U-M Library
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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.
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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… -
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.
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March 23, 2020
The campus and COVID-19
A roundup of U-M news related to COVID-19.
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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.
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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.
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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.