U-M Library
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November 18, 2019
U-M archivist, anthropologist save Voice of America show’s archive
Two U-M professors engineered an effort to save the Voice of America’s “Music Time in Africa” archive from remote government storage and, in the process, digitize it for an internet audience.
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November 6, 2018
New Bentley digital archive highlights Detroit’s Jewish history
The Bentley Historical Library has launched a new platform for the Detroit Jewish News Digital Archive, a free, searchable database of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the Detroit Jewish News.
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October 23, 2018
Open access monograph grants promote faculty engagement
U-M is a charter participant in a digital monograph publishing initiative that seeks to increase academic and public engagement with long-form humanities scholarship.
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August 3, 2018
U-M Library gets filmmaker Jonathan Demme’s personal archive
The U-M Library will welcome the archive of the late award-winning director, producer and screenwriter Jonathan Demme to its Screen Arts Mavericks and Makers collection.
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March 5, 2018
Library sets new destination for special collections researchers
The U-M Library is announcing the opening of the Special Collections Research Center on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library.
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December 11, 2017
Librarian fights fake news with information literacy
With accusations of “fake news” prevalent across the media, Jo Angela Oehrli’s work on improving students’ data and information literacy is more important than ever.
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November 16, 2017
Resident Librarian fellows bring diversity, passion for library science
Three librarians new to campus this fall are part of a new Resident Librarian program that focuses on diversity, part of a nationwide initiative to increase diversity within the ranks of academic and research libraries.
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July 24, 2017
Library to partner with StoryCorps during Fall Festival
The U-M Library will partner with the national oral history organization StoryCorps to record and preserve stories from the U-M community during the Fall Festival bicentennial celebration.
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April 25, 2017
Addition to Orson Welles exhibit includes never-before-seen work
A new set of materials from Beatrice Welles will make the U-M Library’s Orson Welles collection the world’s most comprehensive resource for Welles scholars and fans.
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April 17, 2017
Preservation Clinic to help people save personal pieces of history
As the university celebrates its bicentennial year, the U-M Library wants to help members of the campus community preserve their own pieces of history at a Preservation Clinic April 27.
