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Magnified images of snow using micro-computed tomography
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  • Joanna Thielen
  • Jake Carlson
  • Rachel Woodbrook
Measuring Snow Reflectance: Interview with Dr. Adam Schneider
In this interview, Dr. Adam Schneider (U-M alum; PhD in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences 2018) described why he decided to share the data set entitled "Supporting data for the Near-Infrared Emitting and Reflectance-Monitoring Dome" in Deep Blue Data.
Bits and Pieces
Yellow naval vessel in the marine laboratory wave tank
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  • Joanna Thielen
  • Jake Carlson
  • Rachel Woodbrook
Stabilizing Ships with a Flywheel: Interview with Nate Clemett
In this interview, Nate Clemett (Master's student in the naval architecture and marine engineering department) describes his research and why he decided to share his data set entitled "Flywheel Energy Storage System Roll Dataset" in Deep Blue Data.
Bits and Pieces
Dr. Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales interviewing a Lannang speaker
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  • Joanna Thielen
  • Rachel Woodbrook
  • Jake Carlson
Documenting a Mixed Language: Interview with Dr. Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales
In this interview, Dr. Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales (U-M alum; PhD in Linguistics 2022) describes why he decided to share the data set entitled "The Lannang Corpus (LanCorp): A POS-tagged, sociolinguistic corpus containing recordings and transcriptions of Lannang speech collected from the metropolitan Manila Lannangs between 2016 and 2020" in Deep Blue Data.
Bits and Pieces
cluster of flowers in yellow and white with green leaves and brown stems against a yellow background
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  • Juli McLoone
Special Collections After Hours | Love in the Stacks
Join the Special Collections Research Center in Hatcher next Tuesday (14 February) at 4 pm for our second After Hours open house of the Winter term, exploring materials related to love and romance.
Beyond the Reading Room
Detail of miniature by Jean Coene IV, "Lamentation over the Dead Christ", in the opening of the Office of our Lady of Compassion, f. 28. Book of Hours & Psalter. Parchment manuscript, 256 folios. Paris, ca. 1505-1515.
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  • Pablo Alvarez
An Extraordinary New Acquisition!
We are delighted to announce an important recent acquisition made possible by Katharine V. Kilgour's generous gift in memory of her father Raymond L. Kilgour: a manuscript containing the texts of a Book of Hours and a Psalter. Written on parchment in Latin and French, it was exquisitely illuminated by one of the leading miniaturists working in Paris in the first two decades of the sixteenth century: Jean Coene IV.
Beyond the Reading Room
A person facing a scary creature in the foggy darkness
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  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
The Horrors of Good Intentions: Told through the story of a dark repository.
An overview and lessons learned from challenges faced in the management of our dark repository.
Bits and Pieces
poster with event announcement and images of family seated below potrait floral bouquet architectural cityscape and artists book with curved vertical forms emerging from red cube
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  • Evyn Kropf
Special Collections After Hours Winter 2023
We are excited to continue our in-person Special Collections After Hours open houses this semester! Join us on the second Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5.30 pm in the Special Collections Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library for an encounter with our collections.
Beyond the Reading Room
three circular views of greek manuscript text on papyrus, persian manuscript text with astronomical diagram on paper, engraved frontispiece showing European astronomers at work
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  • Pablo Alvarez
  • Evyn Kropf
New Exhibit and Opening | Early Astronomy in the University of Michigan Collections
The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce a new exhibit featuring a selection of manuscripts, early printed books, and artifacts illustrating Mesopotamian, Greek, Islamic, and Western European astronomies. Join the curators on Thursday, 12 January, 4-6p in the Hatcher Gallery for a reception celebrating the opening of the exhibit followed by an exhibit tour.
Beyond the Reading Room
well-dressed spanish and visayan men women and children seated in chairs or on floor, some standing, in a fine room with polished floors
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  • Martha O'Hara Conway
  • Fe Susan T Go
Special Collections After Hours | We Collect and We Connect: Philippine Collections in the U-M Library
Join the Special Collections Research Center in Hatcher next Tuesday (10 January) at 4 pm for our first After Hours open house of the Winter term, exploring our extensive collection of letters, diaries, photographs, maps, books, and other material documenting early 20th century Philippine history!
Beyond the Reading Room
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  • Erica Ervin
Apply Now - Design Lab Intern
Undergraduate students! Apply to the Intern position for the Design Lab. The application deadline is Sunday, January 22 and all applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Fill out the google form and upload CV/resume using the link located at the bottom the post.
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