Affordable Learning Georgia, an initiative of the University System of Georgia focused on providing affordable course materials, will host an online interest meeting on Jan. 22, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Individuals who are interested in applying for a Round 25 grant are encouraged to apply. To join the online interest meeting, use this link. Important Dates Jan. 22, 2024, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Online Interest Meeting Feb. 16, 2024 - Intent to Apply form due to the Office...
Affordable Learning Georgia, an initiative of the University System of Georgia focused on providing affordable course materials, will host an online interest meeting on Jan. 22, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Individuals who are interested in applying for a Round 25 grant are encouraged to apply. To join the online interest meeting, use this link. Important Dates Jan. 22, 2024, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Online Interest Meeting Feb. 16, 2024 - Intent to Apply form due to the Office...
Affordable Learning Georgia, an initiative of the University System of Georgia focused on providing affordable course materials, recently released a Request for Proposals for Affordable Materials Grants. Applications are due by March 11, 2024. Three types of grants are available: Transformation Grants support individual instructors, teams of instructors and entire departments, along with supporting professional staff, in replacing their existing commercial textbooks and materials...
Dr. Shaundra Walker, director of Ina Dillard Russell Library at Georgia College & State University, is featured in a new NOVA documentary as a consultant and expert in family tree lineage. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) film, called “Lee and Liza’s Family Tree,” is about the Hurt Family in Milledgeville. The Union Recorder featured an article about the production recently, as well. Bryon Hurt, who made the documentary, became aware of Walker’s work “Documenting African American...
Got a story to tell about Central State Hospital (CSH)? Consider sharing your story for an oral history project in Georgia College & State University’s Special Collections section at Ina Dillard Russell Library. In its 180-year existence, the hospital has held a unique place in the nation’s contested past treatment of people living with mental illness. It left an indelible mark on our local community’s history and identity. Lost within the sensationalized history of the hospital is...
Russell Library invites the Georgia College community to take the GALILEO Annual Survey. The survey has been conducted since 1996 and is important both in raising awareness about GALILEO and in helping us know your concerns and ideas for the future. It will run through November 17. Completed entries have the chance to win an Amazon gift card. A completed entry must be completely filled out. Many entries have been eliminated in the past because this was not done, though the respondents...
We invite you to take the annual survey that has been conducted since 1996 and is important both in raising awareness about GALILEO and in helping us know your concerns and ideas for the future. It will run Nov. 1 – 17. In the past year, your feedback has been critical in deciding how GALILEO would be redesigned! Completed entries have the chance to win an Amazon gift card. A completed entry must be completely filled out. Many entries have been eliminated in the past because this was...
We invite you to take the annual survey that has been conducted since 1996 and is important both in raising awareness about GALILEO and in helping us know your concerns and ideas for the future. It will run Nov. 1 – 17. In the past year, your feedback has been critical in deciding how GALILEO would be redesigned! Completed entries have the chance to win an Amazon gift card. A completed entry must be completely filled out. Many entries have been eliminated in the past because this was...
Georgia College & State University offers new resources for exploring history and the evolution of the printed page. Georgia College’s Ina Dillard Russell Library celebrated the opening of a major addition to its Special Collections & Galleries department Monday. The expanded facilities provide new space for collaborating on digital history projects; analyzing and preserving artifacts in the university’s collections; and putting history on display. This initial phase of a two-part...
For anybody who thinks libraries are passé, dimly-lit rooms filled with dusty old books––take another look. An online repository called the Knowledge Box is maintained within the brick façade of Ina Dillard Russell Library. And, in that, is a publication called “The Corinthian.” It has placed Georgia College on the map. Literally. More than 200,000 people in nearly 200 countries worldwide have accessed the digital journal––which publishes about 10 undergraduate research projects per...
