U-M Library

  1. June 23, 2020

    Library takes first steps in phased reopening plan

    In a first step toward the phased reopening of the U-M Library, a small contingent of library staff will soon head to work in the Hatcher Graduate Library for the first time since March.

  2. April 20, 2020

    A look at COVID-19 research and activity across U-M

    The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the University of Michigan works on many levels, but it also has galvanized activity across the university as a broad range of academic, research and administrative units apply their expertise to this worldwide crisis. These synopses offer a glimpse into the variety of activity underway. Go online to…
  3. April 19, 2020

    Library lab director provides PPE through Operation Face Shield

    Shapiro Library Design Lab Director Justin Schell is among various people in the area using 3-D printers in their homes to print headbands for face shields in personal protective equipment.

  4. March 23, 2020

    The campus and COVID-19

    A roundup of U-M news related to COVID-19.

  5. March 18, 2020

    Library closures and remote resources

    Although all U-M Library buildings are closed at this time, most library resources and services are available to the U-M community remotely.

  6. February 3, 2020

    Obituary: Pamela J. MacKintosh

    Pamela J. MacKintosh, longtime librarian at the U-M Library, died Dec. 22 at the age of 60. 

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.