Library Blogs

Made a 3D printed phone holder with a charger port to be able to do video calls while the phone is charging.

The second Library Search Benchmark Survey launched earlier this year and we gathered feedback from students, faculty, staff and library employees about finding and accessing materials through Library Search. We also measured changes in user satisfaction, ease of use, user challenges and wins from our first survey in 2022. Participation from users outside the library grew significantly and responses helped us identify clear and actionable insights we’re excited to share and act on in the coming year.

Olivier Bahizi, recipient of our summer 2025 Fellowship in Library User Experience, shares insights from his study of challenges users face when navigating the U-M Library's archival and digital collections across several platforms. Key themes include difficulties in discovery and access, limitations due to metadata, and lack of awareness and information literacy about archival materials.

A 3D printed custom Gameboy cartridge to use in trichromatic photography. Using various filters and lenses, I achieved a series of bright, pixelated images of the moon, local landscapes, and more.

My second experience with 3D printing! A 3D printed wall bracket to support a IKEA utensil holder.

Come see us at Harvest Fest and Earthfest, and visit us in the library for a catered talk by former student Phimmasone Owens of Refugee Garden Initiatives!

The project that I created was for my dissertation recital series called Footprints.

What do library users want and need when they contact the Ask a Librarian chat service? This post describes a project to design and deliver a survey to gather information on how the library's reference service is meeting community needs. Survey results identified both demographic and service-oriented trends.

Whip Hand is an award-winning thriller by Dick Francis, about Sid Halley, a jockey who lost a hand after a horse fell on him during a race. He has become a private detective, and in this book he investigates what happened to three horses who were champions, then suddenly failed. He also searches for the con artist who drew Sid's ex-wife into a scam, leaving her to take the blame. She will go to jail for fraud unless he clears her name. Francis, a former jockey, knew the horse racing world extremely well, and it shows in this excellent novel.

Join us this Thursday, September 18th, between 4-6p for our first Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!