Wellness Unleashed: Support Activities for Student Well-Being and Therapy Dogs
Donate to the Library's campaign to support student wellbeing and therapy dogs!
It's #GivingTuesday! Join us in supporting student wellness initiatives at @umichlibrary.bsky.social through Wellness Unleashed. Just look at that puppy! maizeraise.umich.edu/schools/Univ...
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Jane Austen Retellings: A Literary Salon
Coming up on Jane Austenβs 250th birthday. Join @umichlibrary.bsky.social for discussion of her works and their impact over the centuries. Jane Austen Retellings: A Literary Salon www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
01.12.2025 18:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Giving Tuesday, 12-02-2025, and a friendly dog being petted by three students.
Save the date: #GivingTuesday is one week away! We hope you'll help support U-M studentsβ comfort, connection, and overall well-being by helping us expand our popular therapy dog events to offer more stress-busting activities during mid-terms and finals. https://myumi.ch/8qnbj
25.11.2025 14:00 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Paperback copy of Artificial Humanities with the text now available, this book is open access
The new #openaccess book "Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI" by Nina BeguΕ‘ encourages readers to use the humanities to thoughtfully approach the development of AI. Start reading now at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
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As we approach #Thanksgiving, we share a #FREE #OA book on gratitude.
It tells the story of Aaron Dworkin, a MacArthur Fellow & spoken word artist who's dedicated his lifeβs work to changing the face of classical arts in the world.
Thanks! @uofmpress.bsky.social
#ReadUP #TeamUP
bit.ly/48r2f7Z
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Portion of world map depicting the Atlantic Ocean and coasts of Europe, Africa, and South America with illustrations of ships on the water and a variety of creatures on the coasts.
Have you ever heard of Piri Reis' World Map? Created by the Ottoman cartographer Piri Reis in 1513, this map is one of the oldest known geographical depictions of the Americas. On this #MapMonday, learn more about other examples of Islamic mapping: https://myumi.ch/3RX8D
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News
Glad to be part of a community that will be mapping Diamond Open Access publishing to provide actionable recommendations in support of sustainable, non-commercial scholarly publishing. @bigtenacademic.bsky.social @caldiglib.bsky.social @wearelyrasis.bsky.social sky.social btaa.org/about/news-a...
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The Michigan Kit-House Industry: Not Just a Flash in the Pan
It's Third Thursday at @umichlibrary.bsky.social! I had no idea that kit-house company Aladdin was out of Bay City. Learn more at The Michigan Kit-House Industry: Not Just a Flash in the Pan www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
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Ezra Stone: The Busiest Man in Hollywood
Join us in the @umichlibrary.bsky.social Special Collections Research Center for a showcase of the recently processed Ezra and Sara Seegar Stone Papers this Third Thursday (tomorrow)! Ezra Stone: The Busiest Man in Hollywood www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
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Pen, Ink, and Prestige: Nobel Laureates in Literature from East Asia
Explore the literary achievements of Nobel Prize in Literature laureates from East Asia who have shaped global literature with @umichlibrary.bsky.social during this Third Thursday! Pen, Ink, and Prestige: Nobel Laureates in Literature from East Asia www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
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Waves of Resistance, Tides of Change
Join us this Third Thursday for a look at @umichlibrary.bsky.social International Studies collections exploring grassroots movements, their impacts, and the echoes of their resistance! Waves of Resistance, Tides of Change www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
17.11.2025 16:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Post Rock: Incorporating Plastic Waste into Building Products
Post Rock, not a new genre of music, but instead, a patented technology for creating a cladding material from waste plastics. Come learn more at the next @umichlibrary.bsky.social Material Conversations event! www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
12.11.2025 21:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Creative Arts Meetup (CAM)
Creative Arts Meetup (CAM) @umichlibrary.bsky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
04.11.2025 14:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Cardboard Reliquary: A Portraiture Workshop with Narsiso Martinez
Join @umichlibrary.bsky.social for this workshop on painting and drawing portraits on salvaged materials. Tomorrow Tuesday, November 11, 2025 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Shapiro Library. Cardboard Reliquary: A Portraiture Workshop with Narsiso Martinez www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
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Classics, Curley, and Carrels
For Lester Bartson (LSA '65), UM "libraries werenβt just buildings, but integral partners in the process of self-realization." @umichlibrary.bsky.social "and classrooms together foster not just knowledge, but deep, lifelong inspiration."
Read more at: blogs.lib.umich.edu/journeys-gen...
03.11.2025 14:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Six orange ghosts float over a shadowy graveyard
Thanks to the University of Michigan Library for contributing this ghoulish 1963 #Halloween title with truly spooky, awesome illustrations by Gil Miret. #trusty #digitallibraries buff.ly/OLZA3SY
31.10.2025 20:30 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Celebrate Indigenous Video Games
Celebrate Indigenous Video Games @umichlibrary.bsky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
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Orson Welles broadcasting The War of the Worlds, in front of a CBS microphone and with a pipe hanging from his mouth.
On this day in 1938, "The War of the Worlds" broadcast by Orson Welles supposedly caused panic across the country β it was a drama about a Martian invasion, presented as breaking news. Explore 1300+ fan letters to find out what the audience really thought: https://myumi.ch/79mVG
30.10.2025 13:00 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
International Studies Horror Filmfest
Tomorrow is our annual Halloween spooktacular, where we screen frightening foreign-language movies from around the world. Join us if you can (or dare). @umichlibrary.bsky.social sky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
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I heard that this was a good year for apples. Wondering what to do with them? If you have the chance to stop by Shapiro @umichlibrary.bsky.social, you can print your own recipe cards from some books from our culinary history collection this afternoon!
