A gloved hand brushing the ice charts

Adventures in Preservation: Student worker restores historic ice flow charts

April 21, 2023

A student worker restored historic ice flow charts in the University Libraries' collection, saving irreplaceable data that is part of the climate record while making progress toward her own goal of a career in art conservation and restoration.

1941 aerial photograph of topography near Boulder Creek

The World of Printed Maps: Explore Boulder Valley’s historic irrigation systems

April 19, 2023

This month, we feature irrigation maps of the Boulder Valley from the 19th to the 21st centuries, ground water studies and historical aerial photography.

Matthew Fox at a rave

Founder of Creation Spirituality gives archives to CU Boulder

April 17, 2023

The University Libraries’ Rare and Distinctive Collections Archives has acquired the papers of Matthew Fox, a progressive theologian who began his career in the Catholic Church and later established the Creation Spirituality movement.

Ken and Flo Jacobs

Renowned experimental filmmakers donate papers to the University Libraries

April 13, 2023

Experimental filmmakers Ken and Flo Jacobs donated written materials from their multi-decade career in New York’s avant-garde and experimental film community to the University Libraries’ Rare and Distinctive (RaD) Collections.

A classroom with students on laptops.

Apply for a stipend to create open educational resources

April 12, 2023

Apply by June 15, 2023 to receive up to $8,000 to create or adapt open educational resources.

 1699 edition of Galileo’s Systema Cosmicum open to the frontispiece showing two engravings

Adventures in Preservation: Make a binding for Galileo’s Systema Cosmicum

April 10, 2023

Join our Preservation and Collections Care team on a series of hands-on adventures as they restore unique and historic items from our collections.

A digital projector

Students to screen film and video from the University Libraries archives

April 7, 2023

Undergraduate students from the department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts have curated film and video from the Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections for screening on April 19 and 26.

Charlotte Bassin map

New map exhibit to show how two women artists visualize the world

April 7, 2023

A new exhibit, No Boundaries: Women Transforming the World, will open at the Earth Sciences & Map Library on Monday, April 17. Attend the opening reception on Tuesday, April 18, from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

CoreTrustSeal logo

CU Scholar receives notable certification for reliability and trustworthiness

April 4, 2023

CU Scholar, the university’s open access institutional repository for research and scholarship is now certified among the most reliable repositories in the world.

Red sunflower

Celebrate Earth Day with a packet of sunflower seeds

April 3, 2023

Pick up your free sunflower seed packets from Norlin Library on April 20 and April 24.

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