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The Design Lab will be hiring 2-3 enthusiastic undergraduates for the Winter 2024 term. The application deadline is Friday, December 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.
Contributing to a fun and innovative home decor - animal-shaped plant pots!
A creative and affordable way to get a bike pump replacement made using a 3D printer!
Join us next week for another Third Thursdays at the Library open house, exploring material from the Ardis Press Records!
A documentary on the Inner Mongolian music group AnDa Union will be shown at Weiser Hall at 6 PM on November 16.
The current application cycle is now open for fellowships available to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections!
User research is best performed as an iterative process, where each round of testing provides valuable insights to lead to the next stage of development. The recent uplift on the University of Michigan Library’s Image Digital Collections offers a prime example of iterative user research, as it included testing phases for early mockups, plug-in image viewers, and an interactive coded version of the site. By continuously testing, we were able to identify potential issues early and to refine the site to better meet user needs.
Open Access Week 2023 is upon us! The theme this year is "Community over Commercialization."
This theme emphasizes transparency and equitable access to knowledge, which directly aligns with the goals of an institutional repository. Deep Blue Repositories, offered by the University of Michigan Library, facilitates the free and open sharing of research content generated and used in support of research activities at U-M.
This theme emphasizes transparency and equitable access to knowledge, which directly aligns with the goals of an institutional repository. Deep Blue Repositories, offered by the University of Michigan Library, facilitates the free and open sharing of research content generated and used in support of research activities at U-M.
One of the most popular literary genres in Ladino was the detective novel. This genre first emerged in Western Europe in the nineteenth century. Published in 2014, Julie Scolnik's study, Nat Pinkerton: Diez Novelas Policíacas en Lengua Sefaradí, examines a set of Ladino detective novels and offers Spanish translations, which make them more accessible to contemporary readers and scholars.
We are excited to share the publication of "Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province: Results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH)" Volumes 1 & 2, edited by Michael L. Galaty and Lorenc Bejko, along with the associated data set on Deep Blue Data Repository. See the UM Press blog (https://press.umich.edu/Blog/2023/10/An-Interview-with-Michael-L.-Galaty) for the whole interview!