News for February, 2012
 John Wilkin featured as tech innovator in the Chronicle of Higher EdFebruary 27, 2012 News A Chronicle of Higher Education article, "12 Tech Innovators Who Are Transforming Campuses," features U-M Associate University Librarian and Executive Director of HathiTrust John Wilkin. The article highlights the potentially transformative impact that digital tools can have on teaching and research. |
 VIDEO: New display case highlights Papyrology CollectionFebruary 16, 2012 News A new case has been installed in the Hatcher Graduate Library’s Audubon Room for the dedicated display of material from the Library’s collection of ancient papyri. |
 Elsevier journals boycott draws support of U-M facultyFebruary 1, 2012 News A boycott launched on January 21st has (as of February 2nd) obtained a commitment by 11 members of the U-M community and 3044 people in total to refuse to publish, referee, or do editorial work for Elsevier journals “unless they radically change how they operate.” |
 A novel use for the Espresso Book MachineJanuary 24, 2012 News Most of the time, the U-M Library’s Espresso Book Machine (EBM)—which can print, bind, and trim a high-quality paperback book with a four-color cover in about seven minutes—is used to reprint digitized public domain books from our own collection or from other open access sources. |
 Step Afrika plays to a full houseJanuary 20, 2012 News Thursday night’s performance by the group Step Afrika played to a full house at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. |
MLibrary responds to White House Request for InformationJanuary 12, 2012 News Recently, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a Request for Information soliciting public input on long term preservation of and public access to the results of federally funded research, including digital data and peer-reviewed scholarly publications. |
 MPublishing and OHP release six open access books in critical theoryDecember 21, 2011 News Open Humanities Press (OHP) and MPublishing are pleased to announce the publication of six open access books on critical theory, continental philosophy and cultural studies. Each title will be freely available as full-text HTML, as well as in paperback editions, and are being released on a rolling publication schedule beginning 15 December. In a unique collaboration, the books are being jointly released by OHP, an international publishing collective run by scholars, and MPublishing, the library-based publishing enterprise at the University of Michigan. |
U-M responds to Authors Guild lawsuitDecember 9, 2011 News On December 2, lawyers representing the University of Michigan and other defendants responded to the Authors Guild lawsuit that seeks to curtail the University’s digitization efforts and impound the in-copyright digital volumes held by the defendants in the HathiTrust Digital Library, which is administered by the University and comprises more than sixty institutional participants and almost ten million volumes. |
 Stephen S. Clark Library opensDecember 6, 2011 News Construction on the second floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library South is complete, and the new Stephen S. Clark Library for Maps, Government Information, and Data Services is open for business.The celebratory ribbon cutting was held on December 2nd. |
 MLibrary celebrates first annual undergraduate research awardsNovember 18, 2011 News On Friday, November 4, U-M undergraduates, librarians, and faculty gathered in Bert’s Study Lounge in Shapiro Library to celebrate the winners of the first annual MLibrary Undergraduate Research Award, and to announce the opening of this year’s competition. |
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