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Today! Come get out of the rain and take a break from studying to love on some doggies!

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PAWS AND RELAX: Is finals week stress getting to you? Adorable dogs are ready to ease your mind in the Willis Library Forum from 2-4 p.m. today.

The pups are back in town!

Come take a break from studying and cuddle with some therapy dogs from Paws Across Texas on Monday from 2-4pm in the Forum!

Finals week will arrive soon and so will visitors from Paws Across Texas! Stop by the Willis Library Forum on Monday, May 9, 2016 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. and take a short break from studying to relax with some furry friends! Paws Across Texas, Inc. (PAT) is a nonprofit, incorporated, charitable organi…
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Mother's Day is this weekend! Here's a list of 12 books that are all about the relationships between mothers and their children.

For Mother’s Day, we’ve collected these beautiful and moving stories of mothers—their delights and their struggles. With memorable and colorful characters, they explore the unique journeys of female characters through life as parents and professionals, lovers and leaders.
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Finals week is coming up! Take some time off from studying to play a game and have some coffee and cookies in the Library Forum. May 9th and 10th from 6pm-8pm!

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Tomorrow night in the UNT Media Library - Game On!

Compete in friendly tournaments and test drive the latest titles from your favorite developers once a month at our open gaming event. All events run from 4pm – 9pm in the UNT Media Library, Chilton Hall Rm 111.

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Game On! Join us this Wednesday for our monthly video and tabletop gaming event here at the Media Library. 4pm-9pm Chilton Hall Rm. 111

Bring your home movies and memories to Spotlight on North Texas tomorrow in the Willis Library Forum! Click on the event page for more information about what can be digitized:

http://www.library.unt.edu/events/spotlight-north-texas

Weddings are family history! Bring home movies of your own family traditions to Spotlight on North Texas tomorrow, Sat 4/30 at the Willis Library Forum from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Questions about qualifications for free digitization or parking? Check out the details on our event page!

This home movie captures scenes of a wedding reception in a family home. The cake is cut before the bride, groom, and their guests dance the night away. Following are scenes from the next day, when the happy newlyweds and their family do the twist and other dances in their living room.
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This event is tonight in the Library Forum! Some excellent speakers will be joining us from the UNT Dean of Students Office, Denton County Friends of the Family and UNT's College of Education

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Wed 6:00 PM in CDTWillis Library Forum, Room 140
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The latest in our ‪#‎ThreeQuestions‬ series is map curator Mylynka Kilgore Cardona. Read about how the UNT Libraries' Unique Collections have aided her teaching and research!

Mylynka Kilgore Cardona holds a PhD in Transatlantic History from The University of Texas at Arlington. She has a background in historical cartography, Atlantic revolutions, and intercultural transfers. She is currently a map curator at the Texas General Land Office, Archives and Records Division in…
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Today at 5pm in the UNT Media Library - CODE: DEBUGGING THE GENDER GAP. This documentary examines the reasons why more girls and people of color are not seeking opportunities in computer science and explores how cultural mindsets, stereotypes, educational hurdles and sexism all play roles in this national crisis.

Join us at 4:30pm before the screening for a discussion with Dr. Martin Halbert, Dean of UNT Libraries.

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Join us on Wednesday evening for a very special UNT Speaks Out event. Speakers from Denton County Friends of the Family, UNT's College of Education, and the UNT Dean of Students Office

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Wed 6:00 PM in CDTWillis Library Forum, Room 140
2 people interested · 1 person going

Two more workshops this week from The Factory at UNT!

TinkerCad Workshop - Today, 4/21 at 1pm in Willis 136

Soldering Workshop - Tomorrow, 4/22 at 1pm in Willis 250J

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Register by emailing factory.registration@unt.edu

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Tomorrow night in the UNT Media Library, join us for a viewing of The Hunting Ground, followed by a discussion led by Renee LeClaire (Assistant Director for Student Advocacy, Crisis Intervention and Violence Prevention in the UNT Dean of Students Office) and Maureen "Moe" McGuinness, UNT Dean of Students.

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Wed 4:00 PM in CDTMedia Library, Chilton Hall Room 111
2 people interested · 1 person going

Believe it or not, young people DO still come to check out real live books!

‪#‎NationalLibraryWeek‬ ‪#‎NLW16‬ ‪#‎LibrariesTransform‬

Most Americans between 16 - 29 still use the library to get books—real, paper books
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Hat tip to our very own Maristella Feustle!

http://swling.com/…/from-the-unt-digital-library-music-usa…/

Many thanks to UNT Archivist, Maristella Feustle, who shares the following set of recordings she recently published in the UNT Digital Library Willis Conover collection. The description reads: &#82…
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See how our ‪#‎LibrariesTransform‬ the research methods (and results!) of people from all backgrounds in our ‪#‎ThreeQuestions‬ series!

‪#‎NLW16‬ ‪#‎NationalLibraryWeek‬

Paul Christensen and his wife Donna founded Omega Productions in March of 1973. The Company specializes in live concert television specials, as well as live concert CD recordings. Omega also provides live event production and consulting services to the Entertainment and Sports Industries.
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Did you know that April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month?

Visit the UNT Libraries' Monthly Book Display (in the New Books area at Willis Library) for resources and information about sexual assault, or view our resources online:

http://www.library.unt.edu/se…/access-services/monthly-books

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Also, make plans to attend the screening of The Hunting Ground on April 20th at 4pm in the UNT Media Library (Chilton Hall, Rm 111). The Hunting Ground follows undergraduate rape survivors pursuing both their education and justice, despite ongoing harassment and the devastating toll on them and their families.

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A public library in Topeka, KS, has transformed 18 of their staff members into exact replicas of vintage celebrity READ posters from the '80s, '90s, & '00s.
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The UNT Media Library's Doc Spot Film Series will be showing The Kill Team today at 4pm in Chilton Hall Rm 111C.

The lecturer for this Doc Spot is Dr. Graham Cox from the History department in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The Kill Team goes behind closed doors to tell the riveting story of Specialist Adam Winfield, a 21-year-old infantryman in Afghanistan who attempted - with the help of his father- to alert the miliatry to heinous war crimes his platoon was committing.
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There are FIVE different workshops offered this week by The Factory at UNT! Check out www.library.unt.edu/events for more information about these workshops and how to register!

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It's National Library Week! This year's theme is "Libraries Transform!" How have libraries transformed you, or your research? Tell us about it!

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