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Today,10/28: Use a proof press to print your own recipe cards: Apple Fritters from The American Cottage Cookery-Book (1856), Fried Apples from Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper (1897), or both! In the Shapiro Gallery, 4-5pm. https://myumi.ch/A1G5A
28.10.2025 13:00 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
Nosferatu the Vampire, Director Werner Herzog, Zoom viewing plus trivia and discussion.
10/27 online: Get in the mood for Halloween with a vampire film! Watch & discuss "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979). The film is a contemplative version of Dracula, in which the vampire bears the cross of not being able to get old and die. Info & registration: https://myumi.ch/D8Zjx
22.10.2025 20:00 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Shapiro Creepy Crafts Party
Shapiro Creepy Crafts Party @umichlibrary.bsky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
23.10.2025 13:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Brothers and Uncles, Kings and Typecutters | Happening @ Michigan
The story of one family of scholar-printers and how their work reflected and responded to the changes brought by printing technologies in the 16th century on exhibit at @umichlibrary.bsky.social. Five generations of Estienne printing in Michigan Collections (1512-1625) events.umich.edu/event/139020
13.10.2025 14:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Helping Students Find a Study Space through Iterative Research and Design
Always innovating @umichlibrary.bsky.social to improve the student experience! Learning from others and iteratively designing with users in mind. Read more: Helping Students Find a Study Space through Iterative Research and Design blogs.lib.umich.edu/tiny-studies...
09.10.2025 21:20 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Test your library and media knowledge with our trivia game. Participants could win U-M Library swag. Plan until October 26.
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
01.10.2025 20:00 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.
For #BannedBooksWeek, October 5-11, join us in reading and advocating for the freedom to read diverse literature. We'll even share a few book titles to get you started: https://myumi.ch/9pQyg
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Reading Beyond the Headlines: Mindsets for Open Inquiry
Thrilled that @umichlibrary.bsky.social is partnering with the Talking Maize and Blue initiative on U-M Open Inquiry Week (next week, which is also #BannedBooksWeek)! We are hosting Reading Beyond the Headlines: Mindsets for Open Inquiry www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
02.10.2025 21:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Research Guides: Green Research Computing: Getting Started
Tips, tools, and techniques for evaluating and minimizing the environmental impacts of computational research.
Just in time for Climate Week at @umich.edu @umichlibrary.bsky.social librarian Jacob Glenn has published a new Green Research Computing research guide. guides.lib.umich.edu/green-resear... #umcw25
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Bowden Professor of Librarianship, University of Texas at Austin
Part of the U-M Library, the Music Library supports performers, teachers, and researchers from around the world. Visit us to explore our extensive collection of musical scores, books, recordings, historical sheet music, and more.
www.lib.umich.edu
A charity bringing together libraries, publishers, and publishing service providers to secure the diversity and financial futures of open access book production and dissemination.
https://openbookcollective.org/
Husband. Dad. Comic Book Geek. Former data librarian, current AUL (but the two are not incompatible).
Democracy's Library @ the Internet Archive | Library and archives leader | People at the center of all I do; DEI advocate and practitioner
Librarian. Dean. Gardener. Fire eater.
Ithaka S+R provides research and strategic guidance to help the academic and cultural communities navigate economic, demographic, and technological change.
Archivist, Wake Forest. Midwesterner who lives in the American South. Reader. Nature Lover.
Iβm here on this earth to learn, have fun, and make a difference.
(With thanks to Dr. W. Edward Demming)
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Preserving and providing access to more than 16 million manuscripts, archival records, rare books, maps, broadsides, photographs, audio and video recordings at the University of Virginia.
Libraries, technology, cooking.
Open access, open peer reviewed journal on all things librar*, established in 2008. New articles published seasonally-ish. There are no Article Processing Charges or any other charges associated with publishing.
http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
Archivist. Minnesota. Expat Nebraskan.
Rare Book #Librarian, bereaved parent of Caitlin, #geek. 12x Hugo Award winner. bi/queer. Head @illinoisrbml.bsky.social; Verity podcast; ex-ed/pub Uncanny Magazine. Baby #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. No auto-follow. #DoctorWho #bookhistory #SFF
Rare Book School is a non-profit institute located in Charlottesville, VA, that provides advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials.
rarebookschool.org
Poet & academic library scholar. Author: The Light Becomes Us (Main Street Rag, 2025), Toothache in the Bone (boats against the current, 2025), recent work in Gone Lawn, SheilaNaGig, Berkeley Poetry Review, ONE ART, more #spoonie www.colleensharris.com
Academic librarian and mixed race researcher who loves lifelong learning and the vibrancy of higher education.
Corey Seeman is the director of Kresge Library Services (Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). Corey is most known for his photography work, especially for squirrels Find more at http://www.squirreldude.com
Bibliophile, Steeler Nation, Gardener, champion for Research Libraries
Official Bluesky account of the University of Toronto Libraries, sharing extraordinary collections & services since 1892.
The Computer and Video Game Archive at the University of Michigan Library collects materials relating to games for the purpose of academic inquiry.
