Library News

Celebrate with us the transformation of the Howard B. Waltz Music Library! The celebration will kick off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3 p.m., Tuesday, January 23. While the Music Library re-opened on August 28, additional furniture continued to arrive during the fall, and final touches recently finished. Our renovation...

Leslie Reynolds, Lisa Kippur, Barbara Black, Jim Williams, Yem Fong, and Deb Hollis at the CALCON17. James F. Williams II, dean emeritus, received the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) 2017 Career Achievement Award at their annual conference October 13 in Loveland, Colorado. The annual award honors a Colorado librarian who...

The 10 th annual International Open Access Week will be October 23 – 29, 2017. The University Libraries have put together an exciting series of events to celebrate the free and open sharing of research and ideas online, to share the benefits of open access, and to inspire wider participation...

9/05/17 Update: We are pleased to announce that the Howard B. Waltz Music Library renovation has been completed! The Music Library opened on August 28, and additional furniture has been arriving all month. Our renovation makes more efficient use of space in staff areas, while creating more group study rooms...

Athletic and academic experiences go hand-in-hand at the University of Colorado Boulder. Thanks to a generous donation from CU Athletics, we are able to offer three new resources to the community.

The University of Colorado Boulder joins the Open Library Environment (OLE) Partners to further strengthen library input and engagement with FOLIO and related library management efforts. CU Boulder becomes the 10th library organization to join OLE’s investment in FOLIO and open source efforts for library management tools. Leslie Reynolds, Interim...

For the past three decades, James F. Williams II has led the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries. As he prepares to retire at the end of this week, we would like to thank him for the incredible impact he has had on the University Libraries, the profession, CU Boulder and...

James Williams, dean of the University Libraries since 1988 and longtime commencement marshal, has led the five-branch library system on campus through a digital revolution that has upended the manner in which libraries are viewed and used. Williams, who will retire on June 30 , was recently honored with the...

University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the appointment of Leslie Reynolds as the interim dean of University Libraries. Reynolds, who currently serves as senior associate dean, will begin her new role July 1. She will take the helm from longtime Dean Jim Williams, who announced his...

James “Jim” Williams, dean of the University Libraries and the longtime commencement marshal at CU Boulder, will retire on June 30, Provost Russel L. Moore announced today. Since 1988, Williams has been the dean of libraries, a system that – in addition to the central Norlin Library – has grown...