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What exactly do librarians do?: A Q/A with Anne Good, associate curator of the James Ford Bell Library
The last article of a three-part Q/A series that explaining the ins and outs of librarianship, and all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into supporting public knowledge. This interview features Anne Good, associate curator of the James Ford Bell Library, and of Special Collections and Rare Books.
Inside ASC's latest exhibit, death is at your door. But that isn't a bad thing
A feature and overview of ASC's newest cross-collection exhibit on death and mourning in the archives.
What exactly do librarians do?: A Q/A with Laura McElfresh, cartographic metadata librarian
The second article of a three-part Q/A series that explaining the ins and outs of librarianship, and all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into supporting public knowledge. This interview features Laura McElfresh, an associate cartographic metadata librarian.
What exactly do librarians do?: A Q/A with Emily Beck, curator of WHL
The first of a three-part Q/A series that explaining the ins and outs of librarianship, and all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into supporting public knowledge. This interview features Emily Beck, curator of the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine (WHL).
Moving a library
A photo gallery marking Magrath Library's closure and the effort to move its holdings of nearly 500,000 books and other materials.
Expanding ecology with a free textbook and an international friendship
Professor Clarence Lehman’s open access ecology textbook, published by UMN Libraries Publishing, has sparked an international friendship of scholarly proportions. Since publication, it’s been viewed over 20,000 times and downloaded over 15,000 times. One of those readers was 24-year-old Solomon Freeman from Assin Tabil, Ghana. He’s a master’s student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), studying to become an ecologist.
Q&A: Four librarians share how they found community at the Minnesota Institute
For the past 28 years, the University of Minnesota has trained the next generation of library leaders, guiding them as they transform their libraries to better serve their communities, through the Minnesota Institute. Five alumni of the Minnesota Institute currently work here at the University of Minnesota Libraries. We asked them to share their experiences with the Institute and why a program like this is necessary for early-career librarians. The following responses have been edited for length and clarity.
Painting on the Art Speak Machine: CBI acquires the collection of Computer Artist Maureen A. Nappi
Renowned computer artist Maureen Nappi's archive and personal papers — containing decades of computer, sketches, and teaching materials — were recently donated to the Charles Babbage Institute Archives and will soon be available to researchers.
Sequins, feathers, and fringe: The world’s largest ice show archive comes to the Tretter Collection
“Roy Blakey’s collection is the largest collection in Tretter. Full stop,” said Aiden Bettine, curator of the Tretter Collection. “It’s truly a treasure. It’s a gift.” Why is the world’s largest ice show archive in an LGBTQ archive? For Bettine, there’s a large intersection between the ice skating history and LGBTQ history, and Blakey stands in the center of it.
‘I feel like I’ve grown up here’: These three outstanding student employees are creating a community at the Libraries
This year’s outstanding student library employees all have the same thing common: what they love most about the Libraries is the people.
At the Big Ten GIS Conference, there’s a map for everything
The sixth annual Big Ten GIS Conference is returning on April 17 for anyone interested in maps and geospatial data, “which ought to be just about everyone,” according to Colleen Wilson. Geospatial data is information that’s tied to a specific place. So odds are, if you can think of it, there’s probably a map for it.
Creating poetry and community: Women writers in UMN Libraries’ archives
Starting a family in times of political crisis. Changing the bullies who rule the world. Living with an external bladder. The catalog of women writers at the Upper Midwest Literary Archives (UMLA) runs the full range of the human experience.