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The W.E.B. Du Bois Visualization Exhibit is a data visualization showcase in November 2021 that celebrates the visualization work of W.E.B. Du Bois and elevates data visualizations centered around…

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Open Knowledge Librarian Micah Vandegrift as a visiting program officer in the Accelerating the Social Impact of Research (ASIR) program for July…

In memory of Bret Davidson, our colleague who passed away last year, the Libraries is naming one of its NC State University Libraries Fellows positions in his honor. The Bret D. Davidson Libraries…

“Surface Tension,” an immersive visual work created by the artist duo Caitlin & Misha during their 2019 Immersive Scholar residency at the Libraries, has been selected for exhibition at China…

The Libraries congratulates Dr. Carlos Goller on being honored with NC State’s inaugural Faculty Open Education Resources Award. The annual award, presented by Student Government, recognizes a…

In observance of Juneteenth this year—the 156th anniversary of the day the last enslaved people learned of their freedom in the United States—NC State is observing a campus holiday and closing…

“Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions” is an online summer course for incoming first-year and transfer students—and their families. A “wicked” problem is one that impacts the world in a way that…

The Libraries congratulates Makerspace student worker Chloe Sanchez-Prado and her four-member team for being awarded first-place in the 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize…

Have you taken some fabulous shots in the lab or the field during the course of your work? Submit them to Envisioning Research—NC State’s annual research image contest! NC State is calling on…

The Libraries has long been a leader in the quickly expanding field of OERs (open educational resources). Our Alt-Textbook program saves NC State students hundreds of thousands of dollars in textbook…

The Innovation Studio at the Hill Library has only been open since the library’s renovation was completed last August, and it’s already winning awards. The dynamic, interactive space now boasts a…

The Libraries received a 2020 Student Sustainability Fund grant of $18,500 last year to install two new water bottle refilling stations in the Hunt Library. Then, the pandemic hit, and the project…

Since its founding in 1948, the College of Design has boasted a faculty of world-class architects who brought Modernist and Bauhaus principles to NC State—and to Raleigh neighborhoods, too. The NC…

Day of Giving 2021 was a big day for NC State and its fantastic students. And donors to the Libraries were particularly generous and thoughtful on March 24. The Libraries exceeded its previous two…

Exams got you tense? Then take a break with the Libraries’ livestreams on Twitch! The Libraries is concentrating on exam week wellness with special Twitch programming on May 2-7. Anyone can tune in…

During the spring semester exam period—from Friday, April 30 through Monday, May 10—both the Hill and Hunt Libraries will be open 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m., seven days a week. Safety protocols are still…

Each year, the Libraries’ Student Assistant Program Committee acknowledges the tremendous contributions of its student workers with several awards. This year, the awards ceremony was held online on…

On February 1, 1920 an eight-person staff launched the first edition of the Technician with the words, “Smoothly, and with never a jerk or splash, but with an unerring, quiet movement, a strange ship…

Raiders of the Lost Arcade—the Libraries’ program series that uses gaming to promote experiential learning, empathy building, and storytelling—returns for a new season focused on disability…

John and Molly Chester traded city living for 200 acres of barren farmland and a dream—harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and an embrace of the opportunity provided by nature…