What's New at the Auburn Libraries

The Fall 2024 Graduate Research and Writing Studio will be held on Tuesdays from 1-4 pm from September 3 to November 19 in the University Writing Studio (2056) in RBD Library. Students are welcome to bring their work at any stage of the writing process, to work on in a quiet, focused setting. A writing consultant is on hand to assist with structure, style, and formatting, and a research librarian…

Open access publishing models are a hot topic at Auburn University Libraries, so when Dr. Laurie Stevison wanted to incorporate a project on open access into her computational biology course, she turned to her librarians. Her collaboration with Patricia Hartman, biology liaison librarian, and Ali Krzton, the research data management librarian, developed into a quantitative […]

Auburn University Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives has just opened a new exhibit entitled Divine Images: Artistic Representations of Religious Imagery from the Thirteenth to Twentieth Centuries. The exhibit is located on the ground floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library and is open to the public. "This exhibit explores various forms of religious illustration, […]

Auburn University Library’s newest exhibit in their first-floor exhibit area features early innovations in flight technology. “No Time to Fall: Mechanical Innovations of Flight,” features select items from Special Collections and Archives’ Hampton Aviation Collection and the Walter Scott Hoover Papers. “Auburn University Libraries’ Special Colelctions and Archives Department holds one of the nati…

Departments in AU Libraries will be closing for the 2023 to 2024 holiday season The Interlibrary Loan department of Auburn University Libraries will be closed December 15, 2023, through January 2, 2024. Due to the upcoming holidays and winter break closures of other Interlibrary Loan (ILL) partner libraries, ILL requests made by Monday, December 4, […]

Auburn University Libraries will host Dr. Elijah Gaddis, College of Liberal Arts History Department, at the next Discover Auburn Lecture Series as he talks about his book, “Gruesome Looking Objects: A New History of Lynching and Everyday Things” (Cambridge University Press). The program will take place on November 2 at 3 p.m. in the Caroline […]

Auburn University Libraries will be hosting Open Access Week events October 23 to 27 to highlight the importance of open access to research. Monday HathiTrust Public Domain Papers: The Past is a Different Country HathiTrust is a treasure chest of public domain online information which allows us to see the past through historical sources. The […]

On October 18 at 3 p.m. Auburn University Libraries will present the Discover Auburn Lecture Series program “Music in India through the ages” with Dr. Chaitra Gururaja of the AU Music Department and the Indian Music Ensemble. The program may be attended in person or remotely at https://auburn.zoom.us/j/82011484062 Music has been an integral part of […]

During the week of October 1-7, Auburn University Libraries will be celebrating Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week, organized by the American Library Association, highlights recent and historical book challenges and bans, in which books are targeted for removal from schools and libraries. By raising awareness of censorship, the week is intended to celebrate the […]

Auburn University Libraries’ latest exhibit looks into the past of the Auburn freshman experience with “Being a R.A.T.: The Auburn Freshman Experience-Flashback.” The exhibit is located on the first floor of Ralph Brown Draughon Library and is open to the public during all regular library hours. The Rookie Auburn Tiger (R.A.T.) experience has undergone many […]

Auburn University Libraries, in partnership with the League of Women Voters of East Alabama, is hosting a voter registration day on September 19 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the Ralph Brown Draughon Library. Those wishing to register to vote or just wanting information on voting are welcome. A table staffed by League of […]

Late-night study sessions at Ralph Brown Draughon Library just became more productive with the addition of two new Costa Coffee vending machines on the first floor in the Newspaper Reading Room. The installation of the two coffee vending machines came about through a discussion of student needs between Dr. Shali Zhang, Dean of Auburn University […]

Attorney of historic Supreme Court case is featured 2023 Constitution Day lecturer Auburn University’s annual Constitution Day lecture will feature Ronnie Williams, the attorney that argued the Supreme Court case of Wallace v. Jaffree that raised the question of prayer in school under the 1st Amendment Establishment Clause. The program will take place on Thursday, […]

The Fall 2023 Graduate Research and Writing Studio is a weekly writing retreat offering support from a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant. Light refreshments are provided! The studio will be held repeating on Wednesdays from 1-4, September 6 - November 15. The registration link is aub.ie/GradStudio

Auburn University Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives department is pleased to announce the completion of the restoration project for two historic books: Raphael Holinshed’s “Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande” (1587) and Holinshed’s “Historie of England” (1587) thanks to the generosity of Tiger Giving Day donors. With their support, AU Libraries was able to surpass […]

Auburn University Libraries recently celebrated a significant milestone, over one million transactions processed in the InterLibrary Loan Internet Accessible Database (ILLiad). Since installation of ILLiad on August 15, 2006, this software has been used to process requests from Auburn University faculty, staff, and students for content held by other libraries, but also requests from patrons [&#82…

Auburn University Libraries will hold its fall semester Savvy Researcher Boot Camp, over Zoom, on Saturday Sept. 9, from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The daylong event is designed for graduate students who want to take their research skills to a higher level. Whether students are interested in learning how to locate scholarly sources in […]

To help users learn how to use the creative applications of Adobe Creative Cloud including generative ai art, and how to use the audio studio and technology lending equipment available for checkout, the Auburn University Libraries’ I&RC (Innovation & Research Commons) is offering free instructional workshops open to all Auburn students, faculty, and staff, including […]

Make plans to attend Adobe Day, Thursday August 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Ralph Brown Draughon Library, 2nd floor, an official First 56 event [https://auburn.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9130420]. Adobe Creative Cloud is available to all Auburn students at no additional cost. Presenters and our own Adobe Student Consultants and Adobe Student Ambassadors will share how they […]

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use and open access citation management tool that helps you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. In this workshop, you'll learn how to download Zotero, register for an account, import and organize your sources, use the built-in PDF editor, and create a formatted bibliography. We'll also practice using the Write […]