News and Announcements

A new year brings a new exhibit. From collecting seashells to exploring lighthouses and all the state has to offer, our first exhibit of 2021 uses items from Special Collections and our main catalog.  

To kickoff 2022, the SE Wimberly Library at FAU is excited to announce our new comic and graphic novel collection. 

On December 10^th, 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since then, Human Rights day has been celebrated every year on December 10th. This year's theme is EQUALITY - Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights. Check out some of the resources available at the FAU Libraries that can broaden your knowledge!

Each month we add new titles to the over 3 million resources already in our collections that are accessible to the FAU Community. This month is no different!  Below is a sampling of new ebooks to our collection! 

November is Native American Heritage Month. Check out this list of resources to join in paying tribute to the ancestry and traditions of Native Americans! A display of books available for check out can also be found in the lobby of the Wimberly Library on the Boca Raton campus.

A faculty member provides her thoughts on using OA to publish a recent article and more information about making scholarly work more available using Open Access resources.  

October 25 – 31, 2021 is International Open Access Week.  Scholars have become increasingly skeptical of OA publishers because of deceptive ones.  To help debunk these perceptions and to help determine deceptive publishers, the FAU Libraries will be hosting a webinar, Deceptive Publishers: What They Are & How to Evaluate Them for Open Access Week 2021.   

Announcing the Jaffe Center for Book Art's Helen M. Salzberg Artists in Residence for 2021/2022: Jaz Graf and Douglas Pierre Baulos.

The month of October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In support of that, the FAU Libraries are highlighting some of the library resources that can help educate our community about domestic violence.

Join the FAU Libraries as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage month with events, activities, collection highlights, and more!