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Coastal Maine Botanical Garden Pass

We now have a virtual pass to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens available. The pass will admit up to 2 adults and 5 children per adult at no cost to you! The pass is available to current UNE students, faculty, and staff on a first-come, first-served basis. To request a pass, email Laurie Mathes and […]

Online Book Club

The Happiness Project Online Book Club

October 21, 2024

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Zoom

Join us for an online book club focused on The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent A Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean my Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin. This club is a partnership with The Legacy Scholars and the Center for Excellence in Aging […]

MaineCat is back!

MaineCat service has resumed after being paused for system updates over the summer. The MaineCat system connects Maine’s libraries and allows you to request that books and other materials from Maine Libraries be delivered to your UNE Campus for free. MaineCat is a great way to request titles that we don’t provide access to through […]

Open Educational Resources Mini-Grants

Introducing mini-grant opportunities for faculty members 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: OER Workshops These workshops will introduce faculty to open textbooks – […]

New Library Scuttle

We have a new issue of our newsletter to let you know about the goings on in the library. This publication features resources to help you in your studies, cool things from our collections and archives, as well as library news and events. Find the latest issue in restroom stalls on both campuses, or see […]

Feedback on our new Library Search!

We would love your feedback on our new library search experience! We have updated our search system in order to improve your experience locating library resources  What is different?   While we used to have three separate systems, now we have just one! The library catalog and the journals and newspaper searches have been consolidated […]

Open Educational Resources Grant

Our receipt of this $80,000 grant has been featured in the Portland Press Herald. Log in with your UNE access. We are excited to announce that UNE has been awarded a grant to advance campus-wide open educational resources (OER) initiatives over the next three years. The $80,000 grant was received from the Davis Educational Foundation […]

MaineCat Services Paused

MaineCat delivery will be unavailable beginning in June for needed system updates. You can still request materials from other libraries using UNE Interlibrary Loan. We expect services to resume in September, 2024. Public libraries offer lending services, too, so if you love MaineCat, now’s the perfect time to visit your local public library! Find a […]