Library mini grants support projects with a real-life impact
By Emily Buckler
The Duderstadt Center will be closing early on Thursday 10/17 at 2:00pm for an electrical shutdown and will re-open at 7:00am that day.
Duderstadt Center Upcoming Early Closing
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News for August 2018
Recognizing excellence in undergraduate research
by Danielle Colburn
Each year, the library’s Undergraduate Research Awards recognize the work of undergraduate students who have demonstrated excellence in library research. Undergraduate students from any U-M campus can participate, and can apply with projects in any format or medium.
In the past, the library has given awards in two categories: the Maize Award, for single term projects, and the Blue Award, for multi-term projects. This year saw the addition of the Outstanding First-Year Research Project Award and the Innovation in Research and Creativity Award.
Radical archives continue to inspire, enhance scholarly work around globe
by Emily Buckler
The chants from the street could be heard all the way up on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library.
It was early August, and Timothy Furstnau’s first day of research using the Labadie Collection, the country's oldest publicly accessible archive documenting the history of social protest movements and marginalized political communities.
It also happened to coincide with Michigan’s primary election day.
Filmmaker Jonathan Demme's personal archive donated to U-M Library
Jonathan Demme Image credit: Russ Peborde/Jacob Burns Film Center
by Sydney Hawkins, U-M News Service
