James Library

06/29/2026

The James Library will be CLOSED on Thursday, July 2. We're wishing everyone a very safe and happy 4th of July!

03/30/2026

Thank you to the folks in the UNCG Public History Department who came to speak with us today about their traveling exhibit, Limits of Freedom. Sponsored by America 250 NC, the exhibit highlights the lives and contributions of enslaved and free African Americans in Rockingham and Guilford Counties. You can view it in the library through Thursday.

03/14/2026

Limits of Freedom, a traveling exhibit developed by UNC Greensboro Department of History, will be on display in the James Library from March 16 through April 3.

Limits of Freedom explores the lives of enslaved and free African Americans in Guilford and Rockingham Counties from the colonial period through emancipation.

Their experiences, from service in the Revolutionary War to work along the Dan River, illustrate the lived reality of people during a time of slavery. Drawing on archival records, maps, and oral history, the exhibit highlights the central role African Americans played in shaping the nation—despite being denied the very freedoms the country proclaimed.

Part of the America 250 NC initiative commemorating the 250th anniversary of American Independence, the exhibit encourages visitors to reflect on the contradictions between liberty and slavery and to engage with local history in meaningful ways.

The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular library hours. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to visit. The library is open 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, and 7:45 a.m.-3 p.m. Fridays.

Also, please join us March 30, at 2 p.m. for a curator talk with Dr. David McKenzie and Jada Denny of UNCG. Denny is an alumna of Rockingham Early College High School.

03/05/2026

The library will close today (March 5, 2026) at 5:00 p.m.

01/17/2026

Happy Dolly Day!

10/09/2025

Library Hours will change for Student Fall Break! Monday through Wednesday, we will be open from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.

We'll resume regular hours on Thursday. Have a great fall break!

10/08/2025

NEW RESOURCE ALERT! NewsBank's "Hispanic Life in America" resource is designed to foster discussions, programming, and research related to Hispanic American heritage, history, culture, and daily life. Explore the Hispanic American experience as covered by the news media. Learn more in this brief video: https://ow.ly/SQiy50WJobC

08/27/2025

Which AI tool is the best search assistant? The Washington Post asked librarians.

Details on the methodology of our questions designed to challenge known AI blind spots

08/27/2025

Just a quick reminder that the library will be closed for Labor Day (September 1, 2025).

08/04/2025

From "This Day in History"
"August 4
1753: George Washington Receives highest Freemason rank
On August 4, 1753 a young Virginia farmer named George Washington achieved the highest rank in Freemasonry, becoming a master Mason. The ceremony of the supersecret organization took place at the Masonic Lodge No. 4 in Fredericksburg. Washington was only twenty-one years old and soon led his first military operation as a major in the Virginia colonial militia....."
Swing by the James Library to find out more about George Washington and many of our other founding fathers!