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News and updates from the University of Michigan Library in Ann Arbor, MI.

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Tuesday, 10/27: Meet up with other curious community members, including artists and makers, to create, share, connect, and explore creative ideas together. The Creative Arts Meetup is a space for all skill levels. https://t.co/EYZXvokiYu

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You may be wondering why we care about giving everybody access to U-M dissertations. For #OpenAccessWeek, here's "Why making U-M dissertations freely available online matters to the general public": https://t.co/SVNXdRCOPC

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Here's a tidbit for you during this #OpenAccessWeek: U-M's institutional repository, Deep Blue Documents, provides access to materials created at U-M, and that includes 49,313 digitized doctoral dissertations! The details: https://t.co/5tdC2rIqua

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Monday, 10/26: Join us (in Zoom) for this month's #VirtualMovieNight, where we'll screen and discuss "Please Vote for Me," a documentary that illustrates an experiment in democracy that plays out in a third-grade classroom in central China. https://t.co/rpSNs9GWB0

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Need help with your research? Use our research guides. You can find how-tos and resources by academic subject, course, or special research skill area. Plus contact info for a library expert in that area. We're here to help you! https://t.co/70EJ1sm37q

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Friday, 10/23: Join us to celebrate the culmination of a long project to fully catalog the library’s extraordinary collection of Greek manuscripts. Enjoy refreshments while three scholars offer complementary perspectives on the study of Greek manuscripts. https://t.co/yHuE9mBSlA

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Thursday, 10/22: Historian Rebecca Sharpless, who writes about the intersections of food, women, and work in the American South, will talk about the complex and fascinating history of baking in the American South. Join us in person (snacks!) or via Zoom: https://t.co/1mrjlXu2w6

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Happy Fall Break! Visit the Clark Library (2nd floor Hatcher) for maps that share all sorts of things to do during this break from classes — such as this Autumn Color Tour Guide! #MapMonday https://t.co/rxuXKS3zwV

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Demons, shape-shifters and mythical beasts from across East Asia are out of the stacks this Halloween!
🕘 Today, Oct 15, 4–6 PM
📍 Asia Library Quiet Study Room, 4th floor Hatcher North
🎃 Costumes & curiosity welcome
@UMichLibrary #EastAsianFolklore #Halloween

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TODAY: Magic and Monsters! Don't miss Third Thursday at the Library, 4-6pm in Hatcher. Supernatural beings, sea creatures, East Asian monsters, and scary movie props spread across four open houses. Plus snacks. https://t.co/Z7ZzqhkAAY

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Today closes out Hispanic Heritage month — a great time to visit the Clark Library and view amazing maps made by Hispanic cartographers! This atlas features maps of Puerto Rico’s water, air, economy and more. https://t.co/cAs8WlInXg

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Happy Birthday Winnie-the-Pooh! A.A. Milne's classic book was first published on October 14, 1926. (We celebrated with birthday cake at September's Third Thursdays at the Library.) The library holds an extensive collection of these books in many languages: https://t.co/ZjiSA6Ae1Q

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One of our Michigan Library Scholars shares what he learned while typing and gently copy editing the late Victor Perera's unfinished manuscript "Of Whales and Men: Patagonian Encounters." Perera, journalist, essayist & academic, donated his papers in 2022. https://t.co/5cmZ0WtqzR

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MAGIC AND MONSTERS. East Asian monsters, scary movie props, sea creatures, and supernatural beings. Don't miss this week's Third Thursday at the Library! We'll have four open houses in Hatcher...with snacks. https://t.co/Z7ZzqhkAAY

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We're well into the new school year — long enough for our new student-hires to share some of their favorite maps at the Clark Library. Come visit the Clark Library and discover your own favorite map! #MapMonday Learn about these maps and more: https://t.co/DmVxAC4HGf

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Tuesday, Oct 13: Enjoy coffee and tea when you join us for conversation about the exhibit Faster and More Fun. Plan extra time to view the exhibit before or after Coffee with the Curator: American Home Cooking in the 1920s: https://t.co/TgM6lFwukQ

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It's still #BannedBooksWeek, and we have a few suggestions about how you can observe it: https://t.co/K3qNMYNk9r

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It's #BannedBooksWeek, and we have resources to share: a Banned Books collection in Overdrive, lists of banned books for you to read, and info about book banning across American—including Michigan: https://t.co/K3qNMYNk9r

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Did you know that the Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights, and Narnia have faced book bans in the US? In honor of Banned Books Week, explore maps of these books at the Clark Library. #MapMonday https://t.co/K3qNMYNk9r

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This #MapMonday, learn more about the research done for our Down in Ann Arbor Town exhibit by curators Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl, map curator at Clark Library. Watch their recent talk, on YouTube: https://t.co/m5ccwE3i6Q