What's New Archive 2006

Congratulations to the winners of the seventeenth annual T. Kimball Brooker Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting): Quinn Anya Carey (Fourth Year Prize Recipient) and Sabahat Adil (Second Year Prize Recipient)
Congratulations to Stephen Brusatte and Daniel Isaac Wolf, winners of the third annual Crerar Science Writing Prize for College Students.
The Library welcomes your input, if you would like to make a suggestion or comment about the University Library and its services or facilities, please complete this form. For a view of past requests and their reponses, see the Maroon Opinions blog.
Learn how the Library can help to support Academic Honesty
On February 2, the Board of Trustees approved Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn as the architect for the Addition to Regenstein.
Short-term research fellowships for on-site consultation of materials in the Special Collections Research Center are now available for use between July 1 2006 through June 30, 2007. Up to $3,000 of support will be awarded to help cover projected travel, living and research expenses. The deadline for fellowship applications is February 15, 2006.
Enter the seventeenth annual T. Kimball Brooker Prize for undergraduate book collecting. Entry in the competition is open to second-year and fourth-year students. One $500 prize will be awarded to a second-year student and one $1000 prize to a fourth-year student.
Over the next several months, NSIT and the Library will be moving to a new proxy server for off-campus access to Library resources. The new proxy server will work with all web browsers and will no longer require changes to your browser settings.
For the time being, the Library recommends that you maintain your current proxy settings. During the transition, there may be some electronic resources that still require the use of the old proxy server. As a result, you may be required to log in with your CNetID more than once for access to certain electronic resources.
The Library will provide updates regarding the progress of this change to the new proxy server. Please report any problems accessing electronic resources to the Library.
Martin Luther King Jr: Still Realizing the Vision, The University of Chicago Commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a week full of events. Please visit for a complete schedule.
Please join us for a glimpse into history!
The Sights and Sounds of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.
Thursday, January 12, 1:00-3:00pm Regenstein room A-11 (enter thru Ex-Libris) The event will include: slide show of art and images from the Civil Rights Movement, sounds of MLK speeches and excerpts from his funeral and displays of books and articles. Please come, relax and learn about our nation's history. Refreshments will be served.
"Rarities Online:" an article in the November 1st Library Journal, discusses the digitization of special collections materials and makes special mention of the digitization projects being done at Chicago, under the leadership of Alice Schreyer, Director of the Special Collections Research Center, in collaboration with faculty, IT and other library staff.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2006 Mary and Samuel Somit Preservation Internship. This newly established Internship has been made possible through the generosity of Dr. Albert Somit (AB ’41, PhD ’47), University of Chicago alumnus and past president of Southern Illinois University. The Internship is intended to provide firsthand experience and a broader understanding of the care and treatment of library and archives materials in an academic library. Applications received by December 1 will be assured consideration. The Internship is available after January 1, 2006. For more information, consult Sherry Byrne, Preservation Librarian.