and Data Privacy. Join us to learn how to ethically use GenAI. Topics will include: ✅ Navigating copyright and content-use boundaries in GenAI tools. ✅ Examining privacy, intellectual property and data security risks of GenAI. ✅ Knowing how to credit GenAI contributions in your work through appropriate citation or attribution. https://lnkd.in/e_PD26Zv

This copy of Mao Zedong's Little Red Book is stamped with the Beijing address of African-American activist Robert F. Williams, former head of the NAACP in Monroe, North Carolina. Williams fled the US in 1961, living first in Cuba and then China. Preserved with this is a pamphlet issued after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., as well as the original mailing envelope, addressed to Chapel Hill and postmarked “Peking.” Williams eventually returned to the US, and authorities dropped all charges against him.  This item from the Rare Book Collection is on display as a part of our newest exhibition, Alphabet of Treasures: Special Collections from A to Z. View the exhibition in the Melba Remig Saltarelli Exhibit Room on the third floor of Wilson Library any time the library is open.

Away from Chapel Hill for the summer? Carolina students, faculty, and staff can use their OneCard to borrow books from any TRLN Library (Duke, NC Central, and N.C. State) and any UNC system institution library. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gw-wGTJH.

From now until July 12, Davis Library is closed for renovations. Materials from the UL and Davis are available by request only. You can request what you need online and select which library you would like to pick up your materials from. While Davis is closed, patrons have the additional option to pick up their items from the back entrance of Wilson Library. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eYtmAVGF

Interested in conducting a systematic review? The Health Sciences Library’s Systematic Review Summer Workshop Series will give you the tools and resources you need to navigate the process with confidence.  HSL experts on systematic reviews have developed the summer workshop series for researchers of all experience levels. No prior knowledge or experience is required.  Register to reserve your seat now: go.unc.edu/SRW

The research of four UNC faculty members will more easily reach worldwide audiences with our new open access grants.   The grant program is a new partnership between the Library and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Beginning in 2026, the Library began to supplement IAH’s Arts and Humanities Publication Support Grants with awards up to $5,000 each for authors who wish to make their publication openly accessible. Learn more about this new initiative now: https://lnkd.in/eV9TATpB

The Carolina Academic Library Associates (CALA) program recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary! Through the program, selected graduate students the opportunity to enhance their Library or Information Science education with practical experience in an academic library. Take a look at some of the photos from our CALA homecoming event this past spring ➡️➡️➡️

Another year in the books! Thank you to everyone who taught, participated, or dropped in at the Library MakerSpace this past school year. 💙

From June 1 to July 12, Davis Library will be closed for renovations. During this time: - UL and Davis materials are available by request only. Select a delivery location in the online catalog. The back entrance of Wilson Library is a temporary option during this closure. - Most Davis and UL Services remain available virtually. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eYtmAVGF

The winning bookmarks from our student bookmark contest are now available in libraries across campus! Library Ambassadors and the Student Library Advisory Board, as well as the staff who work with them, selected four winners from dozens of entries. First place went to “Annuli,” designed by Ellen Han ’26. Learn more about the winning designs here: https://lnkd.in/e26ev567