Posts on May 2018

It's that Familismo: Cultural Tensions & Career Development in Academia

Sheila Garcia provides information on the familismo cultural value prevalent in Latinx communities and how an understanding of this value can better inform our library work.

Special Collections Meet and Greets in Weiser Hall

During the winter term we held five pop-up special collections meet and greets with our rare materials in Weiser Hall. Here's a sampling!

In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen

In this World War II thriller, a parachutist falls to his death in a field outside Farleigh, the stately home of Lord Westerham and his daughters. The dead man's uniform leads people to believe he is a German spy, sent to contact a traitor at Farleigh or in the nearby village. Lord Westerham's middle daughter, a codebreaker at Bletchley Park, works with an MI5 agent who is a family friend to discover who the traitor could be.

Adapting the Disk Imaging Workflow

A summary of how we transitioned our workflow for forensic imaging.

Digital Humanities Asia 2018 Summit

Discusses the close connection between DHAsia 2018 and our Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods in Chinese Studies

The Air We Breathe Book Display

We are currently featuring a book display in the lobby on the second floor of the Duderstadt Center entitled "The Air We Breathe." It highlights books from the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library collection related to the concept of air in architecture, air handling in buildings, air pollution, etc.

One Tiny Study’s Resonance, One Year Later

“Learning from Advanced Student Staff Experiences” was a University of Michigan Library study conducted in 2017, integrating methodologies of user-centered design and critical librarianship.