News from May 2021

See all upcoming Libraries events — including our featured events, workshops, and exhibits — on the UMN Twin Cities Events Calendar.

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A Biography of Candida Xu at the James Ford Bell Library

Guest post by Gail King, Retired Asian Studies Librarian, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.

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U Libraries receives $108,000 for Minnesota Landscapes

The University of Minnesota Libraries received a grant for $108,000 from the State of Minnesota through the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund of the Minnesota Historical Society for a year-long project to examine and describe archival collections related to Minnesota’s environmental history and climate.

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Connecting Threads at the James Ford Bell Library

When James Ford Bell provided the core collection of books to found this library back in 1953, his main interest was trade.