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It was a doggone good time at Zimmerman Library thanks to University Libraries and the  Southwest Canine Corps of Volunteers. This group came to campus with a purpose–to help both stressed out students and staff, and stressed out pups, with Cuddle a...

The University Libraries (UL) receives thousands of visitors throughout the year and is proud to provide many resources and services to the UNM and broader Albuquerque communities. Campus security is a priority at The University of New Mexico and...

Plans are being made to renovate a space in Zimmerman Library at The University of New Mexico to honor literary great, Professor Emeritus Rudolfo Anaya, who died last year at the age of 82. Known as “Rudy” to his friends and colleagues, Anaya is...

The November 2020 General Election will be crucial for many reasons, but especially for academic libraries across the state of New Mexico. General Obligation (GO) Bond B, if passed, will provide publicly funded New Mexico libraries with a total of $9.5...

Almost 140 years after his death, the man born Henry McCarty  ̶  but better known as Billy the Kid  ̶  continues to exert a sense of fascination and romance. Two books about the outlaw, who spent the last part of his life in New Mexico, will be...

After many changes, a long-awaited project is expected to break ground at The University of New Mexico. Through a joint effort between the Associated Students of UNM (ASUNM) and UNM’s Facilities Management (FM), solar panels will soon be placed atop...

University of New Mexico President Garnett S. Stokes announced on Monday an extension of its current limited operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new extension continues through Saturday, May 16. UNM moved to limited operations on March 17...

The renovation of Smith Plaza that turned a drab, barren stretch of beige bricks to an outdoor “great room” in the heart of the UNM campus was among the winners in the recent Brick in Architecture Awards celebrated by the Brick Industry Association...

In Zimmerman Library on the campus of The University of New Mexico, there is a facsimile of the Godescalc Gospel Lectionary, an illuminated manuscript created by a Frankish scribe named Godescalc. Professor Timothy Graham, wearing white gloves and using...

While teaching writer Denis Johnson’s stories to college students in Connecticut, author Leslie Jamison found a letter in his archives, sent to Johnson by a younger writer in 1996 who said, “It seems there are two kinds of American writers. Those who...