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Year: 2016

Originally published Dec. 8, 2016: Do you thrive in the late hours of the UL? Or is the Wilson Library more your style? UNC offers a dozen different libraries… but which one matches your personality? Take our quiz to find out.

Originally published Nov. 28, 2016: UNC Libraries appoints Maria R. Estorino as director of the Louis Round Wilson Library and associate University librarian for special collections, effective January 1, 2017.

Originally published Nov. 21, 2016: A thank you to Florence Fearrington, class of 1958, for her $5 million donation to Wilson Library. 

Originally published Nov. 15, 2016: Video: Feature on the Hinman Collator, a device used to compare different editions of works in a process known as collation. 

In a corner of UNC’s Wilson Special Collections Library sits a large metal contraption that looks a little like a mid-century time-machine. In fact, the Hinman Collator does take users back in time, helping them to compare texts printed long …

Video: Hinman Collator: Compare, Contrast, Create Read More »

Originally published Oct. 18, 2016: Florence Fearrington, class of 1958, gives $5 million to Wilson Library to update the Fearrington Reading Room and create the Fearrington Special Collections Library Fund. The gift is the largest ever presented to the libraries.