Skip to main content

Library Blogs

Showing 1 - 10 of 2045 items
A picture of a library student employee, Paris Heard
•
  • Dennison Dorsey
Graduating Student Employees - Winter 2026
As the Winter 2026 semester draws to a close, the Student Employee Engagement Committee (SEEC) would like to acknowledge the hardworking student employees that are vital to the daily operations and success of the University of Michigan Library. The support they provide to students, faculty, staff, and guests is immense and we truly appreciate all of their efforts!
Student Stories
A blue 3D printed 8-channel aspirator adapter on a wooden table. The print is vertical, with one tube going into the base and eight tubes coming out of the bottom.
•
  • Samuel Austyn Copper
3D printed 8 Channel Aspirator Adapter
8 Channel aspirator adapter for culture cell experiments.
Lab Notes
A large patchwork quilt draped on brick pavement - the top of the quilt is placed on a taller concrete level. Each corner of the quilt is a different color: dark blues in the bottom left, grayish-greens in the bottom right, dark reds in the top left, and white/yellow in the top right. each section moves towards the middle and disperses in the center.
•
  • Alice Colatrella
Patchwork Quilt
Patchwork quilt made using the sewing machine.
Lab Notes
An image of a white hand holding a collection of four flat, white 3D printed flowers. Each flower has seven holes in the middle, shaped in a hexagonal pattern with one in the center. The flowers overlap each other, fanning down the hand (inward towards, towards the photographers body)
•
  • Hudson Michael Cooper
3D Printed Flower Frog
3D printed flower frog to help support flower stems in arrangements.
Lab Notes
A black 3D printed holder for a servomotor. The holder has a squarish base to the right of the figure, with holes on the sides for the servomotor wires and white circular connectors and gears to go through. The holder also has a long finger-like piece extending out to the left.
•
  • Rowan Volate Cleland-Host
3D Printed Ocarina Servomotor Holder
A 3d printed test part to hold a servomotor for a class project to automate a song on an ocarina.
Lab Notes
Two light blue 3D printed models on a gray desk in front of a computer keyboard. The model on the left is a phone holder shaped like a cat bending down or stretching. On the cat's back a phone is balanced sideways, where you can see the black screen. The model on the right is a hexagonal model of a mountain slope with lines detailing snowboard trails. There is writing on the base, but it is not legible in this photo.
•
  • Martin Tan
3D Printed Cat Stand & Snowboard Trail Model
A 3D printed cat phone holder & a mountain slope model with outlined snowboard trails.
Lab Notes
A puppet of a silkie chick sitting on black fabric in front of a wooden floor. The puppet is covered in tan "feathers", and it is positioned so the face is looking at the camera; there is a little hole in the feathers where the beak is somewhat visible.
•
  • Theo Spitler
3D Printed Puppet Skeleton
3D printed puppet skeleton for a silkie chicken puppet.
Lab Notes
The full five-step process from Special Collections to archival upload, with the access format conversion workflow embedded at Step 2–4.
•
  • Luciana Si-Wei Qu
How We Chose PDF/A-2u (And What We Found When We Actually Tested It)
In the second post in our series on normalizing Word documents, we get into the nitty-gritty of how we chose PDF/A-2u and the results of our migration and accessibility testing.
Bits and Pieces
two men positioned around a film camera, one with eye to the lens
•
  • Philip A Hallman
The Lawrence Kasdan Papers: Previews of Coming Attractions
Join us this Thursday, April 16th, between 4-6p for our final Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester featuring the Lawrence Kasdan Papers!
Beyond the Reading Room
A 3D printed diagram of the brainstem and the circle of Willis (circular connection of arteries that supplies blood to the brain). The brainstem is printed white, and is connected to a large baseplate. The circle of Willis is printed in red, and is glued to the plate standing up. The circle looks like a stick figure with its arms outstretched. The entire 3D print is standing up on a table on a black mat in front of a black computer.
•
  • Alina Chinoy
3D Printed Circle of Willis and Brainstem
3D printed diagram of the circle of Willis and brainstem for personal learning.
Lab Notes