U-M Library
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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.
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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.