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[ WITHIN THE PAGES] [DIGITAL LIBRARY OF GEORGIA] 4 Dr. Toby Graham: University Librarian and Associate Provost 24 The Digital Library of Georgia Launches 6 Exhibit Schedule Georgia Historic Newspapers website Online portal provides consolidated access to 8 Recent Acquisitions Georgia’s earliest newspapers 10 Special Collections Faculty Fellows 26 New Grant Program Increases Cynthia Camp Digital Participation Nine grants awarded across Georgia [ HARGRETT] 14 Putting Knowledge on Display [ LITERARY UPDATE] Exhibitions provide experiential learning opportunities 27 Georgia Review [ RUSSELL] 28 UGA Press 16 Roscoe’s Puzzle is a Chapter in Wayne County’s History [IN THE STACKS] History buffs work together to save a collection 29 Board Member Profile: Kendell Turner 18 Wrestling Temptation 30 Letter from Chantel Dunham, A look at Georgia’s history with alcohol Libraries’ Director of Development [ MEDIA] 31 Board of Visitors 20 Live, Local, Latebreaking: Local News Collections in the Brown Media Archive News collections preserve our shared history 22 Enhancing Access to History Student worker processes backlog A GIFT TO THE LIBRARY is a gift in support of all the students and faculty at the University of Georgia. If you would like to make a gift to the Library or would like to learn more about CHANTEL DUNHAM Director of Development how we are creating a new learning 706-542-0628 environment at UGA, please contact us! [email protected] WITHIN THE PAGES success and that facilitate discovery, In the summer of 2017, the Library study and contemplation, collaboration, was the recipient of an incredible gift knowledge creation, knowledge from John (’58) and Marilyn McMullin stewardship, and knowledge sharing. of Atlanta, Georgia. The McMullins Increasingly, our libraries are the donated a 62-piece set of gold coins places on campus where new and struck at the Dahlonega mint following cutting edge technology can be found. the discovery of gold in 1828. Formally Much like the books and journals we’ve known as the Thomas Leverette always offered, students can now visit McMullin Reed Creek Collection after our libraries to experiment with 3D the region where Mr. McMullin’s father, printing and virtual reality technology, Thomas Leverette McMullin, grew up, bioinformatics, and more. the collection is one of only a few Private giving has had an incredible complete Dahlonega mint collections in impact on the University of Georgia the country. Libraries during the course of its The McMullins’ donation was the existence. From the estate gift of Ilah inspiration for the public exhibit Dr. Toby Graham Dunlap Little that helped to build our “Gold Digging in Georgia: America’s Main Library to the support of donors First Gold Rush” and the resultant University Librarian and foundations across the state that programming, which explored the and Associate Provost allowed us to construct the Russell effect of the gold rush on the state’s Special Collections Building, from the economy, its environment, and its In 2016, the University of Georgia thousands of donors who give annually citizens. The exhibit is on display launched the Commit to Georgia to our Libraries Excellence Fund to the through the end of 2017, so if you Campaign, a $1.2 billion dollar campaign donors who have entrusted us with haven’t had an opportunity to see it, I designed to enhance the learning their historic family materials, all of encourage you to come for a visit, or environment at UGA by providing these gifts work together to create a I suggest taking advantage of one of top-notch facilities and unique and Library of distinction. our weekly "Tuesday at 2:00" tours. engaging learning opportunities for students, to remove barriers and open doors for students through increased need- and merit-based financial assistance, and to solve the grand challenges for our state and world by providing research and service support for faculty and students. A great library is the heart of any institution of higher education and the UGA Libraries play an important role in meeting the goals of the Commit to Georgia campaign. The Library as place continues to play an important role in support of our community of scholars by providing an archive of knowledge and well- equipped spaces to inspire group and individual learning in an adaptable and accessible environment. We are actively working to reinvent Pictured L to R at the exhibit opening reception for Gold Digging in Georgia our spaces as 21st-century learning are Thomas L. McMullin, donors Marilyn and John McMullin, Jane M. McMullin, environments that cultivate student and University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead. 4 Within the Pages | University of Georgia | Fall 2017 Dr. Amma Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin (below, center), an assistant professor in the theater and film studies department of the Franklin College, whose research focuses on how one can use theater, film and television to tell history, has students do warm up exercises before class. The final project was a student- written dramatization and public performance of the Georgia's three governors controversy. Pictured at left are students representing Herman Talmadge, Melvin E. Thompson, and Ellis Arnall. Our special collections continue to be an area that invites exploratory pedagogical practices and opportunities for student engagement. Two new initiatives are providing enhanced opportunities for student-faculty interaction and unique learning opportunities for students. The Special Collections Faculty Fellows program encourages faculty to create archives-centered courses. These courses are a form of active learning, which engages students in the learning process and which result in better writing and Both the Faculty Fellows program a part of the Commit to Georgia critical thinking skills. Read about and the internships have been Campaign. Together with our Special Collections Faculty Fellow Dr. supported by generous donations supporters, we helping students Cynthia Camp’s collaborative class on from Library supporters. These to become critical thinkers ready p. 10 of this publication. investments in our students not only to tackle any challenge presented Student Scholar Internships offer unique educational experiences, to them in today's knowledge- in the libraries provide students but, in the case of the internships, also based economy. with practical research and work enhance accessibility and affordability I invite you to join us. If you would experiences with collections that of higher education by providing like to support the Fellows program, a are directly related to their area financial support for students who student internship, or help us in some of study. Some internships also may need the income, particularly other way, I'd love to hear from you. qualify for Experiential Learning during summer months. credit and may include guided Experiential learning opportunities With gratitude, research projects, oral history are offered through the Special work, exhibition design, digital Collections Libraries, as well as other scholarship, or other activities Library units and the University of that support original research by Georgia Press. students using UGA’s distinguished Every day we see the impact that special collections. Student work is philanthropy has had on our facilities featured in a number of articles in and our teaching and research Toby Graham this issue of Beyond the Pages. mission, and we are proud to be University Librarian and Associate Provost Fall 2017 | University of Georgia | Within the Pages 5 Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Library EXHIBIT SCHEDULE SIDNEY SAMUEL THOMAS ROTUNDA Covered With Glory: Football at UGA, 1892-1917 – through December 2017 HARGRETT RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY White Ribbon Army: Women’s Christian Temperance Union – January through May 2018 This exhibit will explore the many economic, social, and political transformations America experienced during the nineteenth century. The Temperance movement became one of the most prominent reform campaigns of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of the most notable groups fighting for reform was the Women's Christian Temperance Union, which fought for both temperance and women's suffrage in the name of "Home Protection." The exhibit was curated by Kathryn Veale '15, G '19, with support from the Lucy Hargrett Draper Student Scholar Endowment.