Rod Library Stories & News

UNI Textbook Equity Mini-Grant Program

Rod Library offers mini-grants to support open educational resources

Rod Library seeks instructors/teams to adopt or adapt free course materials licensed for reuse.  Funds compensate instructors and support transitioning a course from a commercial text to free materials. Up to $1,500 per project. Deadline October 10 (noon).
Career Readiness Day, Resume Review, Headshots, Walk-ins Sept 10, 10-2pm

Fall Career Readiness: FREE Headshots

Fall Career Readiness Headshot Day: Make your first impression count! Join us for the Fall Career Readiness Headshot Day at Rod Library on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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RodCon marks 10 years of comics, crafts and creativity at UNI’s Rod Library

Join us for the tenth year of RodCon on Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a FREE mini-comic book/pop-culture convention.
Career Readiness Day, Resume Review, Headshots, Walk-ins

Spring Career Readiness: FREE Headshots

Join us for the Spring Career Readiness Day for resume review and free headshots at Rod Library on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Information Wants To Be Free: Community Over Commercialization

UNI Open Access Day

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Mary Ann Bolton Award Winners

2024 Mary Ann Bolton Undergraduate Research Award Winners

The Mary Ann Bolton Undergraduate Research Award is given to students who demonstrate excellence in library research conducted for an undergraduate paper or project carried out under the guidance of a UNI faculty member or mentor. Congratulations to the following students for their hard work and dedication to undergraduate research. Their projects can be found on the UNI ScholarWorks site and the student will be recognized and awarded $1,200 to the first-place winner and $800 to two runner-ups.

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De-Stress Activities for Finals at Rod Library

Take part in the de-stress activities the week of April 29- May 3 with games, snacks, shrink dinks, origami, and adorable pets.
The New York Times Mobile Apps

Full Access to New York Times at UNI

UNI students, faculty and staff can now enjoy free New York Times | All Access.

Your access includes everything The New York Times offers:

  • News: Understand the world with original reporting from 1,700 journalists
  • Games: Spelling Bee, Wordle, The Crossword and more.
  • Cooking: Recipes, advice and inspiration for any occasion.
  • Wirecutter: Independent reviews for thousands of products
  • The Athletic: In-depth, personalized sports journalism.
UNI Impact: Vol. 1, Issue 3-4 2022

UNI Impact: Faculty/Staff Scholarly Publications & Featured Awards Newsletter

The newest bi-annual issue of the UNI Impact: Faculty/Staff Scholarly Publications & Featured Awards Newsletter, which covers the period of April- December 2022.  The newsletter highlights the wide range of scholarship, research, and other scholarly work UNI faculty, students, and staff produced. The newsletter is a joint effort of the Rod Library, Research & Sponsored Programs, and UNI Foundation—the newsletter shares current published scholarly works and recently funded external sponsored awards.   
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Open Access Week

Rod Library is hosting a day of events to showcase what Open Access is. On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, the morning will start with an Open Access Fair, then sessions on zero-cost programs, an open textbook created at UNI, and demystifying open access publishing.