Celebrate Black History Month with books by African-American authors in the library’s OverDrive collection. U-M faculty, staff, and students have access to these suggestions: https://myumi.ch/e3NPQ

TODAY at noon: a brownbag talk with a "Focus on Healthcare Applications and Silicones." Steven Mankoci and Yuwei Liu from Wacker Chemical will be in the Materials Collection at the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library. Learn about silicone techology and applications.

TODAY, 6pm, Design Lab PIE Space, Shapiro Library: Network with other artists, share your works in progress, get feedback from peers, and learn new skills. https://myumi.ch/3RwEP

TODAY, 2-4pm: Join us to hear native speakers share their selections of playful language from around the globe in celebration of International Mother Language Day. Plus food and conversation and, if you want, participation in *your* native language! https://myumi.ch/G2AE5

Tuesday, 2/24, 2-4pm: Celebrate International Mother Language Day by listening to native speakers share playful language from around the globe. Enjoy international treats...and maybe opt to participate in the event! Join us in the Hatcher Gallery or online. https://myumi.ch/G2AE5

Do you know where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. grew up? Before he became a national leader, King was shaped by the streets of Sweet Auburn. This map traces his birth home and the places that defined his early life in Atlanta, Georgia. #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/P3Mqg

TODAY 2/20: Learn lifesaving skills! Stop by the Shapiro Gallery for 15 mins between noon and 4pm. Certified students will offer (non-certified) CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) & AED (automated external defibrillator) training. Plus snacks! https://myumi.ch/5k8WM

TODAY, Feb 19, head to the Hatcher Library, 4-6pm, for Third Thursdays at the Library. Today's open houses encompass a rare Japanese scroll, snowy maps, papyri and early books with Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and children's books from around the world. https://myumi.ch/egXd2

Listen to a few of our International Studies librarians recite silly children's stories in their native languages. And celebrate International Mother Language Day with us on Feb 24th! "From Babble to Babel: Children's Language Around the World": https://myumi.ch/G2AE5

Today is the birthday of author, editor, and professor, Toni Morrison (1931-2019) — the first African American woman to win the Nobel prize in literature. See a selection of her titles found in our collections: https://myumi.ch/W6WJR

Don't miss! There's another Third Thursday in the Hatcher Library this week, 4-6pm. Open houses encompass a rare Japanese scroll, snowy maps, papyri and early books with Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and children's books from around the world. https://myumi.ch/egXd2

Thanks to those who participated in our annual Douglass Day transcription event! Read about what you missed in "Students explore Frederick Douglass’s legacy at annual Douglass Day celebration" in the @michigandaily.bsky.social: https://myumi.ch/3Rbb1

Café Shapiro is here! On Mon/Tues/Wed students, nominated by their instructors, will read their own creative poems and short stories. Drop by the Shapiro Gallery (3rd floor), 5-7pm. We'll bring the coffee. https://myumi.ch/G2wyn

Have you been binging the Winter Olympics? This 1985 National Geographic Traveler’s Map of the Alps highlights the region’s major mountain peaks and cities, including Cortina d’Ampezzo, where the outdoor mountain events take place. #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/JP1GV

TODAY: Celebrate Frederick Douglass with transcription of documents from the Colored Conventions Project, discussion, celebration of Black history...and cake! Join us in the Hatcher Gallery, 12-4pm (or online via Zoom). Keynote address at 2pm. https://myumi.ch/A1geZ

Where’s the Data? The U-M scholars who have shared their data publicly are enthusiastically answering this question. For #LoveDataWeek, read "Quantifying skeletal muscle mass: Interview with Brian Derstine": https://myumi.ch/y1388

Where’s the Data? The U-M scholars who have shared their data publicly are enthusiastically answering this question. For #LoveDataWeek, read "Reducing Methane Emissions from Oil Flares: Interview with Dr. Jenna Stolzman": https://myumi.ch/8qdQ3

Listen to a few of our International Studies librarians recite silly children's stories in their native languages. And celebrate International Mother Language Day with us on Feb 24th! "From Babble to Babel: Children's Language Around the World": https://myumi.ch/G2AE5

Where’s the Data? The U-M scholars who have shared their data publicly are enthusiastically answering this question. For #LoveDataWeek, read "Studying Tropical Dry Forests: An Interview with Dr. Maria Natalia Umana": https://myumi.ch/n1mX8

You're invited to present (10-15 mins) at the Erasure Symposium. We welcome submissions from all humanities disciplines, as well as interdisciplinary & creative practices that explore erasure in any form. Find out more, and submit your abstract by Feb 22: https://myumi.ch/y13kn

Which one hits your area of interest? We have 5 events scheduled this week, Wednesday to Friday (see the thread). Get all event details at myumi.ch/egXd2

This literary map charts the American scene by region, spotlighting books that deepen our understanding of its place and culture. It invites us to read the nation spatially, through stories that shape perception. Have you read your state's book? #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/A1PQQ

The Big Chill, directed by U-M alum Lawrence Kasdan, enters the National Film Registry. Our Screen Arts Mavericks and Makers Collection holds Kasdan's archive, including documents from the production of this movie. Congrats, Larry! @mlive.com https://myumi.ch/QwEAD

This 1930 Detroit Automobile Club map taught Ann Arbor drivers how to dodge game-day traffic jams, complete with suggested routes and parking zones. Nearly a century later… some things never change. #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/D8D3m

Learn how to manage data, read a map, use MS Word for your dissertation, create a webmap in ArcGIS, and more! Check out library workshops on offer through the Teaching and Technology Collaborative (TTC). U-M authentication required to register: https://myumi.ch/qZ3Qx

