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GALILEO 2020 Conference: Virtual Sessions

Posted: May 20, 2020

Beginning in May, GALILEO will offer most of its annual conference sessions as virtual options for the public. Originally scheduled for June 18, the in-person event was canceled, but the team wanted to ensure the GALILEO community still had access…

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Affordable Learning Georgia Awards $251,000 in Grants to Expand Learning Alternatives

Posted: May 19, 2020

Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG) recently awarded more than $251,000 to University System of Georgia faculty and instructors to expand online learning alternatives. These grants will save students an estimated $1.3 million in the cost of course…

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100,000 New Pages in Georgia Historic Newspapers

Posted: April 21, 2020

Digital Library of Georgia will soon begin work to digitize an additional 110,000 pages of Georgia historic newspaper, increasing the number of pages freely available through Georgia Historic Newspapers to almost 2 million. A second round of funding…

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Ancestry Library Edition Available Offsite

Posted: April 08, 2020

Updated April 8: ProQuest has extended at-home access for public libraries until current closures cease. GALILEO has coordinated with ProQuest to make the Ancestry Library Edition available outside the library until April 30, 2020. This is thanks to…

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GALILEO COVID-19 Updates

Posted: April 08, 2020

Updated 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 21: Events: The GIL Users Group Meeting (GUGM) and the GALILEO Annual Conference have both been canceled. Although there will be no in-person conferences, GALILEO plans to host webinars featuring some of the originally…