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Open Educational Resources Adoption Workshop

OER Adoption Workshop

September 26, 2024

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Portland Campus Abplanalp Library

OER Workshops These workshops will introduce faculty to open textbooks – one type of OER, and the benefits these textbooks offer: affordability, pedagogical practice, student learning, and engagement. August 21 Time: 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Location: Biddeford Campus, Alphond Forum 238 AB Facilitated by the Open Education Network By invitation for CAS, COB and WCHP faculty […]

Open Educational Resources Adoption Workshop

OER Adoption Workshop

August 21, 2024

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Alphond Forum 238 AB

OER Workshops These workshops will introduce faculty to open textbooks – one type of OER, and the benefits these textbooks offer: affordability, pedagogical practice, student learning, and engagement. August 21 Time: 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Location: Biddeford Campus, Alphond Forum 238 AB Facilitated by the Open Education Network By invitation for CAS, COB and WCHP faculty […]

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 Research & Teaching Librarian Questions & Contact Learn […]

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 […]

Library Services for New Alumni

Congratulations to UNE’s 2024 graduating classes! The library is here to support you in your next steps with access to our physical collections & research services. Please note that access to our online subscritption services, including databases, is limited to current UNE students, faculty and staff. We are able to offer recently graduated students a […]

New Maine State Park Pass

We now have a 2024 Maine State Park pass 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 and are valid at participating Maine State Parks, which include local parks such as: Enjoy Maine’s best at no […]

Breaking the Age Code

Breaking the Age Code

February 29, 2024

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Zoom

Yale professor and leading expert on the psychology of successful aging, Dr. Becca Levy, draws on her ground-breaking research to show how age beliefs can be improved so they benefit all aspects of the aging process, including the way genes operate and the extension of life expectancy by 7.5 years. The often-surprising results of Levy’s […]