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Results for Date: February 2020
Limited Run logo
  • Val Waldron
The mission of the University of Michigan Library’s Computer and Video Game Archive (CVGA) is to preserve and provide access to games for current and future study and research. In a world where digital games are becoming more prevalent than physical games, preserving these digital games can be a challenge. The CVGA recently received special funding from the library to purchase a large number (approx. 180) of games from Limited Run Games, a "publisher of limited run physical games for PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch," that focuses on "bringing games that were previously only available in a digital format to a physical medium."
  • Autumn Wetli-Staneluis
March is Women’s History Month and to celebrate the Shapiro Lobby display highlights books written by, and about, women of color activists!
  • Marguerite Ansorge
I love my new role in the design lab to create laptop stickes with our vinyl cutting machine and help friends to become independent sticker makers.
  • Johnny Huang
As an Industrial & Operations Engineering student, I enjoyed learning operations management knowledge from Eddie Davila’s LinkedIn Learning Course and hope to improve upon the Shapiro Design Lab in an operations standpoint for the future.
Collage of photos of famous black authors
  • Lauren Day
February is Black History Month. It's been awhile since I've done a rec post, so I decided to cover some classic black authors that you should check out this month. This is far from a complete list of all the authors and books I could have included. So without further ado, here are some recommendations of books written by black authors about black experiences.
  • Hallee Thompson
Through Mari Katayama of Stamps Speaker Series and the accessibility team at the Shapiro Design Lab, I learned how to bring changes within my own passions to make the university more accessible through design.
Photograph of Professor Peter Bol, Harvard University
  • Liangyu Fu
Professor Peter Bol of Harvard University leads the next Deep Dive into Data and Digital Methods for Chinese Studies
Cover of Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
  • Vicki J Kondelik
Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with A Pearl Earring, tells the story of two children in 1790s London, country boy Jem, who has recently moved to London when his father finds work with Astley's Circus, and streetwise city girl Maggie, and their friendship with poet and engraver William Blake. The children become the inspiration for Blake's most famous books of poetry. Chevalier paints a vivid portrait of life in London at the time of the French Revolution.
  • Victoria Alden
Using the Shapiro Design Lab to laser engrave the rustic sign, "Fort Fluffybutt," for my chicken palace!
  • Autumn Wetli-Staneluis
The library has access to a vast amount of materials online, making it easy for things to get “lost” in a sea of electronic resources. Today I want to highlight access your library privileges give you to a variety of online test prep materials.