Websites are ephemeral. Online content can disappear without notice. Our "Archiving Websites and Data" site shares information and tools that can help preserve access to websites and datasets that are needed for research and publication. https://myumi.ch/jJQpg

You could win library swag! Our #LibraryStudentAmbassadors are hosting a trivia game that tests your library and media knowledge. Will you crush it? https://myumi.ch/jJQWZ

Last chance! The exhibit Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Linocuts by Meredith Stern represents rights the United Nations General Assembly asserts should be protected worldwide. Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor Hatcher, closing Oct 3. https://myumi.ch/2rX3p

Love, family, and environmental & economic turmoil. For #ClimateWeek, read “The Mighty Red,” a novel by Louise Erdrich. Ebook & audiobook versions are available to students, faculty, & staff at all three U-M campuses via the library’s Overdrive collection. https://myumi.ch/R3ynD

For U-M Climate Week, consider how to embrace "green computing." We've got tips, tools, and techniques for evaluating and minimizing the environmental impacts of computational research: https://myumi.ch/xwVwg

10/1, 10am: Enjoy an informal conversation with Julia Miller, curator of the exhibit Suave Mechanicals: A Celebration of Nine Volumes on the Art and History of Bookbinding (2013–2025), currently on display in the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room. https://myumi.ch/NrxPW

Did you know that not all maps are made to depict precise geography? This map made in Japan in 1710 shows the world according to Buddhist mythology: India at the center, with Europe and America as distant islands. View this map up close at: https://myumi.ch/y1dbb #MapMonday

Play a trivia game for a chance to win library swag! Think you know a lot about the library? We'll see about that. (It's an open test, so looking up the answers isn't cheating.) #LibraryStudentAmbassadors https://myumi.ch/jJQWZ

New digital collection: the "U-M Museum of Zoology, Reptiles and Amphibians Sea Snake Digital Collection." Pictured: Laticauda colubrina, found in tropical Pacific waters. See more: https://myumi.ch/bV1V2

Mon, 9-29: U-M alum Phimmasone Kym Owens, director of the Refugee Garden Initiative, speaks on her experience as a refugee and as creator of an interconnected space active in sustaining community, culture, & relationships with the Earth through gardening. https://myumi.ch/4mz5E

We highly recommend HathiTrust, especially for items in the public domain. If you're current faculty, student, or staff, remember to log in as a University of Michigan affiliate.

If you're looking for a study space with calm vibes, we recommend the Music Library, entered on the 3rd floor of the Earl V. Moore Building on north campus. https://myumi.ch/Xy1xq

New digital collection: the John B. Cameron Collection of French Romanesque Sculpture. This lovely arch is from the parish church Église Notre-Dame de Biéville, built in Normandie, France in the 12th century. See more: https://myumi.ch/e3p3V

@georgetakei.bsky.social is the 2025 Honorary Chair of #BannedBooksWeek (Oct 5–11), joined by youth advocate Iris Mogul. Together they’ll spotlight the harms of censorship. https://www.ala.org/news/2025/09/legendary-actorauthoractivist-george-takei-named-honorary-chair-banned-books-week-2025

Looking to explore more of Michigan? Let this 1940’s pictorial map of Mackinac Island and its "points of interest" inspire you to get out and explore the trails, beaches, and historic sites around you! #MapMonday Find this map in our catalog: https://myumi.ch/xwEJq

Special Collections Research Center hosted 4 archival processing interns this summer, working on: *Bob Black Papers (anarchist movements) *Small collections (anarchism, communism, environmentalism, etc.) *Jonathan Demme Papers (the film Beloved and 15,000+ audiovisual materials)

Currently on view in the #SpecialCollections Exhibit Space, through Oct. 3, is "Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Linocuts by Meredith Stern" — 15 linocuts (out of 30 that feature the artist's interpretation of American fundamental rights. https://myumi.ch/2rX3p

TODAY, 4-6pm: Third Thursdays at the Library. Visit all four open houses in Hatcher to win a prize! https://myumi.ch/egXd2 * The Art of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Comics * 80 Years Since the End of World War II * Languages on the Margins * Spectacular Stencils

Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see fascinating items from library collections. "Suave Mechanicals: A Celebration of Nine Volumes on the Art and History of Bookbinding" features rare books representing topics from the Suave Mechanicals series. #SpecialCollections https://myumi.ch/3REQz

Every day our #SpecialCollections team works to prepare collections for use by researchers on campus & around the world. The latest collection open for research is the James P. Turner Papers. Topics include: the Viola Liuzzo Murder, the Rodney King trial, and Kent State. https://myumi.ch/kPGjV

The Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive in #SpecialCollections documents the history of food & drink in America through cookbooks, menus, & more, including 200+ boxes of 19th & 20th century advertising ephemera. Like Betty Crocker pamphlets! 🧁 🎂 🍪 https://myumi.ch/61Qe1

Upcoming Third Thursdays from Special Collections: https://myumi.ch/egXd2 Sept — Spectacular Stencils: Gorgeous Examples from our Pochoir Collection Oct — Rare Boo👻ks and other Spooky Selections Nov — Ezra Stone: The Busiest Man in Hollywood Dec — A Few of Our Favorite Things, with staff faves

Third Thursday at the Library! This Thursday, 4-6pm in the Hatcher Library, view cool materials from our collections. Visit the four Third Thursday Open Houses — Asia Library, Clark Library, International Studies, and Special Collections Research Center. https://myumi.ch/egXd2

