University of New England - Innovation for a Healthier Planet

New Read & Publish Agreement

We are excited to expand Open Access support for UNE researchers. Starting January 1, 2026, UNE has a new Read & Publish agreement with publisher Taylor & Francis. This agreement allows UNE authors to publish Open Access in more than 2,000 Taylor & Francis and Routledge Open Select hybrid journals at no cost! Key Details [...]

New Graphic Novel Collection

Our new graphic novel collection showcases a wide range of subjects, including memoir, science, social issues, health and medical themes and more. These titles blend storytelling and illustration to illuminate real‑world issues in an approachable and meaningful way. Graphic novels support diverse learning styles, make complex topics accessible, and provide a human perspective on challenging [...]

Reviewing Grief in the Archives

Reviewing Grief in the Archives

January 21, 2026

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Maine Women Writers Collection

Join us on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 for a writing workshop led by 2025 MWWC Creative Fellow Maya Williams. Participants will review the work of Sarah Orne Jewett, Donna M. Loring, Annie Finch, and Emily Taylor Perkins and then spend some time writing poetry about grief. Free and open to the public. Maya Williams (ey/they/she) [...]

Open Access Progress

The UNE Library supports openness in two crucial—but often confused—ways: Open Access publishing (OA) and Open Educational Resources (OER). Together, these efforts have saved UNE authors and students hundreds of thousands of dollars in 2025, while expanding access to research and learning materials. Open Access. vs. OER - What's the difference? These terms are often [...]

Introducing Consensus AI

Consensus is an AI-powered search of over 220 million peer-reviewed sources that can create evidence-based answers and summaries, with citations that link every response back to a real research paper. Consensus only uses AI after the search for scientific literature, so that every response is grounded in real, citatable research - no generated citations or [...]

Unspoken Resilience: Healing from the Lewiston Shooting Two Years In

Work by artists of the Maine & national Deaf communities and photographs by Michael Kolster September 25, 2025-February 8, 2026 Unspoken Resilience celebrates Maine’s Deaf community through a group exhibition of work by Deaf artists and craftspeople, in conversation with Michael Kolster’s recent series of color photographs of Lewiston. The exhibit foregrounds American Sign Language and issues [...]

Tracing History: Village, Monastery, Campus

In honor of Indigenous People's Day we would like to share the digial exhibit Tracing History: Village, Monastery, Campus. This project begins with a land acknowledgement, and goes on to detail the evolution of the land which has become the UNE Biddeford Campus as settlements, a monestry, and several educational institutions. Based on research performed [...]

New Faces, Same Expertise!

We welcome two new Research and Teaching Librarians, Karen Nelson and Izabella Botto to the Biddeford Campus Library! Karen Nelson Karen Nelson Karen joins us most recently from Muskingum University in Ohio after working as an academic librarian for the past ten years. Prior to that, Karen taught a variety of humanities classes at colleges [...]

Open Educational Resources Mini-Grants

Introducing mini-grant opportunities for instructors who participate in our OER initiatives! These grants are made possible by an $80,000 grant from the Davis Educational Foundation, established by Stanton and Elizabeth Davis after Mr. Davis’s retirement as chairman of Shaw’s Supermarkets, Inc.  Grant Opportunties Sonya Durney, Scholarly Communication Librarian Questions & Contact Learn more about Open [...]

An Unreliable Record: Exploring the Photographic Imaginary

Artwork from the Stephen K. Halpert Photographic Collection at UNE; curated by Nelleke Mack July 10 - September 7, 2025 Opening reception Thursday, July 10, 5-7 p.m. In 1917, two girls set off into the woods of West Yorkshire to make some magic. Elsie, aged 16, and Frances, aged 9, borrowed a quarter-plate camera to [...]