Library Blogs

Meet the Asia Library’s four 2026-27 interns: Qihao Liang, Juwon Yeo, Jian Zhang, and Annelie Zissis. Their work spans Chinese archives, Korean studies librarianship, rare books, exhibits, and the Oka Tadoku Room.

There were so many Folk & pastoral horror library materials shared by members of the U-M Library community in honor of the Study Break of the Unknown Tome event (Hatcher Gallery, Thursday, October 29th, 2026) that we need multiple parts! Part 1 covered video games and films. In Part 2 we explore literature, music, graphic novels, photography, maps, and manga.

Favorite folk & pastoral horror materials shared by members of the U-M Library community in honor of the Study Break of the Unknown Tome event (Hatcher Gallery, Thursday, October 29th, 2026).

I created a graphic t-shirt that includes the album cover of one of my favorite albums!

Join the China Ongoing Perspectives (CHOP) Film Series for The Chinese Mayor (2015), Hao Zhou’s award-winning documentary about Datong’s controversial redevelopment and the relocation of half a million residents. A discussion with Director Zhou and U-M professor Lan Deng follows.

On Monday, August 31, 2026, the first day of the fall semester, the Shapiro Undergraduate Library hosted Party For Your Mind—an event designed to welcome (and welcome back) students to the library.

The U-M Library rebuilt its website using Astro, replacing Gatsby, React, and GraphQL with a simpler, more maintainable architecture. Without changing the user-facing design or functionality, the migration reduced homepage JavaScript by 99% and image payloads by 75%, while improving performance and eliminating post-load layout shifts.

For Open Access Week, Deep Blue Repository and Research Data Services (DBRRDS) staff recap their work identifying, digitizing and uploading 95 U-M dissertations into Deep Blue Documents - that were previously only available in print.

For Open Access Week, Deep Blue Repository and Research Data Services (DBRRDS) staff recap several projects investigating the copyright status of dissertations in Deep Blue Documents - which resulted in 10,041 digital dissertations being made open access for the first time!

For Open Access Week, Deep Blue Repository and Research Data Services (DBRRDS) staff highlight why making University of Michigan dissertations available to the general public has a positive impact. Through their own words, requestors—from tribal members, agencies, zoos, writers, and authors’ families—show the value of dissertations far beyond academia.