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  • Heidi Burkhardt
Doing a survey is often the default research method thought of when you need to answer questions about what people like, expect, or want, among other things. While surveys are likely to be considered the easiest option, you can’t conflate “easy to create” with “easy to create well.” Even if a survey is an appropriate methodology for the question you’re looking to answer, the questions you ask, the way you ask them, and the options you give people for responding all require a thoughtful approach.
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  • Kristine Greive
A new exhibit drawing on materials from the Alan and Joyce Rudolph Papers is now on view in the Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery (Room 100).
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  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
Major upgrades to our lab space!
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  • Pam MacKintosh
A group of down on their luck characters (a librarian, a teen, and a Wall Street high roller) provide unexpected support and friendship to each other during the summer of 2010 at a small town public library. This is the story in Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern.
Image of iceberg with the words "Arts, Language, Behaviours, Dress, Celebrations, Foods" visible on the upper half of the iceberg above water. Below water, text on the iceberg reads "Values, Customs, Roles, Traditions, Rules, Status, Beliefs, Thought Patterns, and Perceptions
  • Sheila Garcia
Sheila Garcia provides information on the familismo cultural value prevalent in Latinx communities and how an understanding of this value can better inform our library work.
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  • Kristine Greive
During the winter term we held five pop-up special collections meet and greets with our rare materials in Weiser Hall. Here's a sampling!
Cover of In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
  • Vicki J Kondelik
In this World War II thriller, a parachutist falls to his death in a field outside Farleigh, the stately home of Lord Westerham and his daughters. The dead man's uniform leads people to believe he is a German spy, sent to contact a traitor at Farleigh or in the nearby village. Lord Westerham's middle daughter, a codebreaker at Bletchley Park, works with an MI5 agent who is a family friend to discover who the traitor could be.
Change
  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
A summary of how we transitioned our workflow for forensic imaging.
Poster for DHAsia 2018
  • Liangyu Fu
Discusses the close connection between DHAsia 2018 and our Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods in Chinese Studies
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  • Linda Kendall Knox
“Learning from Advanced Student Staff Experiences” was a University of Michigan Library study conducted in 2017, integrating methodologies of user­-centered design and critical librarianship.