“Wedding” of the Folios
Wednesday, October 12th, 2016The University Libraries and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (B&ECPL) commemorated the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death with a Wedding of the Folios on October …
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UB Libraries Banned Books Read-Out
Tuesday, September 20th, 2016Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 3 pm Lockwood Library, 2nd Floor Lobby Light refreshments will be served. Celebrate the freedom to read and help us draw attention to …
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Banned Books: Celebrate the Freedom to Read – 2016
Friday, September 9th, 2016Catcher in the Rye… To Kill a Mockingbird… Harry Potter… What’s your favorite book? Chances are good that someone has tried to ban it! Banned Books Week was …
Summer Reads!
Monday, July 18th, 2016It’s summer! Whether you’re making plans for a day at the beach, getting ready to embark on a relaxing getaway vacation, or simply looking for a book to …
Connect. Collaborate. Create.
Friday, July 15th, 2016Exciting changes are taking place in the Oscar A. Silverman Library in Capen Hall. The ways in which students learn, classes are taught, and information is shared are …
UB’s prized Dylan Thomas portraits restored after 60 years
Thursday, July 7th, 2016Inside the UB Poetry Collection sit two of the greatest portraits ever painted of the iconic poet Dylan Thomas.
Third floor of UB’s Capen library set to reopen in fall 2016
Thursday, July 7th, 2016Almost two years and more $8 million later, UB students will finally get the opportunity to experience the newly-renovated Oscar A. Silverman Library on the third floor of Capen …
Historic Banners of the YMCA Buffalo Niagara
Monday, May 23rd, 2016Perhaps one of the most exciting moments in archival work is the unveiling of newly acquired material. Surveying the contents of boxes may yield countless papers, photographs, books, …
With thanks to Pamela Gearhart
Thursday, May 12th, 2016When violinist, conductor, and former UB faculty member Pamela Gearhart died in 2014, she left a generous endowment to the University at Buffalo Music Library in her will. …
Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Everywhere
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016The UB libraries are awash with Shakespeare-related displays commemorating the 400th anniversary of his death this year.