OER Award Recipients and Steering Committee Congratulations to the 2026 recipients of our OER Awards! On Friday, May 1 we celebrated their contributions at our second annual OER End-of-Semester awards. This event recognized the faculty and staff who reduce financial barriers for students through the use, creation, and modification of open educational resources. Since UNE [...]
New Maine State Park passes for 2026 are available to borrow at each campus library! The passes will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis and can be borrowed for 3 days at a time. The pass is valid at participating Maine State Parks, which include local parks such as:: Crescent Beach and Two Lights [...]
St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, UNE Biddeford Campus
Join us for a special screening of the documentary The Librarians. The film follows the real-life stories of librarians defending intellectual freedom and the freedom to read against organized efforts to remove books about race, gender, and identity. After the movie, stay for a Q&A with UNE faculty and staff to talk about how these national battles over [...]
Announcing the inaugural UNE Authors Celebration to honor the book-length scholarship and creative works published by our faculty and affiliated authors since 2020. Hosted in the Biddeford Ketchum Library Art Gallery, this event marks a renewed commitment to recognizing the intellectual contributions and rigorous research produced across our academic community. This event offers an opportunity [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Join UNE Library Services Scholarly Communication Librarian Sonya Durney March 4 at 2 p.m. for an interactive Zoom workshop on open textbooks. Learn how open educational resources (OER) can enhance student learning, reduce textbook costs, and provide customizable course materials. Whether you're new to OER or looking to deepen your understanding, this session will equip [...]
This month marks the 50th celebration of Black History Month, which President Carter established in 1976 to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history" To honor those accomplishments, stories, and struggles, we have curated Race & Ethicity Resource Lists of books, articles, [...]
Love it? Hate it? Let us know! The library, supported by the UNE's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) AI Fellowship program, is looking to assess student perceptions, attitudes, and experiences related to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in their education. Let us know your thoughts and your feedback will be [...]
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 [...]
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