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Progress Pride Flag - Rainbow with chevron of the trans pride colors and a black and brown stripe on the left
  • Lauren Day
I watched a webinar a while back about libraries being more inclusive to LGBTQ folks. The presenter mentioned that you should not have to wait for pride month to highlight folks within the community. I do try to include some books with L,G,B,T or Q folks in all of my posts, but why not have a post dedicated to those books in the middle of March. Check out my recommendations and maybe add some of your own!
Image of a Native American man printed in black ink on a page from Simon Pokagon's birch bark booklet, The Red Man's Rebuke.
  • Marieka Kaye
Join the Special Collections Research Center on March 9, at 4:00pm, for the third of our Winter 2021 After Hours events: "Birch Bark and the Writings of Simon Pokagon." Please register at the link provided in this blog post!
Photo from University of Pittsburgh website
  • Liangyu Fu
Our next Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods for Chinese Studies will take place in Friday, March 12, 2021, from 11 am to noon. The presenter will be Haihui Zhang, Head of the East Asian Library an Chinese Studies Librarian at the University of Pittsburgh.
Black and white photograph of Fannie Lou Hammer. Three quarter photo of Black woman holding and speaking into a speaker microphone. The heads of other people can be seen around her waist.
  • Autumn Wetli-Staneluis
As we head into March, Women's History Month, learn about the life, legacy, and work of Black women throughout American History.
  • Pablo Alvarez
We are very pleased to invite you all to the fourth session of the Virtual Encounters on Book History, a series organized by Pablo Alvarez (University of Michigan) and Benito Rial Costas (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Our fourth webinar is a celebration of two landmark publications based on the extensive collection of Greek manuscripts at the University of Michigan Library: Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann, Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Vol. 1. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2021; and Julia Miller, Tradition and Individuality: Bindings from the University of Michigan Greek Manuscript Collection. Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2021. Our speakers will focus on various aspects of this important collection of manuscripts, presenting case studies that illustrate their historical, textual, and artistic relevance.
  • Bruna Carolina Iunessanches
Microbial Masterpieces is a continuously evolving project devoted to helping people understand the importance of the microbial world, let's know more!
Detail of graphic describing a parade formation of a battalion consisting of four companies, from Articles of War for Francesco I (1708-1765) Holy Roman Emperor, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Florence, 1739)
  • Pablo Alvarez
On behalf of the University of Michigan Library, we would like to express our gratitude to Samuel L. Chappell (B.S. 1969) and Roberta J. Chappell (B.S. 1967) for their generous gift that allowed us to acquire a manuscript and an early printed book for our military history collection. Since their graduation from the U-M, Sam and Bobbie have kept in touch with the Library in various ways, including generous donations to advance our academic mission.
  • Anne Cong-Huyen
On Friday, February 12th, the U-M Library hosted its third annual Douglass Day celebration in honor of Frederick Douglass, 19th century American abolitionist, author, and orator. This year the event highlighted the life, legacy and work of Mary Church Terrell with a lecture from Dr. Shelley Haley followed by transcription, digital art-making, and socializing over baked goods!
Open Access Publishing in Asian Studies poster, with U-M Press and LSA logos
  • Dawn Lawson
Several centers at the U-M International Institute have collaborated with University of Michigan Press and the U-M Asia Library received a Humanities Open Book program grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, enabling them to make 100 important backlist books broadly available again.
Black and white film still showing a Black woman from the chest up, looking directly at the camera. Also within the frame is the back of her head as shown in a mirror behind her.
  • Autumn Wetli-Staneluis
As part of Black History Month this year, check out some of the Library's streaming access to films by Black directors.