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International Open Access Week 2024: Oct. 21-27, #OAWeek
  • Rachel Woodbrook
  • Peter Cerda
As a fully Open Access institutional data repository, Deep Blue Data was built to serve the best interests of the public, our depositors and their academic communities. We partner with scholars to bring data into the world in a way that is comprehensible, trustworthy and useful.
3D printed minecraft chest sitting on top of a blanket covered in writing
  • Catherine Julia Kautz
A series of 3D prints to create a Minecraft Chest.
Students writing on postcards at a table outside (with trees in the background).
  • Grace Tai
  • Leah Juliette Gouin
Students ate snacks, grabbed some swag, and sent postcards to friends and family — thanks to student Library Ambassadors.
flyer in style of wanted poster featuring fingerprints and headshots of richard nixon
  • Evyn Kropf
Join us next Thursday, 17 October between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
screenshot of web development tools item inspector results of one of the images
  • susan borda
In Web Archiving, do you get just the images or the entire site with most functionality intact?

This blog will cover the process of just getting the image files and related text in Part 1. Part 2 will cover the process of making the JavaScript-enabled site function when run locally, allowing the content to have more meaning by being displayed in context.
Aerial view busy parking lot near row of colorful tents with people shopping at farmer market near Dallas, Texas, USA
  • Tashia Miller
The Seed Library has hit the streets to share the good news about our service and meet seed-minded folks!
Folders, newspapers, and pictures from the Marcelo Mirisola Papers collection on a cart.
  • Gabriel Mordoch
A second batch of materials for the Marcelo Mirisola Papers archive has arrived at the University of Michigan Library.
Pink 3d printed sticky note holder sitting on tabletop with stack of colorful stick notpads
  • Aylin Ozdemir
Trying to learn more about 3D modeling and get into 3D printing with an easy beginner project to start, a sticky note holder!
Screenshot of transferred metadata in Archivematica METS file.
  • Abby Sypniewski
In 2024, The U-M Library Digital Preservation Lab uncovered an almost decade-old mistake in our metadata workflow. Luckily, we were able to use this as a learning experience to think about how we can anticipate future changes to metadata formatting standards in the digital archaeology space.
4 3d printed Totoro figurines of various sizes and colors
  • Alexandria SH Tsai
A small bit of decoration for my room.