Today marks the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month. This vibrant literary map of Latin America highlights famous Hispanic authors, including Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende, along with the regions that shaped their work. Learn more: myumi.ch/qZq3g #MapMonday

We don't have every single gaming system and game ever made, but we sure do try! Make a reservation to play games at our Computer and Video Game Archive (CVGA). Open Monday-Friday, 4th floor Shapiro Library. #NationalVideoGamesDay myumi.ch/pVx6e

Research projects, social events, exhibits, employment, reflections — find out what U-M students are doing and learning...straight from the source. Read the Student Stories blog: myumi.ch/rAb6J

Have you found a favorite study spot yet? Quiet vs. conversational, group vs. individual, classic vs. quirky. Wander through our library buildings to find your perfect place or use our Find a Study Space filter to point you toward what you need: myumi.ch/z9yZZ

New exhibit! View rare books, each representing binding topics featured in Suave Mechanicals, a series dedicated to the study of the art and history of bookbinding. In the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (off the north lobby). myumi.ch/xwEGx

Thurs, 9-11: Join us for the first Creative Arts Meetup (CAM) of the academic year, where you can network with other artists, share your works in progress, get feedback from peers, and learn new skills. myumi.ch/e3GbV

Love looking at old maps like this one by Gerard Mercator? Visit Clark Library to see our current exhibit of maps of Southern and Central Europe from the 1500s to the 1700s, donated by the family of Dr. Stevo Julius. Learn more: myumi.ch/QwGzr #MapMonday

Take your student project to the next level by partnering with the library! Apply for a Student Mini Grant (up to $1,000) to support your innovative & collaborative project that will make a real-life impact. We'll help every step of the way. Apply by 9/30: myumi.ch/dkPp6

Take a break! Wander through the Clark Library on the 2nd floor of Hatcher to learn about campus history and architecture via the exhibit on display, The Evolution of Campus, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History. myumi.ch/8qN8M

Last chance! Thurs, Sept 4, is the last day to view the exhibit Behind the Curve: Rainbows and the Science and Culture of Color. View significant books from the history of our understanding of rainbows and color theory. In the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room. myumi.ch/rAnj4

Today at 10am in the Hatcher Gallery! Coffee with the Curator: Rainbows and the Science and Culture of Color. Curator Jamie Vander Broek will be sharing two works from the history of rainbows and color along with tours of the exhibit Behind the Curve: myumi.ch/kPGGz

Wondering how the library can help? Start here: myumi.ch/2r48J

Block M photos! Bring your phone/camera and we’ll snap your pic. (You know your Mom wants a copy.) We’re outside the Shapiro Library until 4.

It has begun! Party for Your Mind at the Shapiro Library. Pizza, posters, stickers, games, and more. Head over here!

Come to our Party for Your Mind welcome event! We've got food, swag, games, and info. Join us outside and inside the Shapiro Library on Monday, Aug 25, 2-4pm. Weave around construction to our giant block M and you'll be in the right place. @UMichStudents myumi.ch/XnMWp

You now have access to 100 classic books on the history, society, and culture of Indigenous North Americans. It's the latest offering from Big Ten Open Books, part of the B1G Academic Alliance (which we're a part of): myumi.ch/e3jkj

We know it's hard to tell, but both the Shapiro Library and the Hatcher Library are open! The Diag is fenced off, sidewalks are torn up, brickwork is happening, doors and ramps are being replaced...but the library is open. Weave your way around the detours to your safe haven.

We partnered with the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship in Atlanta to digitize and share songbooks and hymnals of sacred music. Read about Collaborating on a Digital Music Archive: U-M's contributions to the Sounding Spirit Digital Library: myumi.ch/R3dp4

We're so excited to be a part of the second collection from #BigTenOpenBooks and @bigtenacademic.bsky.social! 100 #OpenAccess books from 8 university presses are featured in this vital subject collection, and all books are free to read and download. Browse the collection: myumi.ch/rAnyV

We recently acquired a first edition full score of Aaron Copland’s "Inscape," with inscription by Leonard Bernstein. Read about it, including its U-M connection, in A Notable New Acquisition at the Music Library: myumi.ch/JPdME

Over the last 50 years, Chicana transformed the way we analyze and write history as well as who is included in U.S. history. @umichlibrary.bsky.social hosts a digital collection of oral histories you can view in The First 100: Chicanas Changing History archival project. quod.lib.umich.edu/f/first100

If you missed the @umisr.bsky.social panel on Disappearing Federal Data: Implications and Preservation Efforts, back in April (featuring @umichlibrary.bsky.social librarians) you can catch it on youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugCi...

Here are all the comics I acquired today at the Toledo Comic Arts Festival (at @toledolibrary.bsky.social), all destined for the @umichlibrary.bsky.social comics collection

7/15: Join the Creative Arts Meetup (CAM) — a mixed-media gathering where artists of all disciplines can connect, share works-in-progress, exchange ideas, and explore creative collaboration. Bring your art work, music, & photography. We'll bring the food. myumi.ch/Xy5wx

Our Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive includes 200+ boxes of 19th & 20th century advertising ephemera. In this early 20th c. Campbell's soup pamphlet, advertisers used a die cut to give the illusion of three dimensions: myumi.ch/G2qZ1

Rare item in our Computer and Video Game Archive (1978!):

Take a holiday break! All library locations are closing at 5pm today and will remain closed all day Friday, July 4. Only the Shapiro Library will be open on Saturday, July 5. Check hours before you visit: myumi.ch/E8rr1