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Orange bookcover with a skunk, titled quietly hostile, essays by samantha irby.

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

Hospital bed and accoutrements with callouts noting silicone products and applications.

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.

Creative Arts Meetup, connect, collaborate, create.

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

An image of the Tower of Babel from William Wiesner's eponymous picture book in U-M Library's Lee Walp Family Collection.

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

A map of Auburn, with white streets and red buildings with notes about the buildings' backstories.

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

Hands applying C.P.R. to a dummy.

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

White and pink flowers are above a bamboo fence. A Japanese gold beetle (こかねむし kokanemushi) is on a blade of brown grass, and a cicada (ひくらし hikurashi) flies nearby. Flecks of gold leaf are above the flowers. In the background, there are long blades of grass.

Map of Michigan that says "Snowmobile Michigan" and shows skiers along the side.

Giant cyclops being blinded by three humans while additional human figures gather in the background.

Anansi the Spider looks at his reflection in the water, from the book Anansi written by Brian Gleeson and illustrated by Steven Guarnaccia, 1992.

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

Author Toni Morrison.

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

Students explore Frederick Douglass’s legacy at annual Douglass Day celebration Students and Ann Arbor community members gathered in the Hatcher Graduate Library Friday afternoon to celebrate Frederick Douglass’s chosen birthday, Douglass Day.

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

Steaming cup of coffee.

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

Cropped image from A Traveler's Map of The Alps, National Geographic Society, displaying the mountain range with snow-capped peaks. Prominent peaks are labeled.

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

Douglass Day 2026, "All Rights for All," transcribe-a-thon featuring the Colored Conventions Project.

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

Four cross sections from a CT scan.

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

Jenna Stolzman (front row, second from the left) and her collaborators at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX.

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

A seedling sprouting in a tropical dry forest in Colombia

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

30th National Poetry Month Erasure Symposium, interrogating power, form and narrative, April 1, 2026, 12-5 p.m., Hatcher Gallery.

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

Douglass Day 2026, Fourteenth Amendment, "all rights for all," transcribe-a-thon featuring the Colored Conventions Project.

Douglass Day 2026
Fri, Feb 13, 12-4pm
Gallery, 1st floor Hatcher Library (and via Zoom)
myumi.ch/A1geZ

Article featuring the Muslim Students’ Association’s 5th annual Fast-a-Thon, The Michigan Daily Digital Archives, October 20, 2006, by Taryn Hartman with photo by Jeremy Cho.

Building Community and Change: A History of the Muslim Students’ Association at U-M
Thurs, Feb 12, 6-7:30pm
Gallery, 1st floor Hatcher Library
myumi.ch/8qdxe

19th century Valentine puzzle purse with two red hearts at the center.

Make a Victorian-Style Pocket Puzzle Purse
Thurs, Feb 12, 5-7pm
Design Lab PIE Space, 1st floor Shapiro Library
myumi.ch/R3gyW

Stacks of books.

Build “Physical Typography” with Book Artist Ben Denzer
Wed, Feb 11, 5-7pm
Design Lab PIE Space, 1st floor Shapiro Library
myumi.ch/D8gPG

Drinking the Revolution: brewing a revolution, how coffee transformed the early United States, plus a headshot of Michelle Craig McDonald and the cover of her book Coffee Nation.

Brewing a Revolution: How Coffee Transformed the Early United States
Wed, Feb 11, 4-5:30pm
Gallery, 1st floor Hatcher Library
myumi.ch/G2gpz

Today and Upcoming Events and Exhibits See our upcoming events. All are free and open to public.

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

Since you asked so nicely...is this any better?

An orange map of the continental United States, titled "A Literary Map of the United States: books that sharpen perception of the American scene," with a book title and image superimposed on top of each state.

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 University of Michigan alum, enters the National Film Registry The 80s classic is about a group of friends who went to the University of Michigan confronting the revolutionary ideals of their time in college.

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

A 1930 Detroit Automobile Club map of Ann Arbor showing recommended driving routes and parking areas to avoid traffic jams near the U-M stadium. A large, red A.A.A. logo appears in the upper right corner, and instructions for different exit routes are printed across the top.

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