University of Michigan Library

Read the 2nd installment about our rare atlas from 1570, Abraham Ortelius’s "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" (Theater of the World). Learn about Ortelius, how he obtained maps, and the provenance of our copy of the atlas: myumi.ch/VV9xx #MapMonday

3/31: Plan ahead to spend Tuesday evening playing a wide array of video games and board games with your friends! The Computer and Video Game Archive in the Shapiro Library will have its doors open for exploration. You could win library swag! myumi.ch/MkymA

4/1: In honor of the 30th National Poetry Month, join us for a half-day symposium exploring erasure as an artistic practice, archival condition, and lived political reality. See the full schedule: myumi.ch/pVGPA

3/27, 12-2pm: Learn about the art of zines, handmade booklets focusing on niche topics. Create your own zine from a piece of paper, art supplies, and newspaper scraps — or bring your own zines to distribute and trade! Zine Make and Trade Day: myumi.ch/Z2d5y

3/31: Don't miss next week's conversation between Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Lynette Clemetson, director of Wallace House Center for Journalists, as they reflect on the 250th anniversary of the United States. myumi.ch/xwWMN

3/26: Join us in a community-based art event! Using short writing/drawing prompts about mixed race identities, we hope you'll help us populate a community-created mosaic of responses. myumi.ch/5kZXV

3/26: Learn about the role of neighborhood taverns as sites for gathering and political mobilization after the Revolutionary War. Join us in person or via Zoom for "Taverns and the Post-Revolutionary Republican Experiment" with Kirsten Wood: myumi.ch/4mZpP

An upcoming visit by three practitioners of Ottoman classical book arts offers the rare opportunity for a look at how contemporary artists learn from their mentors, even those whose works are centuries old. Read about it: myumi.ch/E8bdG

3/24, 6-8pm: Join us in the Design Lab (Shapiro Library) on Tuesday for another Creative Arts Meetup. Network with other artists, share your works in progress, get feedback from peers, and learn new skills. myumi.ch/e3dJw

Shapiro Design Day introduced students to free library resources — a cricut machine, a heat press, and vinyl. But there's more! Students can use a letterpress, a laser cutter and engraving machine, 3D printers, sewing machines, and a soldering station. myumi.ch/w9zj3

Your support is so greatly appreciated. To those who generously donated to help us purchase an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer — thank you for caring about our people and our materials! Library friends are the best! #GivingBlueday #GoBlue donate.umich.edu/8eM4w

It’s not too late! It’s still #GivingBlueday, with plenty of time to show your support for the library. Help us purchase a spectrometer that can detect harmful chemicals in our materials — like toxic arsenic! #GoBlue donate.umich.edu/8eM4w

Support for the library benefits the entire campus community. Will you help us purchase an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, to keep our Conservation Lab staff and our materials safe? #GivingBlueday #GoBlue donate.umich.edu/8eM4w

Support for the library benefits the entire campus community. Will you help us purchase an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, to keep our Conservation Lab staff and our materials safe? #GivingBlueday #GoBlue donate.umich.edu/8eM4w

What a difference you can make today, on #GivingBlueday! Protect our staff and our materials by helping us purchase an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. Double your impact — library advocate Jennifer Poteat is 1:1 matching up to $15K in donations! #GoBlue donate.umich.edu/8eM4w

Giving Blueday is here! We hear that you love us, but now you can show us by helping us purchase a spectrometer that can detect toxic chemicals in our materials. Plus, we have matching funds to double your impact! #GivingBlueday #GoBlue donate.umich.edu/8eM4w

Help keep our Conservation Lab team safe! We're on a mission to raise $45,000 for an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to detect toxic elements in our materials. That pretty green color in 19th century books is likely due to arsenic! #GivingBlueday #GoBlue donate.umich.edu/8eM4w

3/19, 6:30-8pm, Clark Library (2nd floor Hatcher): Please join us for Mixed Race Families: U-M Community Photo Share! Bring your family photos and family stories to share with others, or just come and be in community with us. Get the details: myumi.ch/Qw1pX

Tomorrow is Giving Blueday! We hope you embrace this annual 24-hour opportunity to celebrate and raise funds for the causes at U-M that matter to you. #GivingBlueday #GoBlue donate.umich.edu/8eM4w

Express your creativity and unwind! Our Library Student Ambassadors are hosting a free Sip and Paint event this Friday, 2-5pm in the Shapiro Gallery. Register for a 30-minute session to paint a canvas and enjoy a (non-alcoholic) beverage. myumi.ch/NrwA9