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Students dressed up in holiday shirts with christmas lights and reindeer ears, a the App State Women's Chorus and a female Harp player with red hair and a green dress

University Libraries sponsor Ticket Checkout for the Annual Hayes School of Music Holiday Scholarship Concert
Nov 26, 2025

The University Libraries sponsored a ticket check out for the Annual Hayes School of Music Holiday Scholarship Concert held in the Schaefer Center on ...

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Special Collections Marks Busy Fall with Wide-Ranging Instruction for 26 Academic Courses
Nov 24, 2025

Special Collections staff reviewed a busy fall semester in which they hosted 26 class visits for library instruction. The English and Watauga Resident...

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Studio Archibene has been selected as the architect to design the Belk Library Master Plan
Nov 20, 2025

On behalf of the Belk Library Master Plan Steering Committee we are pleased to announce that Studio Archibene has accepted our offer to design the Bel...

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Presentation at the Association of Creative Techologies in Academic Libraries Conference
Nov 14, 2025

The Association of Creative Technologies in Academic Libraries (ACTAL) held its 4th Annual Meeting, November 5–7, 2025, at the University of Tenness...

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Presentations at the CHARLESTON CONFERENCE - November 5-7
Nov 11, 2025

The Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and vendors of library...

photograph of Jessica Cory dressed as a mothmaiden, ghost story contest winner, Kanai Peeples and Emily Kader dressed as a a witch

Ghost Story Telling Contest in Special Collections - October 28
Oct 30, 2025

On October 28, a Ghost Story storytelling night was hosted in the Special Collections reading room. A witch, Dr. Emily Kader, Anne Belk...

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Humans v. Zombies part 6 - 10/24/2025
Oct 27, 2025

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 joi...

Logo for the 2025 NCLA Conference which features a rocket ship and the conference theme, Books and Beyond, Navigating New Frontiers

Presentations at the 66th Biennial Conference of the North Carolina Library Association Conference
Oct 22, 2025

Several Library Faculty and Administrators presented at the 66th Biennial Conference of the North Carolina Library Association Conference held on Octo...

Provost Neva Spect, Bright Uwakwe, Chancellor Heather Norris, Dr. JJ Brown in black and gold on the Appstate Football field awarding, Bright the King of the Rock Crown and Honor

Congratulations to Bright Uwakwe – 2025 Top of the Rock
Oct 21, 2025

We’re thrilled to celebrate Bright Uwakwe, who was named 2025 Top of the Rock during the Homecoming football game at Appalachian State University!Br...

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Hunter Ringley Hired as a Library Systems Analyst
Oct 21, 2025

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 ...