Library News

Dean Sue Polanka led several VIP building tours for donors this fall, welcoming participants from the Library Advisory Council and the University Board of Trustees. The tours highlighted key spaces throughout the library, including the Makerspace, audio and visual...

Special Collections hosted a Rhinehart Room Open House on December 3 offering students faculty and staff an opportunity to explore the Library's stately rare book room and see some centuries-old volumes. The Bill and Maureen Rhinehart Collection on British History is...

The Student Library Advisory Board worked closely with Dean Sue Polanka, Librarian Breanne Crumpton, and Board Advisor and Executive Assistant to the Dean, Kelly Burkett, on Phase 2 of the Belk Library study room project. Throughout the process, students played an...

The University Libraries sponsored a ticket check out for the Annual Hayes School of Music Holiday Scholarship Concert held in the Schaefer Center on Friday, Nov. 21st, at 7:30 pm..     All App State students had the option to "check out" up to 2 tickets from the...

Special Collections staff reviewed a busy fall semester in which they hosted 26 class visits for library instruction. The English and Watauga Residential College departments brought the largest number of classes, with four each, alongside sessions for Appalachian...

Music Library’s Dr. Gary Boye and Shane Watson performed with the Appalachian Chorale on Tuesday, November 18th. Under the direction of conductor, Jordan Shomper the concert celebrated the Appalachian Chorale’s 50th anniversary. As part of the celebration, they...

Library Advisory Council Member, Candace Tippett was awarded the 2025 First Place Award for her poem, Requiem for Father at the third annual ARS POETICA exhibition.  (page 30) The reception to announce the winners was held on Thursday, November 13.  The reception...

The Association of Creative Technologies in Academic Libraries (ACTAL) held its 4th Annual Meeting, November 5–7, 2025, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Continuing in the tradition of past ACTAL meetings—where creative library professionals gather to share...

The Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and vendors of library materials in Charleston, SC, in November, to discuss issues of importance to the library and scholarly publishing...

Ever wonder what makes a children’s book award-worthy? As part of the Pink Noise Speaker Series Jewel Davis, current chair of the Caldecott Award committee and jury member of other national awards, shared insights into the criteria, evaluation and passion that go into...

The Belk Library is adding a new dose of Mountaineer spirit with the installment of Yosef throughout the stairwells. The update transforms everyday pathways into energetic, welcoming spaces that reflect the university’s identity. By bringing Yosef into the Library,...

On October 28, a Ghost Story storytelling night was hosted in the Special Collections reading room. A witch, Dr. Emily Kader, Anne Belk Distinguished Professor, Curator for Distinctive Collections and a Mothmaiden Dr. Jessica Cory, Editor of the Appalachian Journal...

On Friday, October 24, the University Libraries hosted our sixth annual Humans vs. Zombies event, and it was a huge success! More than 300 players joined in the 2 rounds of fun, battling it out in one of our most popular student traditions. "This event is always a...

Each fall, the Music Library invites students to slow down, get creative, and celebrate the season with its annual Pumpkin Carving event. This much-loved tradition brings the campus community together for an afternoon of creativity and connection, offering a fun break...

Several Library Faculty and Administrators presented at the 66th Biennial Conference of the North Carolina Library Association Conference held on October 14-17 at the Benton Convention Center in Winston Salem, NC.  The conference Theme was Books and Beyond, Navigating...

We are pleased to announce that we were able to move forward with filling the new Library Systems Analyst position this week with Hunter Ringley. His first day is Monday, October 20th. Hunter has been working as a non-student temp as the Library Systems Assistant...

We’re thrilled to celebrate Bright Uwakwe, who was named 2025 Top of the Rock during the Homecoming football game at Appalachian State University! Bright is an exceptional member of the University Libraries and our campus community. Bright works at the Reference Desk...

Veronica Wells and Margaret Gregor published chapters in the new book, Teaching Information Literacy by Discipline: Using and Creating Adaptations of the Framework. Veronica’s contributions can be found in Chapter 1, Music Information Literacy and the Framework:...

The University Libraries provided space for the ReCon event on Thursday, October 16 in 024, 4:45-6:30pm. The event was hosted by the Office of Research and Innovation. The Office of Research and Innovation provides support for the research, creative, and scholarly...