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Finding legitimate use cases for Artificial Intelligence on the Library Blogs site proved to be difficult after four experiments. Tests include running Hugging Face, Ollama with two different LLMs, U-M Maizey and Google NotebookLM. Costs of AI in maintenance, storage and processing, as well as environmental concerns were deemed too high and outweigh the benefits and value added to the site.
The Initiative Team through M-HEAL details their process of creating portable, inexpensive, and safe bassinets that are able to incubate newborns. Through feedback from medical personnel and library staff, they are able to improve future versions of the bassinet and its associated baby carrier to combat neonatal hypothermia.
Welcome Yung-hui Chou, our new Chinese Studies Librarian.
From events to social media outreach, the Student Library Engagement Ambassadors highlight underutilized library resources to the U-M community. Elizabeth and Amira, two recent graduates from the University of Michigan, recount the past year as experienced Ambassadors.
The 19th Annual Multicultural Greek Exhibition (MGX) was founded by the sisters of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority. MGX combats negative stigmas of Greek Life by illustrating that Greeks are involved in tradition, community service, philanthropy, and diversity and unity.
On April 2nd, 2025, ten delegates from the University of Michigan's Society of Women Engineers (SWE) chapter traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in SWE’s annual Congressional Outreach Day. Through representing the voices of countless women and marginalized individuals who are often excluded from governmental conversations, U-M SWE members endorsed a targeted list of federal legislative priorities and funding requests to ensure the success of marginalized groups working in STEM.
Krystel Anderson, a Seed Library Engagement Fellow, illustrates her experience in community-facing work, which included providing seeds to the community and accessible knowledge of plants and gardens.
Read a bit about curator Jamie Vander Broek's journey toward developing the exhibit Behind the Curve: Rainbows and the Science and Culture of Color, on view through 4 September in the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room!