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Students from the STEM Academy learn how to map the plants in UNL’s Indigenous Garden during their library workshop.

Congratulations to our colleagues at the Press!

UNL | U of Nebraska Press named publisher of the year | Office of Research and Innovation Foreword Reviews has named the University of Nebraska Press its Indie Publisher of the Year, recognizing the press for its publishing program and its commitment to independent and university press publishing.

With the school year ending, we'd like to reflect on this year for the Libraries. During the 2025-2026 academic year, the Libraries celebrated several anniversaries: 80 years of Love Library,
50 years of Love North, 20 years of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, 10 years of the Adele Hall Learning Commons, and 5 years of the Dinsdale Family Learning Commons. To celebrate we held a bunch of events throughout the year, including an Ice Cream Social, an exhibition of Karen Blessen's journals, a Husker Gameday celebration, and Lovefest. Thank you to all who attended these events, and thank you for a great year!

Congratulations to all our 2026 graduates! Everyone in the Libraries is proud of you. We wish you the best in all your future endeavors. Go Big Red Libraries Alumni!

Materials from the Archives & Special Collections provided the spark of creativity for the creation of new music. Read more about it:

Archives provide inspiration for new student-composed concert music Drawing inspiration from the University Libraries' Archives and Special Collections, composition students from the Glenn Korff School of Music created and performed original works at the Flyover Satellite Concert as part of the Pages to Paths celebration.

Professor Suping Lu, University Libraries, is internationally recognized for his extensive scholarship of the Nanjing Massacre and wartime atrocities in East Asia. After a career spanning over three decades at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lu will be retiring on June 30, 2026.

An exhibit of some of his paintings, drawings, and books will highlight his retirement celebration. Fifteen portraits, including two
self-portraits and matching drawings, will be on display on the second floor of Love Library South. A bookcase will contain twenty books he has published.

A reception celebrating his retirement and exhibition is scheduled for May 7, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. in Love Library South, Room 221 (Peterson Room).

Happening now until 2 pm on Love Library's lawn. Food, games and fun.

Some days the lawn in front of Love Library is used for dance practice.

Calling all Gamers! We'll have classic consoles and laptops for emulating retro games. From Legend of Zelda to L*D: Dream Emulator, and Dr. Mario to Donkey Konga, drop in and play anytime! Staff will be present to demonstrate how to back up your cartridge games and save files to preserve them. Coffee and cookies will be served.
This event is part of LoveFest, a week-long celebration of 80 years of Love Library South and 50 years of Love Library North being open to students.
⏰: Tuesday April 14, 2 - 3:30 pm
📍: Love Library South, 221, Peterson Room.

LoveFest has begun! A ping pong table is set up on the 2nd floor in homage of the WWII Army cadets that lived and learned in Love Library before it was a library. The table is here all week, come and play! Can't guarantee you'll see Marty Supreme.

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