A lecture Oct. 10 by UNC professor Kathryn Burns and display of books and documents from the Rare Book Collection will help mark Hispanic Heritage Month in the Wilson Special Collections Library. Continue reading
Members of the UNC community will read from original editions of banned and censored books in Wilson Library on Sept. 27 as part of UNC’s third annual First Amendment Day celebration. Continue reading
“Pictures, Books, and Science: From Description to Diagram in the Circle of Galileo” will be the topic of the 14th Hanes Lecture in the Study of the Origin and Development of the book, Sept. 22, 2011 at Wilson Library. Continue reading
The Library announces our Fall, 2012, events calendar. Join us for a season of lectures, concerts, discussions, and more. Continue reading
A new video highlights the extraordinary Civil War collections at UNC’s Wilson Special Collections Library and “The Civil War Day by Day,” a website that presents one item from those collections daily for four years, each related to the corresponding day of the war. Continue reading
An exhibition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill featuring many of the most outstanding illustrated books from the the Wilson Special Collections Library is on view now through Sept. 28. Continue reading
Installation of fire sprinklers in the Wilson Special Collections Library stacks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will begin during the summer of 2011. The project will affect the availability of research materials during the 2011-12 academic year. Continue reading
On April 12, treasures will come out of the stacks at the Rare Book Collection in UNC’s Wilson Special Collections Library in the second annual display of recent acquisitions.
In the free public program at 5:45 p.m., Curator of Rare Books Claudia Funke will survey modern rare book culture and this year’s acquisitions, highlighting the inclusivity of rare books. Participants will have the opportunity during a reception beginning at 5 p.m. to view additions to the Rare Book Collection from the past year. Continue reading
The opening of a new Reference Center and consolidated reading room in the Wilson Special Collections Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not take place in March, 2011, as previously announced. Continue reading
William Wordsworth expert Paul Betz will lead a collective deciphering of “Laverna,” left unfinished and unpublished by the poet. The free public program will be Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 5:45 p.m. in the Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A reception will precede the program at 5 p.m. Continue reading