Hello, world! I’m lorraine j haricombe, Vice Provost and Director of the UT Libraries and incoming president of the Association of Research Libraries (Association of Research Libraries). I think it’s time to test drive this Twitter account... UT Austin

I'm currently in Rome representing UT Libraries at a preconference meeting on "The Evolving Concept of 'Library' and its Impact on Design" prior to the IFLA World Library & Information Congress starting tomorrow in Athens. More updates to come...

Hello from IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Athens where I'm joined by 3636 delegates from 140 countries. This year's theme is "Libraries: Dialogue for Change." #wlic2019

Now that you’ve had a week to get your bearings, I want to take an opportunity to welcome you to campus and wish you the best for the coming semester. texlibris.lib.utexas.edu/2019/09/03/wel…

Great to be here! #hookem

Just back in Austin from 45th Annual Conference of the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers, thru Fri. UTMSI. Kudos to Liz DeHart at the Marine Science Library for her work. #IAMSLIC

Thrilled to have this announcement to make on #GISDay. The prospect for leveraging UT’s vast cartography collections and expanding research opportunities with this new tool is very exciting!

Yet another option for accessing the rich and diverse collections of the UT Libraries...

Currently attending #SPARCAfrica. Amazing work done by UCT libraries to address access to content in constitutional law, via an open textbook to address cost issues & high failure rate. They have already launched an open textbook in ENT! #OASymp2019

Plastic pollution has contaminated every continent on Earth. It kills wildlife from whales to sea turtles. And it’s difficult to even catalog the scope of the problem. But one group of citizen scientists is going to try: utex.as/33Q1h1F via NaturalSciences @ UT

Best wishes for your winter break and good fortune in 2020.

Attending last day of #alamw20 in Philadelphia today. Had a chance to visit Follow Us on Blue Sky -- Temple Libraries beautiful new Snøhetta-designed library during my visit.

Our gratitude the Tocker Foundation for their vision in support of promoting open resources for teaching and learning to benefit the Austin community and beyond.

Thanks to the Lebermann Foundation for creating an ongoing source of funding to help the Libraries keep up with current trends in technology, spaces and resources.

University of Texas at Austin: Campus Collections Initiate Cultural Partnership with $500,000 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant ow.ly/VRvS50y9iSb Association of Research Libraries UT Libraries ransomcenter #libraries

We're thrilled with the Mellon Foundation's endorsement of the plan for UT's exceptional collections to form an Arts and Cultural Heritage Collective with this foundational grant and with additional funding from Provost Maurie McInnis. Thank you!

What an excellent time on Friday evening celebrating the first public exhibit of García Márquez materials ransomcenter. I had the honor of meeting the writer's son Gonzalo García Barcha and his wife with Benson Director Melissa Guy. LLILAS BENSON hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/20…

So grateful both to the NEH Digital Humanities and FromThePage for the opportunity to be part of this incredible project with implications for archival research!

The The University of Texas System (incl. UT Libraries) joins other TX institutions in the Texas Library Coalition for United Action (TLCUA) to collectively improve access to research and push for changes to the costly subscription models offered by publishers. More: ow.ly/ydaW50BssIJ