UMaine Libraries Newsletter — October 7, 2025

October 8, 2025 UMaine Libraries Newsletters

UMAINE LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER

October 7, 2025

EVENTS

You are invited to Fogler Library’s public events! Stay up-to-date by following our social media accounts listed at the bottom of this email, and check out our website for a complete listing of events.

Banned Books event

Want to know more about banned books? Join librarians from Fogler Library in a conversation about book bans and challenges, censorship, and what it all means.

Flyer advertising Banned Books workshop in the Salon at Fogler Library Oct 7 at 6 to 7 pm

Upcoming workshops from Fogler’s Research and Instruction Department

Decorative element advertising workshop called Manage Your Citations

Join us Tuesday, October 21 from 4–5 p.m. to learn about citation managers (with a focus on Zotero). Citation managers save you time and effort by both organizing your sources, and by creating citations (both in-text and reference lists/bibliographies). Register for this workshop which is offered both in-person (Library Classroom 1) or on Zoom.

Decorative element advertising workshop called Finding Reliable Data

There’s more data available online now than ever, and more misinformation, too. Join us Thursday, October 23 from 4–5 p.m. to learn how to find reliable data, whether for academic research, or for making informed personal decisions. Register for this workshop which is offered both in-person (Library Classroom 1) or on Zoom.

NEWS

Stay updated on events, resources and projects at Fogler Library and across UMaine Libraries. Discover what’s new and exciting in our library community!

Poster advertising Travel Grant includes photo of a road and fall foliage

Maine History Archives Travel Grant — now accepting applications

The University of Maine’s Fogler Library is excited to announce that we are accepting applications for the Maine History Archives Travel Grant. The purpose of this grant is to fund researchers seeking to view items in our Special Collections for scholarly use. Please share this announcement widely with any students or colleagues who might be interested.

Applications for this grant are accepted on an annual basis. The 2026 award winner must be available before June 30, 2026. Applicants will be asked to provide a timeline for their visit as well as a project narrative describing the end product they hope to achieve with their research. They must be 18 years of age to apply.

Grants are awarded up to $3,000 to reimburse costs incurred for travel including lodging, transportation, and meals. Those awarded the grant will have access to Fogler’s Special Collections during regular hours. The purpose of this grant is to facilitate the use of our materials so they might contribute to current studies.

At the end of their visit, grant recipients will be asked to give a presentation or provide a report of their experience to be published in the UMaine Libraries newsletters.

Please visit the Maine History Archives Travel Grant webpage to apply and for further details.

This year’s application deadline is Dec. 1, 2025. The committee expects to have a decision by Jan. 12, 2026. If you have any questions, please reach out to Greg Curtis at gregory.t.curtis@maine.edu.

This grant was made possible by the Lionel and Germaine Gagnon Memorial Fund.

New from Special Collections and Projects: UMaine Sports Hall of Fame

Photo of Maine Hall of fame booklet with sunflower and small black bear

Photo of item in Maine Hall of Fame exhibit

University Archivist Matthew Revitt helped the Athletics Department celebrate this year’s UMaine Sports Hall of Fame ceremony with memorabilia from the University Archive on display for each of the award recipients.

Photo of several Maine Sports Hall of Fame exhibit

FEATURED RESOURCE

Find unique databases and online resources available through the UMaine Catalog to enhance your research, teaching and learning. Explore something new each week!

JSTOR

JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR’s moving wall policy for its journal archives means there is often a gap from 1-10 years between the most recently published issue and the date of the most recent issue available in JSTOR. The Current Scholarship Collection provides current journal subscriptions from several academic publishers. Books at JSTOR provides scholarly e-book monographs from a variety of university and other presses. Available JSTOR content varies by library.

The University of Maine [Orono/Machias] owns the Arts & Sciences I — XV, Life Sciences, Ireland, and Lives of Literature journal archives; Sustainability; and provides access to JSTOR e-book collections.

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