University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

08/27/2026

Congratulations! The seventh grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in support of the Nebraska Digital Newspaper Project has been awarded to principal investigator Laura Weakly, metadata encoding specialist in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities (CDRH).
The award amount for the 2026 cycle is $324,932 and the grant to digitize 100,000 pages officially begins on September 1. Some of the newspapers under consideration for digitizing include the South Omaha Stockman and Nebraska’s World War II-era Prisoner of War camp newspapers, including Lagerzeitung, Der Scheinwerfer, Springbrunner, and others.
Read the full article: https://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/libraries/20558/108872?utm_medium=website&utm_source=libraries&utm_campaign=2026-08-19_issue-20558

08/25/2026

What's in a Database?
Developing skills for searching the academic literature.
Learn essential skills for getting started with research. Bring in a topic to practice what you learn as we go! 1-hour presentation plus an optional half-hour after for practice and questions for the librarians.
Offered twice: Sept 1 10 am, at Love Library & Sept 3 10 am, at the Dinsdale Family Learning Commons (East Campus)
Register at: https://events.unl.edu/RDE

08/24/2026

We are excited to welcome all students and faculty to the Fall 2026 semester! We are here to work with you and provide our expertise, resources, and service. Have a fantastic first day!

08/19/2026

In the latest issue of the Libraries campus newsletter, we feature Brian Pytlik Zillig, one of the library faculty members at the forefront of digital humanities technology. Read about him and the other articles in the Libraries Buzz.
https://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/libraries/20558/108835?utm_medium=website&utm_source=libraries&utm_campaign=2026-08-19_issue-20558

08/18/2026

For all our faculty and students, check out the updates in Canvas!

The University of Nebraska is launching a unified Canvas environment for fall 2026, making it easier for faculty and students to access courses. Faculty should take a few steps now to prepare for the transition.

08/14/2026

Starting next week, Love Library and the Adele Hall Learning Commons are popping with kernels of knowledge. Join the hunt for a chance to win a hoodie. go.unl.edu/cornquest

07/31/2026

Enjoy this fun and interesting podcast! The research for this Once Again episode was done the Gerry Thomas collection in the University Archives & Special Collections. We help preserve Nebraska history.

The TV Dinner, born in Omaha, helped build one of the biggest industries in American food. The story about who invented the TV Dinner has lots of versions, and sparked debates about what we're actually eating.

Hear the story in this week's episode of "Once Again." Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 link.podtrac.com/VG6mUpJk

07/28/2026

What are you reading 📚 this summer? Summer reads are the best and we have a selection in our pop fiction area in the Adele Hall Learning Commons.

06/26/2026

Great story in today's Nebraska Today. One of the reasons why the Libraries can helps students save money on classroom materials, is that we have dedicated experts on our staff like -- Zach Eden.
Read his story:

When students log into Canvas and instantly access their course materials, they probably don’t think about the behind-the-scenes work and people who make it possible. But it’s likely that Zach Eden was one of the lynchpins in that process.

06/11/2026

Students from the STEM Academy learn how to map the plants in UNL’s Indigenous Garden during their library workshop.