Access during COVID-19

Weaver Library is open Sunday through Thursday 9am-9pm, and Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm. You can also contact us by chat, text, and email during those hours. We’re providing limited services in the Main Library lobby. The Health Sciences Library is open to Health Sciences affiliates. Learn more about access during COVID-19.

Past news

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Making data open, accessible for researchers and scholars

A new service created by the University of Arizona Libraries is helping researchers and students amplify their individual or cross-departmental work, while taking our commitment to open to the next level. ReDATA —a free research data repository that stores and...
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5 tips for archiving at home from an archivist

Lisa Duncan Have you been thinking about cleaning out your closets, garages, and storage areas? October is American Archives Month, and there's no time like now. Last October, we invited the community to join us for Family & Community Archives...
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Janet Crum appointed Director of Health Sciences Library

The University Libraries welcomes Janet Crum , who has been appointed as Director of the Health Sciences Library, effective October 19. Janet most recently served as Head of Content, Discovery and Delivery Services at Northern Arizona University's Cline Library. Prior...
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University Libraries launch new data grant program

The University of Arizona Libraries is launching a new Data Grant Program to invite University of Arizona faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral associates and staff to apply for grants to the purchase of commercially available datasets for their research. A total...

Preserving films from the 1930s takes time

This past spring, the University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections was awarded a prestigious Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) . Assistant librarian and archivist Trent Purdy and archival assistant Amanda Howard ,...
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Current guidelines for using the Health Sciences Library

Update effective Friday, September 18: The library remains accessible to UAHS affiliates with an active CatCard at the main entrance. The library is now open for limited hours , seven days a week. The library will not be staffed for...
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Behind the scenes at the library

Welcome back to the University Libraries! We're wearing face coverings for everyone's safety, but we're also wearing smiles. As we continue to work on-site, remotely, and virtually to make sure that students, faculty, and staff have access to our resources...

Supporting student success with free access to textbooks

The University of Arizona Libraries are always looking for ways to support student success. For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, the costs of textbooks can be a real barrier. The University of Arizona Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid advises...
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Library resources just for students

No matter where you are, we're here for you. Whether you're brand new to the university or a graduate student, our librarians have the skills and expertise to help you succeed. Resources for students Find your librarian from your college/department...
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Family study rooms open at Weaver Library

In 2019, the University Libraries partnered with the Graduate & Professional Student Council (GPSC) and the Office of the Provost to provide a family study room for student parents/guardians, postdocs, staff, and faculty accompanied by children. Only one family study...
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A message on anti-racism and our way forward

The recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Rayshard Brooks are stark illustrations of the long-standing racism, injustice, and inequity that shape our history and our daily lives. The protests that erupted in the wake of George...
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Our response to COVID-19

When the COVID-19 pandemic shifted teaching, learning and research to remote and online environments, we were here to meet the most pressing needs of students, faculty, instructors and staff. We made a big difference in a short amount of time...
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Mellon Foundation grant will support research and storytelling on U.S.-Mexico Border [UANews]

The $750,000 Mellon grant to University Libraries will allow researchers to produce open-access humanities research from the border for both academic and popular audiences. Read the full story .
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Elizabeth Kline receives 2020 Lois Olsrud Faculty Excellence Award

We are pleased to announce that Associate Librarian Elizabeth Kline is the 2020 recipient of the Lois Olsrud Faculty Excellence Award. This award is given annually to honor of one of our faculty members who has embodied our organizational...
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University of Arizona Press announces new partnership with the Academy of American Poets

The University of Arizona Press is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Academy of American Poets. Beginning in 2020, recipients of the Academy of American Poets’ Ambroggio Prize will have their winning manuscript published in Spanish with the...
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University Libraries transitions to new PubMed

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has completed its transition to a new PubMed platform. This new interface incorporates changes to both the inner workings of PubMed (e.g. search algorithms/term mapping) as well as to the look and feel of...
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2020 Data Visualization Challenge winners announced

Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Data Visualization Challenge hosted by the Office of Digital Innovation & Stewardship at the University of Arizona Libraries. They are Kelsey Gonzalez, Reagen Leimbach, Rob Lucha, Stephanie Martin, Miranda Rintoul and Jazmyn Winzer...
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Special Collections awarded grant to digitize Andrew Ellicott Douglass films

The University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections has been awarded a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) . The $39,175 grant supports the project, "Preserving the Films of Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Astronomer, Archaeologist,...
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HathiTrust offers online emergency access to Libraries print collection

Through a strategic partnership with HathiTrust, over 1 million of the UA Libraries’ physical books are available to UA students, faculty, researchers and staff in electronic format through the HathiTrust Digital Library. Books can be checked out for renewable one-hour...
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Jerry Perry receives 2020 Marcia C. Noyes Award

Jerry Perry , associate dean for health sciences for the University of Arizona Libraries and director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Library, was recognized by the Medical Library Association with the 2020 Marcia C. Noyes Award. The Medical...

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