{"id":12372,"date":"2025-03-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/?p=12372"},"modified":"2025-03-07T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T21:25:00","slug":"new-mercer-university-research-scholarship-and-archives-ursa-homepage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/new-mercer-university-research-scholarship-and-archives-ursa-homepage\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mercer University Research, Scholarship, and Archives (URSA) Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12372\" class=\"elementor elementor-12372\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cddc2d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cddc2d2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23d75a00\" data-id=\"23d75a00\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f4e0f8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f4e0f8d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5032d23c\" data-id=\"5032d23c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a0acb93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a0acb93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">New Mercer University Research, Scholarship, and Archives (URSA) Homepage!<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-297fa906 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"297fa906\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mercer University Libraries is excited to announce the move of the Mercer University Research, Scholarship, and Archives (URSA) to the Alma Digital platform.<\/p><p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/mercer.libguides.com\/URSA\">new platform<\/a> offers a centralized landing page for the various digital collections within URSA, including the Baptist History Collection, Mercer University Collections, the Holmes Holy Land Ancient Artifact Collection, and the Tift College Collections. 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This new platform offers a centralized landing page for the various digital collections within URSA, including the Baptist History Collection, Mercer University Collections, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/URSA_Homepage_25.png",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/URSA_Homepage_25-75x75.png",75,75,true],"medium":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/URSA_Homepage_25-300x169.png",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/URSA_Homepage_25-768x432.png",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/URSA_Homepage_25-1024x576.png",1024,576,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/URSA_Homepage_25.png",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/URSA_Homepage_25.png",1280,720,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Kathryn Thompson","author_link":"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/index.php\/author\/kathompson\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"New Mercer University Research, Scholarship, and Archives (URSA) Homepage! 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