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Making Frameworks Work: Using the ACRL and Common Core Standards to Ease the Transition from High School to College
(2016-08-05)
Library instruction plays a key role in students’ transitions from high school to college. In this presentation, we propose that making small changes to existing lesson plans can increase our impact if we use ideas from ...
Enhancing LibGuides Usability and Discoverability Within a Complex Library Presence
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2016-10)
At the University of Michigan Library, we use Springshare’s LibGuides to manage subject, course, and specialized information guides comprising thousands of individual web pages. While LibGuides can be used to build a robust ...
Multiracial Resources in a Monoracially-Organized Library World
(2016-07-14)
Mainstream library practices in organizing information generally reflects social
norms in which white, as a racial group, is privileged and dominant and others are
marginalized and frequently excluded. Multiracial/multi-ethnic ...
Professor Gray and the Secret Life of Books
(2016)
In 1838, Asa Gray became the first faculty member hired at the newly founded University of Michigan. Professor Gray was tasked by the Board of Regents with traveling to Europe to purchase books to build a library. To ...
Open Access as Feminist Praxis
(2016-11-11)
Provides a definition of open access, concrete steps scholars can take to make their work more open, and a justification for open access rooted in the work of bell hooks.
Cutting Through the Magnetic Tape: Collaborative Preservation of Endangered Videos
(2016)
Many cultural heritage AV collections are owned by institutions with limited means to preserve them. This project involves the digitization of the Saline Historical Society's oral history collection and the creation of a ...
Chi no sozo kiban toshite no toshokan 知の創造基盤としての図書館ーミシガン大学大学院図書館
(Nihon toshokan kyokai 日本図書館協会, 2016-07)
Overview of the library service of the University of Michigan Library, a leading research library in the United State. Describes librarian's roles in research cycle and data management. Includes suggestion for Japanese ...
Connection and Escape: Washtenaw Youth Center Library System
(2016)
With the grant support, we helped overhaul the Washtenaw Youth Center libraries. We choose books that celebrate diversity to replace the old, outdated books currently in the libraries. Working with a children's librarian ...
Digital Humanities - the present condition of university libraries - University of Michigan 北米における日本人文学研究 日本語資料とのかかわりで考える 名古屋大学文学部講演
(2016-03-22)
The presentation sponsored by Professor Yoshitaka Hibi 日比嘉高 at the Faculty of Literature of the Nagoya University on March 22, 2016. The presentation is about how the University of Michigan Library supports the digital ...
Leesta
(2016)
At Leesta, we help children develop empathy and cultural competence by bringing women to the forefront of U.S. history education. Our team designs digital games for 3rd-5th graders that engage them in new narratives of ...