News for February, 2012
 New display case highlights Papyrology CollectionFebruary 6, 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. |
New Audio Engineering DatabaseJanuary 12, 2012 Resources The Library now subscribes to the AES E-Library from the Audio Engineering Society (AES). The E-Library is a searchable database of articles and papers from 1953-present and includes full text articles from the peer-reviewed Journal of the Audio Engineering Society as well as the Society’s convention and conference papers. Stable URL for the database: http://www.lib.umich.edu/database/link/558426 |
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. |
New Resources for Instrumental PartsDecember 7, 2011 Resources Looking for instrumental parts for musical works? These are a couple of new resources you might try. The first is IMSLP -- this website provides access to scanned copies of thousands of public-domain musical works. While the site itself isn't new, it's only in the past couple of years that they have added individual parts for large-scale works. There's an astonishing number of parts available there now! |
 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. |
Did You Know?December 2, 2011 Resources Did you know that the Library now subscribes to the electronic version of the Chicago Manual of Style? It provides searchable online access to all the content of the last two editions of this standard style manual. You can access it from anywhere at the following address: |
MLibrary Undergraduate Student Research Award -- Taking Applications!December 2, 2011 Announcement
In recognition of the extraordinary academic achievements of our undergraduate students, the Shapiro Undergraduate Library announces the 2nd Annual MLibrary Undergraduate Student Research Award for excellence in library research conducted in support of an undergraduate student project. Students who have written or participated in a research paper/project from Spring 2011-Winter 2012 term are encouraged to submit their work for consideration. Faculty sponsorship is required for the award application. The awards are as follows: |
 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. |
New Feature in Search Tools and ArticlesPlusNovember 3, 2011 Announcement A new "Favorites" tool is available now in Search Tools and ArticlesPlus. Users who have logged into Search Tools or ArticlesPlus can mark their favorite databases, online journals, and article citations, allowing them to be retrieved again at a later time. |
Did You Know?October 24, 2011 Announcement Did you know you can scan to pdf in the Music Library? This is a free service. The black photocopier in the library is configured for this -- just follow the instructions posted over the machine, which will allow you to scan a document to pdf and email it to yourself as an attachment. |
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