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Drawing of a woman on the cover eating a fork-full of vegetables
  • Juli McLoone
In 1978, Anna Thomas published a sequel to her first book entitled The Vegetarian Epicure. Book Two. This book went through numerous printings (JBLCA holds the 8th printing, issued in 1981). For this month’s recipe of the month, I decided to try Thomas' “baba ghanouj,” which she describes to those unfamiliar with it as “a salad of eggplant and sesame paste.” 
A blue 3D printed rectangular tray, with a divider down the middle vertically.
  • Edward Brown
3D printed game tray for board game pieces.
Journals with Article Processing Charge Agreements home page
  • Robyn Ness
As part of the process to launch a new library application that helps U-M researchers and authors at our three campuses locate publications covered under institutional open access agreements, usability testing was critical to the successful development of a usable, sustainable tool.
Sign hanging in a shop window that says OPEN ACCESS!
  • Robyn Ness
University of Michigan Library recently launched a new application to help U-M researchers and authors at our three campuses locate publications covered under institutional open access agreements. This tool aggregates nearly 13,000 titles across publishers, streamlining the process of locating eligible journals. The project involved data-wrangling, application design and development, and usability testing to produce a usable, sustainable tool.
Book cover for Samantha Irby's 2023 book Quietly Hostile
  • Autumn Wetli-Staneluis
Celebrate Black History Month with some books by African-American authors in the library’s OverDrive collection.
Sunlight shining on red wheelbarrow parked in snow (which will be used for Winter Sowing Event)
  • Ariel Ojibway
Tl;dr

Come make art for the Seed Library tomorrow night 2/19/26 from 5:30-8pm or Monday 2/23/26, Monday 3/9/26, Thursday 3/18/26 or come plant seeds with us on Tuesday 3/10/26 12-2pm (drop-in). Happy Almost Spring!
Profile of a middle-age Black woman with curly hair, resting her chin on her hand.
  • Autumn Wetli-Staneluis
It’s writer Toni Morrison’s birthday (1931-2019). An author, editor, and professor, Morrison was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature. In her writing, Morrison explored the lived realities of Black Americans with lyrical prose, psychological depth, and unflinching honesty. As an editor at Random House, she championed Black writers and thinkers. Here are just a few of Morrison's works we have in our collection, showcasing the breadth of her work.
A self-taken picture of a person in a red sweatshirt with a New England Patriots logo. The logo covers the whole front of the sweatshirt - a white N and E with a red star in the top left corner of the N, with two small blue stripes coming from the star on the left.
  • Katherine Stewart Bruce
A hand-sewn New England Patriots sweatshirt for the Super Bowl.
A black 3D printed curved piece meant for the end of a trowel. The piece is short and longer, with a folding seam down the middle, going with the curve. On either side of the angled seam, there is a circular hole that goes through the print (2 holes in total).
  • Gembu Maryu
3D printed palm protector for a camping trowel.
A white 3D printed Pegs and jokers board. It is set up in a square, with each side being one printed piece with a line of pegs. On each piece, there is also a rectangle on the top right side, with a diamond with 5 pegs and an L-shaped corner with 5 pegs.
  • Vera Lin
A 3d printed Peg and Jokers board and game pieces.