Fingernail calligraphy! Remy Djavaherian (BA '25) shares a blog post drawn from his work with an album in our Islamic Manuscripts Collection. "Invisible gifts, strings attached: an investigation into a Qajar fingernail album": https://myumi.ch/P3X39

UMMA exhibit outlines history of protests, anarchism and political dissent in America. Julie Herrada, curator of the Joseph A. Labadie Collection, and writer/artist Julie Ault, talked about their collaboration. Read about it in the @michigandaily.bsky.social: https://myumi.ch/Mkd7P

Ann Arbor community members gather to celebrate the Japanese New Year in Asia Library's Oka Tadoku room. Read about it in the @michigandaily.bsky.social https://myumi.ch/D8DkG

Prioritize your well-being with a moment of mindfulness. Explore tools and resources at U-M that can help you champion your well-being, as well as help you support the well-being of others. myumi.ch/5kVe3

1/28, noon, Duderstadt Center: Catie Newell speaks about her work exploring the illuminative qualities of glass through form, color, and transparency demonstrated through site-specific works and material research. Material Conversations: A Focus on Glass: https://myumi.ch/W64A7

Did you know that the Clark Library has an extensive collection of Meiji period (1868-1912) maps of Japan like this one? This relief map of Tokyo includes drawings of tourist attractions and an address guide. #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/kPQ5p

TODAY: New exhibit and opening event! Flyover Country brings together physical reproductions of ephemera and other media from the underground and independent music scenes of the lower Great Lakes region, spanning from the early 1980s to today. https://myumi.ch/15zGm

The Hatcher Library and Music Library are closed on Sunday, 1/25. Shapiro and the Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library are open as scheduled. https://myumi.ch/E8rr1

The Hatcher Library is closed on Sunday, 1/25, and will reopen Monday at 8am. Shapiro and other locations are open as scheduled. https://myumi.ch/E8rr1

Freedom Rider testimonials, GI & war veteran resistance materials, printed items from the Black Panther Party, courtroom records from the Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial, pacifist statements, & more. View the exhibit American Sampler: Activating the Archive https://myumi.ch/8qVN6

1/24: The Penny Stamps Speaker Series brings a conversation between artist and writer Julie Ault and archivist Julie Herrada (curator of the Labadie Collection at U-M Library). Join us for The Protest Archive: A Conversation on Advocacy, Art, and Dissent: https://myumi.ch/2rWXw

This 1905 postcard postmarked right here in Ann Arbor is a testament to the long-standing love of squirrels on and around the U-M campus. 🐿️: David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography, Real Photo Postcard Series #SquirrelAppreciationDay

1/24, Asia Library: Celebrate the Japanese New Year! Ring in the Year of the Horse with: * Tsugaru shamisen performance by a grad student * Origami & festive crafts * Traditional games: karuta, sugoroku, and more * Japanese calligraphy * Light refreshments https://myumi.ch/P34Q4

1/22 (Thurs): Jordan Smith, Widener University, presents a new story of how rum was invented, made, sold, and consumed in the Atlantic world, and how those developments intersected with the American Revolution. Part of a series, Drinking the Revolution: https://myumi.ch/JPVx2

TODAY, 6pm: Creative Arts Meetup. Network with other artists, share your works in progress, get feedback from peers, and learn new skills. Each session offers open lab time, basic art supplies, and space to bring and work on your own creative projects. https://myumi.ch/3RwEP

Reading recommendation from @umichlibrary.bsky.social MLK Day lecture by Brian Jones (author of "Black History is for Everyone"): "John Brown" by W.E.B Du Bois, available in HathiTrust: buff.ly/eqYO1MF #MLKDay #trusty

TODAY is #MLKDay! Join us in the Michigan Union (or on Zoom) at 2pm for a talk by Brian Jones, New York Public Library, about how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race, nation, and the stories we tell about who we are. https://myumi.ch/JPyrN

Beyond maps of nearly every country, the Clark Library also holds maps of the moon! This 1961 lunar raised relief map, created eight years before the Apollo 11 mission, depicts Mare Nectaris, one of the moon’s darkest plains. #MapMonday https://myumi.ch/rAP5e

The Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room always displays an item from our world-renowned Papyrology Collection. See a leaf from the world's oldest existing manuscript of the letters of St. Paul (P.Mich inv. 6238, or P46), written around 200 C.E and found in Egypt. https://myumi.ch/VVXXJ

American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) resided at U-M as Fellow in Creative Arts and Fellow in Letters. This desk, in the Special Collections Research Center, is from his campus office, where he met with students and wrote poetry. Frost Family Collection: https://myumi.ch/W6q3b

Explore artifacts—lead tablets to amulets, papyrus to parchment leaves—created to communicate with and call upon supernatural forces for aid & protection. Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World, Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room: https://myumi.ch/qZ434

1/19: Brian Jones, New York Public Library, talks about how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race, nation, and the stories we tell about who we are. Attend in person (Michigan Union) or via Zoom. #MLKDay https://myumi.ch/JPyrN

Our Special Collections colleagues prepare materials for use by researchers on campus and around the world. The latest offerings: Central Asian Collection Mary Cybulski Papers (script supervisor & unit photographer for noted directors) Mexploitation Cinema Photograph Collection

1/16: Learn about a class of hematite and red jasper amulets known as "uterine amulets," contextualizing them in the daily lives of Roman women. The university holds one of the most extensive collections of uterine amulets in the world. Healing the Womb: https://myumi.ch/8qRbj

English author Jane Austen published just six novels in her life, but readers keep returning for romance, satire, and a savvy look at the ways Regency-era women navigated social mores and financial constraints. Explore "The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet": https://myumi.ch/rAjQe