Posts on August 2014

Watermark Wednesdays: Three crescents

This Wednesday's watermarks feature: three crescents motifs in papers of various manuscripts from the Islamic Manuscripts Collection.

Welcome Back to Campus!

The corner of S. State and N. University, a busy place a century ago, is still a hub of campus activity. But 100 years has brought a few changes! Check out the Art Museum and the Kelsey Museum additions. Take a bus to North Campus and see the Wave Field.

The Rise of Mobile Games: Factors Contributing to Their Success

Today we have a post from our guest author, Amanda Cote. Since we recently added mobile gaming to our collections, it has been a topic of much discussion among us.

Travel with AROUNDER! No jetlag, no lost luggage!

For panoramic views of sites around the world, visit AROUNDER at www.arounder.com. AROUNDER is just one of many image sites we feature on the Images Libguide.

The Ted Kaczynski Papers: FBI Files and Photographs

The Ted Kaczynski Papers are part of the Special Collections Library’s Joseph A. Labadie Collection which documents the history of social protest movements and marginalized political communities from the 19th century to the present. The Ted Kaczynski papers were acquired in 1998 and the bulk of the collection includes correspondence written to and by Kaczynski since his arrest in 1996. Other materials in the archive include legal documents used during his trial, writings by Kaczynski, clippings...

Database Names are Hard to Learn

More than 15% of user searches for the seven most commonly used databases on the University of Michigan Library’s website were misspellings of the database name. We looked through our search logs for the three months spanning January 1-April 2, 2014, to find correct and likely incorrect search queries.

An Early Predecessor of "American Beauty"?

We have recently purchased an engraved broadside (259 x 339 mm.) depicting what at first sight looks like a regular scene of family life in the seventeenth century. However, a closer examination reveals a very different picture: a dysfunctional household or, to be more precise, a satire of domestic happiness...