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Results for Date: February 2025
Students perusing a table full of books wrapped in paper bag material.
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  • Alyssa Simone Wakefield
Blind Date with a Book
Library Student Ambassadors invited students to blindly choose their next read.
Student Stories
bucolic scene of cattle among trees by the edge of a stream
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  • Juli McLoone
Thundering Hooves in the Archives: Cows vs. Horses
Join us next Thursday, 20 February, between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
Beyond the Reading Room
Illustration of a hand holding a magnifying glass over a stack of four colorful books with bookmarks.
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  • Suzan Karabakal
Making Discovery Easy: Designing a Better Library Search Experience
This blog post explores the challenges faced by novice users of the University of Michigan's Library Search interface, drawing on user research conducted with undergraduate students and librarians. The research aimed to understand how students approach library searches, to identify their pain points, and learn how they navigate the Everything results page. By gaining insights into these areas, the research aimed to identify opportunities for improvement and inform the design of more user-friendly library search tools.
Tiny Studies
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  • Rachel Woodbrook
The Detroit Metro Area Community Study (DMACS) and Michigan Metro Area Communities Study (MIMACS): An Interview with Data Manager Celia (Yucheng) Fan
This Bits & Pieces blog post talks about the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study (DMACS) and its expansion, the Michigan Metro Area Communities Study (MIMACS), and their initial releases of closed-ended response data via the U-M Library's Deep Blue Data platform.
Bits and Pieces