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Welcome Huskies to the Library Open House!
Explore the Homer Babbidge Library with us on Friday, August 23 from 12-2pm. Grab a card and visit all 8 stations around the library to learn about all the great services we provide. Grab some swag, get your card signed … Continue reading →
Pull out your lint roller because the doggies are coming!!!
It’s that time of year again when you have a love-hate relationship with finals! Finals are hard, but it means Paws to Relax is back in Homer Babbidge and how can you not love that?!?! Below is both a flyer … Continue reading →
Business Related Database Access Changes
After a review of our market research databases and in consultation with the UConn School of Business, we will not renew our subscription to two databases – Passport GMID and Mergent Intellect. Passport GMID UConn will lose access on December … Continue reading →
Paws to Relax Returns
It’s that time of year when we balance your stress with some of the best doggos around! Come ease your stress all week long – December 11-15. Starts at noon on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and 1:00 on Wednesday, … Continue reading →
Rightsizing the library budget and supporting research. The continued success of the journal access project at UConn.
The Future of Journals strategy, which shifts us away from cost prohibitive just-in-case collection building to a budget sustainable just-in-time approach, has resulted in both large cost savings and better efficiency in providing UConn researchers articles with speed and accuracy. … Continue reading →

News from the Archives

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Please Reduce Racism at UConn: The December 3, 1987 Incident

The exhibit is available at Homer Babbidge Library Plaza Level, from April 2 until May 5, 2024. An exhibit created by Edward Junhao Lim, the Business & Entrepreneurship Librarian of… [...]

Archives Are for Everyone – Join Us! Open House March 28

Come visit – a lot is new! On Thursday, March 28, 2024, from 3-5 pm, Archives & Special Collections will host an open house to welcome our community into our… [...]

Archives Exhibition Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Black Student Sit-In at Wilbur Cross Library in 1974

Please Respond Personally: Commemorating the 1974 Black Student Sit-In  March 11th – July 19th, 2024, Schimmelpfeng Gallery, Monday – Friday, 9-4pm  Dodd Center for Human Rights, University of Connecticut  Exhibit… [...]

There’s Something About an Aqua Velva Man: the J.B. Williams Company, Connecticut’s Maker of Men’s Toiletries

[slideshow_deploy id=’10202′] An exhibit of historical records and items manufactured by the J.B. Williams Company, shown on the Plaza Level of Homer Babbidge Library through March 2024. The exhibit shows… [...]

In Memoriam: Norman Finkelstein

The UConn Archives is sorry to hear about the death of one of our donors, Norman H. Finkelstein, on January 5, 2024. He was an author of over 20 non-fiction… [...]

Upcoming Events

  1. 11/4 Ballot Ready: Researching Your Electoral Choices (online)

Do you know we offer lots of great workshops? lib.uconn.edu/workshopsDid you know we offer great workshops?

Lots of great opportunities this month to learn about citation management, Google tools, PubMed, and market & industry research. Register at lib.uconn.edu/workshops

Exhibitions

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Archives & Special Collections