Library Blogs

Harry Keeler was a prolific writer of strange books that some consider so bad they're good.

This recently acquired edition of two medical commentaries by the sixteenth-century Italian doctor, Leon Roganus Caietanus, is bound in limp vellum with bevelled boards, and the gilded edges of the text block have been expertly decorated, or gauffered, with a special tool.

Roman Murder Mystery by Derek Parker tells the true story of a murder case that was the talk of Rome in the late 17th century.

The Readability Test Tool can help web content creators make pages easier to read.

This Wednesday's watermark feature: Anchor motifs in watermarked papers from the Islamic Manuscripts Collection

The contents of this book might literally kill you.

"Now or Never": Collecting, Documenting and Photographing the Aftermath of World War I in the Middle East. This exhibit explores the role of the U-M archaeological expedition (1919-1920), led by Professor Francis Kelsey, as witnesses of the chaos and destruction in the Near East following Germany's surrender to the Entente forces on November 11, 1918.

O Juliet by Robin Maxwell is a great retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story—with a twist.

Here is our list of most popular games in the archive during the month of December. The Xbox One has clearly become more popular with select titles, and we even have a soccer game from 2012 on the list. Probably because we don't have a more recent version of PES for PlayStation 3 in our collection at present. And fun fact: people seem to be requesting certain years of PES over others (2013 or 2015, not 2014), even at the expense of a more recent version. What was it about 2014 that kept people away, I wonder?

We are excited to report about a recent acquisition for our fast growing collection of Children's Literature. It is the first edition of Le calcul amusant (Paris, ca. 1862), a truly entertaining book designed to teach French kids multiplication through colored illustrations and rhyming couplets.