UMass Amherst Libraries

06/18/2026

Libraries Update:

The Libraries will be closed Friday, June 19. We will reopen for regular summer hours again next Monday at 9 a.m.

06/18/2026

The Libraries are hiring an archivist for the Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive (BFA) (2-Year Term).

Link:

Title: Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive (BFA) (2-Year Term) Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: Other Academic Units Department: Library -Admin Services Work Location: Amherst Schedule: Full Time Work Arrangement: Onsite Job Summary The Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive (BF...

06/17/2026

Jeremy Smith, Libby Coyner, and Ed Kirtz of the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center were excited to work with journalist Peter Fairley as he researched his latest article for IEEE Spectrum, "This 1976 University Experiment Spun Up the U.S. Wind Industry: A nuclear submarine veteran turned a truck axle into a turbine." SCUA is home to hundreds of unique collections, such as the William E. Heronemus Papers, the Woody Stoddard Papers, and selections from the University Negatives Collection that Fairley used over the course of his research.

Link to article: https://spectrum.ieee.org/william-heronemus-wind-energy
Link to SCUA: https://scua.library.umass.edu/

A nuclear submarine veteran turned a truck axle into a turbine

06/16/2026

Today at noon! In-person and livestreamed.

Join the Libraries for a special lecture by Wilton Schereka, "Memory, Archives, and Commemoration: Remembering the Soweto Uprising of 16 June, 1976," on Tuesday, June 16, Noon-1 p.m., in the Du Bois Center or livestreamed.
Link to RSVP and livestream: https://libcal.library.umass.edu/event/16964896

06/12/2026

The Libraries are hiring a Collections Logistics Manager. For more information and to apply, visit the link below.

Link:

Title: Collections Logistics Manager Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: Other Academic Units Department: Lib - Collection Services Work Location: Amherst Schedule: Full Time Work Arrangement: Onsite Job Summary The Collections Logistics Manager leads and coordinates the Libraries.....

06/10/2026

Join the Libraries for a special lecture by Wilton Schereka, "Memory, Archives, and Commemoration: Remembering the Soweto Uprising of 16 June, 1976," on Tuesday, June 16, Noon-1 p.m., in the Du Bois Center or livestreamed.
Link to RSVP and livestream: https://libcal.library.umass.edu/event/16964896

06/09/2026

Webster wants to know: what are you reading this summer?
Join the UMass Amherst Libraries and the Undergraduate Student Success Center for 2026: Unearth a Story!
Sign up/more info: https://www.umass.edu/studentsuccess/umassreads

06/05/2026

Libraries Update: The Libraries are closing early today, Friday, June 5, at 11:30 a.m. We will reopen for regular summer hours again next Monday at 9 a.m.