Atkins Library News - Announcements

Atkins Library to partner in a substantial grant to digitize important North Carolina architectural collections

UNC Charlotte�s J. Murrey Atkins Library is a partner in a substantial grant to digitize 3,831 architectural drawings and 923 photographs documenting approximately 730 buildings constructed from 1900 to 1940. The grant, awarded to the North Carolina State University Libraries, is a collaborative effort between NC State Libraries, the State Archives of North Carolina, and the Special Collections Department at the J. Murrey Atkins Library.

Titled Beaux Arts to Modernism: Early Twentieth Century Architecture in North Carolina, the project will digitize drawings of Richard C. Biberstein, Martin E. Boyer, Eric G. Flannagan, Northup & O�Brien, and Herbert Woodley Simpson--five architects/architectural firms who designed important and representative buildings of the time period. J. Murrey Atkins Library will contribute a substantial number of drawings from its Biberstein, Bowles, Meecham, & Reed Records and the Martin Evans Boyer Papers for digitization. This project will create an online resource available to scholars, educators, students, and the general public.

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Atkins Library Announces Installation of the Lambdin-Irwin Collection

J. Murrey Atkins Library is pleased to announce the installation of a permanent exhibit from the Lambdin-Irwin Collection of Egyptian and Sumerian antiquities.

The exhibit of documents and artifacts highlights the work and interests of Rev. Milton B. Lambdin, a student and scholar of the Bible and Near Eastern history. During the first half of the twentieth century, Rev. Lambdin traveled extensively and became a close friend of renowned archeologists, Charles Pfeiffer of Harvard University, and Howard Carter, discoverer and excavator of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

The collection and exhibit comprise an historically valuable snapshot of the formative years of biblical archeology. The Lambdin-Irwin Collection was generously donated to UNC Charlotte by Anne Lambdin Irwin and family. The exhibit is on the first floor of the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte and is free and open to the public during regular library hours.

Web Version of The Chronicle of Higher Education Now Available

As the preeminent publication covering higher education in the United States it serves as an indispensable source for developments in the field. The web version of the Chronicle posts all the articles from the print edition. Updates are posted on the web site daily.

All faculty, staff and students logged in to the University�s network or Remote Access system have access to the publication at Chronicle.com.

Special features include:

The Web site updated throughout the day with the latest news in academe;
The text from the current print edition, posted every Monday morning;
A searchable archive of every issue published since September 1989;
All the commentary and essays from the weekly magazine, The Chronicle Review;
All the data from the annual Almanac and other special, single-topic reports are in easy-to-search databases;
Online "extras" such as slide shows, podcasts, and video.

Writing Resource Center Summer Hours at Atkins Library

Take A Break in our Browsing/Popular Reading Collection Area...

Relax and unwind in Atkins Library�s Browsing/Popular Reading Collection area, now conveniently located on the 2nd Floor, by the Reserves Desk. You�ll enjoy reading hundreds of current popular books from the New York Times reviewed book collection as well as the Charlotte Observer�s repository donations.

Grab a cup of coffee from Ritazza Café, get comfortable in a nearby chair and peruse books such as:

� Audubon: Early Drawings by John James Audubon
� December by Elizabeth Harley Winthrop
� Baptism By fire: Eight Presidents Who took Office in Times of Crisis by Mark K. Updegrove
� The Elvis Encyclopedia by Adam Victor
� Mr. & Mrs. Prince: How An Extraordinary Eighteenth Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend by Gretchen H. Gerzina
� Just After Sunset by Stephen King

Most books may be checked out for a three week period, with two renewals possible. Students, Faculty and Staff are also invited to use the Atkins Express service to obtain these books. When you need a break, come enjoy the Browsing/Popular Reading Collection!