University of Michigan Library

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

Join us for another Third Thursday at the Library this week! Open houses are in the Hatcher Library, 4-6pm: * Toward Women's Power * Mapping Science * K-Library Collections: The Roots of Blossoming Korean Culture * Conservation Close-up Get the details: myumi.ch/egXd2

This map captures a Bostonian’s view of the United States, where geographic accuracy steps aside for hometown confidence! The result is a revealing portrait of how regional pride reshapes the national landscape in its image. #MapMonday. myumi.ch/qZ3y3

View photos of legendary actors and directors on movie sets — items in our Mavericks & Makers collection (on display in the Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor Hatcher). From Freddy to Quentin: The On-Set Still Photography of Joyce Rudolph: myumi.ch/2rznb

3/15 (Sun): Join us for Ann Arbor Art + Feminism 2026. Listen to a panel of U-M faculty members talk about creating a feminist, inclusive, and more equitable internet, then take action to diversify internet content by editing Wikipedia and Wikidata. myumi.ch/P3jEb

U-M’s annual day of giving is next week…can the library count on your support? We’re raising funds to buy a device (an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer) for our Conservation Lab — to protect our staff and safeguard our collections. #GivingBlueday #GoBlue myumi.ch/Z2Mb9

3/13 (Fri): Learn how a vinyl cutter and printing press work! Student-created designs are available for you to design a pencil case. Use the tools with staff guidance and take home your very own creation. Join us in the Design Lab, 1st floor Shapiro, noon. myumi.ch/JPjmw

TODAY (Wed) at 11am: Take a study break! Stop by the Shapiro Gallery (3rd floor) for a free musical performance by students in the Karajan-Akademie of the Berliner Philharmoniker. myumi.ch/3RWNk

3/12 (Thurs): Explore dairy as agriculture and as industry, and view an exhibit of historical dairy ads. The Price of Milk Documentary Screening: The Kids Are Not Alright: myumi.ch/e3Pwz

We're preserving nearly three decades of broadcast history! Radio Free Asia’s multilingual coverage has served regions where press freedom is severely limited and independent information is scarce. We're making RFA's Korean Service publicly available: myumi.ch/Qwj4q

3/10: It's a winter seed sowing extravaganza! We'll have 10 types of native seeds available to plant in containers and then set outside for the remainder of winter. Soon they'll bloom into wonderful pollinator plants. All materials provided. Get the deets: myumi.ch/NrjpM