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Red graphic with white text promoting “Change the Subject” documentary screenings on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21 at Auraria Library Classroom 116.

Auraria Library Effort, Film Screening Target Bias in Subject Headings

Access and User Services Department

The library's Oct. 20 and 21 screening of Change the Subject highlights the issue of inclusion in library catalog headings, as does its Local Subject Headings task force. Learn more about this issue in this feature story.

Vintage October 1964 issue of *The Sentry*, a University of Colorado Denver student newspaper, lies on a wooden table; a placard describes its historic origin.

New library exhibits showcase The Sentry in the ’60s

Collection Development and Strategies Department

The library’s Special and Digital Collections team has digitized and published online historic CU Denver newspapers from 1964–67, while also creating an online exhibit showcasing student perspectives on the Vietnam War.

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Featured Database: National Geographic Virtual Library

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