U-M Library
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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.
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March 31, 2017
Bentley Historical Library digitizes 12 decades of Michigan Daily history
The Bentley Historical Library has unveiled 12 decades of Michigan Daily history through a new online database that contains searchable digital copies of the historic newspaper.
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March 30, 2017
New Big Ten project aids searching of geospatial data and maps
Scholars and researchers have a new way to find and compare geospatial data and maps: the Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal, which allows searching across thousands of records.
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February 20, 2017
Five things you should know about ‘fair use’
This is Fair Use Week, a good time to learn how this provision in copyright law that affects anyone who forwards photos, watches video clip on Facebook or quotes from published work in a research paper.
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February 16, 2017
New DataLumos archive aims to preserve government data
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research is establishing an open-access archive where the public can archive valuable government data resources.