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Stock image of hands typing on a laptop, for decorative purposes.
  • Brandi Borkosky
The University of Michigan Press sought to better understand what its monograph authors care about when choosing a publisher and their experiences in being published. A survey completed in Fall 2024 reveals insight into scholarly publishing trends and what authors value in working with a university press.
Person with glasses sitting on a living room couch, looking at a laptop.
  • Karen A Reiman-Sendi
As we approach five years since the drastic shutdown and isolation techniques due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems appropriate to reflect on an assessment project conducted during 2020-2021. As librarians and students attempted to pivot to an all online learning and teaching experience, research service providers quickly needed to know more about our research consultation service. Struggling with a crisis, we also learned how to conduct assessment work in sensitive and empathetic ways.
wood carved cookie cutters with human figures and a ship with sails
  • Juli McLoone
Join us next Thursday, 19 December between 4-6p for our final Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
An insect specimen from Notes from Nature from the Zooniverse platform.
  • Justin Schell
  • Kat Hagedorn
We often look for mechanisms to create better and more robust metadata about our materials in our digital collections. The Digital Collections Service partnered with Shapiro Design Lab at U-M Library to use Zooniverse, a crowdsourcing platform that allows us to post existing materials for anyone to view and add descriptive information to. We improved two digital collections using improved metadata from Zooniverse crowdsourcing.
Arnold Heyman standing next to a University of Michigan banner.
  • Katrina Klaphake
Acting on his belief that the right kind of jobs could make a big difference in a young person's life, Arnold Heyman established a fund that supports the library's student employees.
Student smiling at the camera with painted artwork on the table in front of her.
  • Thomas Gala-Garza
Students enjoyed (non-alcoholic) beverages as they created masterpieces on mini canvases at this artistic gathering.
A raspberry Pi computer in a yellow case
  • Kate Yumin Chung
A case printed for a raspberry Pi5 for the Program of Computing for the Arts and Sciences.
Pin-back buttons with the top button saying "Ask me about my pronouns."
  • Cecilia Valentina Ledezma Herrera
  • Amira Said
Student Library Ambassadors celebrated International Pronouns Day by making and giving away pronoun pins.
Picture showing 3 different pins, one in white that says la salud, one in black that says la salud, and one in black that says dia de los muertos la salud
  • Kayla Guzman
Pinback buttons for Dia De Los Muertos.
A blue t-shirt with yellow text that says Band Groupie with a Michigan M
  • Carmen Nettie Rosenblum Simon
A vinyl cut and heat press to make an "Band Groupie" t-shirt.