Unearthed: The World Food Programme in Bhutan

Special and Digital Collections Unit

Here in Auraria Library Special and Digital Collections we came across a small collection of United Nations filmstrips. What are filmstrips, you ask? Prior to the advent and availability of video formats, many educational films were produced as short filmstrips, which were still images accompanied by synchronized audio tapes or vinyl records. They were much less expensive--and faster--to produce than motion pictures, so were very…

Image of two Bhutanese children

Kanopy login prompt

Collection Management and Discovery Division

At the beginning of last week, Kanopy made a change to their web interface. When users try to access Kanopy offsite via the Auraria Library site, they are now prompted to “Log In To UCDenver”. Once this option is selected, the user is prompted to log in or create a personal account with Kanopy. At this point, they can elect to “skip” the account creation step and be taken to our institutional Kanopy site directly. The main thing to know is that you should click on the “Log In To…

Auraria Library Libqual 2018-2019 Recommendations & Results

Auraria Library

In the spring of 2018, the Library administered a campus-wide survey designed to measure the quality of library services, spaces, and resources. We had 1,616 responses from undergraduate and graduate students in nearly every discipline, professors, lecturers, administrators, and staff from all three institutions on the Auraria campus. We learned a lot of valuable information.

You helped us identify these particular areas of strength:

  • The library is a comfortable,…

We heard you!

EBSCO e-books not opening when downloaded on mobile devices

Collection Management and Discovery Division

Users are experiencing an issue impacting EBSCO eBooks downloaded on mobile devices where those downloaded e-books do not reliably open in Bluefire, Adobe Digital Editions or other Adobe-authorized mobile apps. EBSCO's team is actively investigating this issue, and they hope to have a resolution in place soon. In the meantime, we recommend reading EBSCO eBooks in EBSCO's online viewer, which can be used on mobile phones and tablets just like it's used on desktop and laptop computers.

Nexis Uni Unavailable

Collection Management and Discovery Division

Users may experience an issue with Nexis Uni, where they get 0 results back from a search.  This is a known issue, and it is expected to be fixed today.