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Collections

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Black and white photo of a retired airship on the water.
From the book The aerial age: a thousand miles by airship over the Atlantic Ocean, 1911, in the Special Collections and Rare Books.

General collections

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Leisure reading

Our collection extends to leisure reading, an important part of well-being and growing understanding.

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Services help you find quality course materials that fit your class, integrate information literacy and research inquiry skills into your course and offer expertise on learning the research process and using our resources and services.

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Researcher support services provides U of M scholars and academics quick access to information and tools to plan, conduct, and disseminate their work.

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News and events

News

David Mura

Mura sparkles at Pankake Poetry reading

As David Mura stood behind the podium in Elmer L. Andersen Library, he remembered that it was not far from there that he had his first public reading, as a student poet. That 1976 reading took place in an art gallery — and, it was noted, Andersen Library had not yet been built on the West Bank. This afternoon, Mura was standing inside Andersen Library delivering the 13th annual Pankake Poetry reading.

Exhibit

Blue Lady

Living Masquerades : Blue Lady and the Art of Revelry

Local Minneapolis artist, Jeanie Ockuly, a.k.a. Blue Lady, invites us to parade in costumes made of sequins, jewels, paint, or mud to mock and/or revel in all of life that is beautiful and atrocious in order to let go, celebrate and heal. See the exhibit that runs through May 28, 2022 at Wilson Library.

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The Libraries welcomes learners and scholars from all cultures and backgrounds.

Our approach to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility

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