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Welcome Message from the Dean

Dear University of Miami Community,

It is my great pleasure to welcome new and returning students, faculty, and staff to the University of Miami Libraries. The Libraries ranks among the top 50 academic research libraries in North America and supports the full range of research, teaching, learning, and clinical care activities across all three University campuses located in Coral Gables, the Health District near downtown Miami, and on Virginia Key. The University Libraries provides extraordinarily broad and deep print and electronic resources in all areas of the arts, design, engineering, humanities, medicine, and the sciences. Your ’Cane Card and CaneID provide unlimited access to all that the libraries have to offer.

I would like to draw your attention to a few notable items of importance this semester. University of Miami faculty authors who publish in Public Library of Science journals will have their article processing charges covered by an innovative and new Libraries program. HathiTrust celebrated Public Domain Day earlier this year, and now book titles published in 1926 have entered the public domain in the United States, including more than 42,000 items in the HathiTrust collection. And most recently, a selection of our digital collections has been made freely accessible on JSTOR’s platform for research and teaching.

Charles Eckman
Dean and University Librarian

 

Fall 2022 Library Service Highlights

  • Online and in-person consultations, instructional sessions, and workshops on a wide range of topics are available. Be sure to bookmark our website’s Online Services page or one of our customized pages for faculty, undergraduate students, graduate students, alumni, and community members.
  • Discover and explore the Learning Commons. Partners at the Writing Center, Camner Center for Academic Resources, Math Lab, Office of Academic Advancement, and more are available for consultations.
  • Find your favorite place to study quietly or collaboratively in one of our many locations. You can plan ahead and book a study room.
  • Request and retrieve books and other circulating items. Current University of Miami students, faculty, and staff are welcome to access and browse our physical collections. We will continue to offer paging services for all our circulating collections. Learn more about requesting materials.
  • “Smart lockers” at the Richter Library. You can pick up your materials — such as books, videos, and more — through this secure and convenient process that is available to you 24/7. Simply choose “Lockers at Richter Library” from the drop-down menu when submitting your request using the process above.
  • Course reserves are available to assist you with preparing class materials — including print and digital textbooks, eBooks, articles, streaming media, personal copies, and open educational resources. Learn more about course reserves.
  • Interlibrary loan (ILL) is available to request print books and other tangible materials from our partner libraries. Visit our Interlibrary Loan Services page for more information.
  • Virtualized computing provides online access to computers in Richter Library’s Learning Commons and Digital Scholars’ Lab. Explore our virtualized computing offerings.
  • Technology loans, such as laptops and other equipment, are available at Richter Library Access Services through the Laptop Lending Program.
  • Get help with creative projects and software; print posters, photos, and 3D objects; check out cameras and other audiovisual equipment; and explore new technologies at the Creative Studio and XR Community Lab.
  • Distinctive Collections are open. You are welcome to visit the Cuban Heritage Collection, Special Collections, and University Archives.
  • Get support for digital humanities, data management, qualitative methods, statistics, and GIS services and software at the Digital Scholars’ Lab, which is now located on the third floor of the Richter Library.
  • For questions or to request assistance, please contact your subject librarian.

 
And, no matter your interests — history, wellness, culture, arts and music — you can always count on the University of Miami Libraries to offer you a stimulating learning opportunity and a moment of diversion. Visit our Library Events page to learn more, and please note the availability of recordings for all of our events over the past academic year.

While on campus, be sure to visit the exhibitions that are ongoing in the Kislak Center at the University of Miami, Roberto C. Goizueta Pavilion, Learning Commons, Creative Studio, and the recently opened “The Taylor Family / UTrailblazers Experience,” an interactive exhibition at the Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. Breezeway in the Dooly Memorial Building.

Our faculty and staff look forward to seeing you online or in person at any of our six accessible locations:

Coral Gables Campus

Medical Campus in the Health District

Rosenstiel Campus on Virginia Key

Connect with us today by visiting and exploring all that our libraries have to offer, and we invite you to join our mailing list.

My colleagues and I wish you an engaging and successful fall semester!

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