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Preservation Clinic

Ready to offer advice on a box of book treasures
Open House
May 19, 2013 - 2:30pm to 4:30pm

This annual walk-in Preservation Clinic is your opportunity to consult with U-M Library experts. Have stuff you want to keep forever but don’t know how? Books, papers, maps, photographs, LPs, or tapes? Getting worried that those digital wedding snaps won’t last to show your grandchildren?

M-Kairos: The Future of Scholarly Monograph Publishing and Academic Need

Aaron McCollough
Lecture
May 20, 2013 - 10:00am to 11:30am

Aaron McCollough, Editorial Director of Michigan Publishing (including the University of Michigan Press) discusses the library's on-going efforts to find a sustainable model for publishing high quality scholarship in support of a range of academic needs — including the preservation and dissemination of ideas as well as the professional vetting

Altmannerisms: Acting and Performance

Robert Altman on the set of McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Panel Discussion
June 7, 2013 - 9:30am to 11:30am

A panel considers some of the performances Robert Altman committed to film from the perspective of cinematography and acting itself. That so many featured players in Altman’s films returned to work on multiple projects is a testimony to the director’s ability to raise the craft of filming performance to a fine art.

Altmannerisms: Sound and Music

Robert Altman on the set of McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Panel Discussion
June 7, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Robert Altman's innovations in sound and music recording and editing are among his greatest achievements as a director. Panelists discuss those innovations from their perspectives as scholars, sound editors, and composers with whom Altman collaborated – including collaboration on an opera production at the University of Michigan when Altman was a visiting artist and instructor.

Altmannerisms: Public Unveiling and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Robert Altman on the set of McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Exhibit Opening
June 7, 2013 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Paul Courant, Dean of the University of Michigan Library, and Mrs. Katherine Altman, widow of famed director Robert Altman, lead the official public unveiling and ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the Robert Altman Archive at the University of Michigan. Brief remarks.

Altmannerisms: Altman in the Archives

Robert Altman on the set of McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Panel Discussion
June 8, 2013 - 10:30am to 12:00pm

This roundtable promises a vibrant, lively discussion among students and international film scholars and film makers who have already enjoyed hands-on study of resources in the Robert Altman Collection at the University Library.

Altmannerisms: American Maverick

Robert Altman on the set of McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Discussion
June 8, 2013 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Family members, scholars and close colleagues offer their personal and professional reflections on a prolific and versatile master: Robert Altman. Altman remains a titan in the rich American tradition of "maverick directors."

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