María R. Estorino

Please help me welcome three new librarians to the UNC University Libraries community!
Emily Vorhies, E-Resources Acquisitions Librarian
Brionna Johnson, E-Resources Metadata Librarian
Emma Barret-Catton, Health Sciences Librarian

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"Impactful research requires access to information, whether that’s the latest studies, important datasets or historical materials. As the University’s information experts, the Libraries connects Carolina researchers to the resources they need." Learn more: library.unc.edu/news/researc...

Announcing the winners of the University Libraries’ 2025 bookmark design contest The winning designs will be printed as bookmarks and available at most campus libraries through 2025.

Look at these beauties! Congratulations to the student artists who won our first bookmark design contest based on the 2025 National Library Week's theme “Drawn to the Libraries." library.unc.edu/news/announc...

Celebrate National Library Week National Library Week is April 6-12, and Carolina’s libraries are marking the occasion with resources, giveaways and other activities.

Today kicks off National Library Week 2025. At Carolina, you can celebrate the University Libraries this week by joining us for any one of these activities: library.unc.edu/news/celebra.... This year, it matters more than ever.

Meet the winners of the 2025 University Libraries Student Employee Appreciation Awards The Libraries recognized Owen Osborne, Amina Williams, Eileen Weng and Ian He for their excellent work.

Please join us in celebrating the achievements and impact of the UNC University Libraries Student Employee Appreciation Award winners! Their dedication, hard work, and contributions to our community inspire us all. Congratulations!

Meet the Library supporters who want to match your GiveUNC gift Five generous donors will make your gift go further thanks to their challenge matches on March 25.

The UNC University Libraries has the best Friends! Won't you join them tomorrow during #GiveUNC day?

I *know* you want this Reading Ramses sticker. 💙🐏 Make a gift as part of GiveUNC to the University Libraries, and we’ll send you this limited-edition beauty! #GiveUNC Day is next Tuesday 3/25, but you can make your gift today 👉 give.unc.edu/25/00151

Introduction · We Birthed the Movement: The Warren County PCB Landfill Protests, 1978-1982 · UNC Libraries Photograph by Harold MooreDurham Herald Co. Newspaper Photographic Collection

Warren County, North Carolina is considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement. Learn why from this online exhibition organized by UNC University Libraries and community partners.

Appointment: Research Services Librarian Caroline Galt starts as research services librarian with Special Collections Research and Instructional Services on Feb. 24, 2025.

Caroline Galt is the new Research Services Librarian at Wilson Special Collections Library. This is a new role to improve and enhance the researcher experience at Wilson Library, whether in person or virtual. Congratulations, Caroline!

Hanes Lecture: Print and the Movement The Hanes Lecture in Bibliography series brings distinguished scholars and practitioners to campus to speak on topics related to the history of books. This semester's lecture will be given by Dr.…

TUE 3/4: the Hanes Lecture in Bibliography highlights topics related to the history of books. This semester's lecture features Bryant Simon on community-produced publications in the American South with a focus on responses to the 1991 industrial fire at a poultry plant in Hamlet, NC.

We're #Hiring at the UNC University Libraries for the updated position of Music and Performing Arts Librarian. I'd love to welcome you to our team of extraordinary subject and information experts. Learn more about this position at https://buff.ly/3XbJ511

Having trouble accessing government information and data? We've got you covered. guides.lib.unc.edu/federal-info...

Carolina Digital Repository Expand the reach and impact of your research. Bring Carolina's scholarship to the world!

UNC-Chapel Hill scholars: The Libraries offers you the Carolina Digital Repository as a home for your digital scholarly publications: https://buff.ly/4aPfuQj. Our goal is to keep UNC scholarship safe, accessible & discoverable for as long as needed. Contact us at https://buff.ly/4huOqIL for help.

Seems time to share the Guantanamo Public Memory Project: buff.ly/40DjrTv

We're hiring for two e-resources positions in acquisitions and metadata. Applications accepted through 2/4:
E-Resources Acquisitions Librarian: https://buff.ly/3WCl6Yu
E-Resources Metadata Librarian: https://buff.ly/4gbebfO

Jill Sexton named dean of Atkins Library - Inside UNC Charlotte Jill Sexton has been named dean of the J. Murrey Atkins Library, effective March 15. Sexton joins UNC Charlotte from North Carolina State University Libraries, where she is the associate director for ...

Congratulations to @jillsexton.bsky.social! UNC Charlotte made an excellent choice for its next Dean of the Atkins Library. inside.charlotte.edu/2025/01/23/j...

2025 Wilson Research Forum Learn why scholars come to Carolina to work with materials from the Libraries’ special collections.

In my role, there are few things more invigorating than witnessing the impact of library collections, services, and expert staff on the creation of new knowledge. Come along and learn with me at this semester's Wilson Library Research Forum series:

Generative AI: A SkillfUL series Hone your generative AI skills through workshops offered by the Undergraduate Library.

We're offering six #genAI workshops this spring semester at UNC University Libraries. Find the one that's right for you and join us. They're all conveniently online.

We're #hiring an accounting technician at the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries. Know anyone who might be interested? buff.ly/4h8Thic

Please help me congratulate the recipients of the University Libraries' 2024 Annual Employee Awards! The University Librarian’s Meritorious Service Award and Annual Excellence Awards recognize employees whose work has made a notable impact to advance the Libraries’ mission. https://buff.ly/40e2fnq

Bill Belichick is not the first Belichick to coach football for the Tar Heels. His father Steve was an assistant coach from 1953 to 1955. University Archivist Nick Graham went looking for him in the archives at Wilson Library. Here's what he found: blogs.lib.unc.edu/uarms/2024/1...

Metrics Mania The academy has always been a hothouse of invidious comparison. This website makes it worse.

This is such an old topic, but still: when rsch leads me to pubs on academia[dot]edu, I always look for an alternative route to access. It's a commercial site that sells your data and creates Analytics Panic.

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Understanding Latino Support for Donald Trump Democrats have often described Latinos as decisive when they support liberal candidates and inconsequential when they don’t.

My recent essay for The New Yorker, on Latino voters.
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UNC researchers to launch data-driven site to aid those impacted by Helene and other storms UNC’s ViVE center — that houses all the data — was partly funded through the National Institutes of Health for over $3 million over the course of five years.

Kudos to @unclibrary's Phil McDaniel & Gracie Riehm for the map they helped create for this project. Using data collected by UNC's Center for Virtual Care, Value, and Equity, "It showed areas in western NC that had washed away bridges and impassable roads." www.wunc.org/environment/...