Selfies in the Stacks

I wanted to let you know about my new Tumblr "Selfies in the Stacks" at http://selfiesinthestacks.tumblr.com. The idea of this Tumblr is to encourage students to experience the joys of seeing actual, physical books in the library. The selfies were part of a library project for Beth Hay's Methods of Inquiry class. Check it out and please submit your own selfie in the stacks!

Annual Library Book Sale 2013

Date & Time: December 9, 2013 - 10:00am to 10:00pm

Location: Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery (Room 100) Location Information

The University Library is selling several thousand gently used books, including duplicate or superseded titles and other books not needed for the collection. Other miscellaneous items may also be available, such as CDs, DVDs, and maps.

There's something for everyone at low, low prices.

Automatic Book Scanning: Designing the Linear Book Scanner from Google

by Meghan Musolff Automatic Book Scanning: Designing the Linear Book Scanner from Google
Dany Qumsiyeh, designer of the Linear Book Scanner
Date:  Wednesday, September 11
Time:  1:00-2:30
Location:  Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery, University of Michigan
In 2012, Google announced the development of a prototype linear scanner, a robotic scanner that scans books without removing the spines and without damaging the book. Google has made the plans and patent of the scanner openly available. This Linear Book Scanner is a new type of automatic page-turning book scanner with a simple, low-cost design. The scanner cost has been projected at $1500 each, making it affordable and scalable since it is envisioned that one person can manage multiple scanners simultaneously.
The University of Michigan Library is collaborating with the Mechanical Engineering 450 class to improve and enhance the design. Join Dany Qumsiyeh, the designer of the Linear Book scanner at Google, as he discusses how the idea was formed and how the Linear Book Scanner works.  Dany will also provide details on the design, motor control, and electronics involved, as well as list the technical challenges, limitation, and areas for improvement moving forward. A prototype of the scanner will be on hand for the presentation.

For The Love of Literacy Children's Book Fair

For the Love of Literacy Children's Book Fair

The second year of this fun-filled event coincides with the second day of the 31st African World Festival, taking place on the grounds of The Wright Museum. Children of all ages are invited to meet and hear from local authors, artists, and storytellers. Arts and crafts, book giveaways, storytelling, appearances by storybook characters and more will bring the written word to life, and fill the air with imagination and wonder!

The For The Love of Literacy Children's Book Fair and African World Festival are both free and open to the public. Funding for the Book Fair is provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. For more information, please visit http://thewright.org/component/eventlist/details/784-for-the-love-of-literacy-childrens-book-fair or call (313) 494-5800.

Clements Library to be closed for 2 years for renovation

While the Clements Library will be closed for expansion and renovation, many of the library's books, manuscripts, artwork and other historical items will be stored and available to scholars and students at an alternative site, 1580 Ellsworth Road.

For further information about the renovation see this Record article: http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/130731/clements

Use UBorrow for Interlibrary Loan

Looking for books not available at MLibrary? Try UBorrow.

UBorrow is another service of interlibrary loan (ILL) for the borrowing of physical items that allows you to:

• Search or browse a database of 14 combined library catalogs
• Discover whether or not a book is available at MLibrary or within the participating institutions
• Place a request that goes directly to another institution without pausing in the local interlibrary loan office
• Expect a faster and more reliable turnaround time (usually within 5 business days)
• Receive longer loan period for physical book loans for 12 weeks (DVDs and other special materials will still have relatively brief loan periods)

UBorrow is only available for books and other items that can be physically loaned (not scans/article/chapters that you would download).  If you are going to need a book for 12 weeks, start with Uborrow; ILL traditionally has shorter loan periods, particularly for popular items.  But if you can’t find the book in the UBorrow database, then ILL should be your next stop.

For further information see: http://www.lib.umich.edu/ill-interlibrary-loan-um-community/uborrow

Spouse and Significant Other Borrowing Privileges

Did you know that UM faculty and staff may request an MLibrary card for their spouse or significant other? It's true! With this MLibrary card, the borrowing privileges are good for one year (or for the duration of the faculty/staff appointment, if less than one year), and the loan period is typically three weeks. For more details, and to request borrowing privileges for your spouse or significant other, see:

https://www.lib.umich.edu/spouse-so-borrowing

Shapiro Library Staff Say READ - Summer reading recommendations

Looking for some recommended books for reading during the lazy days of summer? Explore the READ READ READ list, provided by the Shapiro Undergraduate Library staff. 

This list of books will help entering undergraduate students get a glimpse of the cultural universe at the University of Michigan. Arranged in categories of Fiction, Science, Technology, The Arts, History, Politics/Economics/Media, Sociology/Anthropology and Psychology, the READ READ READ list gives you a fresh introduction to a field to be studied at UM and an opportunity to discover some new pleasure reading material.

Faculty Workshop: “Promoting Your Book Like Plutarch: Wisely and Well”

A working scholar has precious little time to apply to attracting readers for a new book. But also can’t afford not to. The middle ground is, as Plutarch would say, to promote wisely and well, utilizing available resources for the best and strongest use of already overtaxed time. Please join us on Tuesday, April 9, as we welcome to campus Kevin Smokler, a noted expert on the relationship between new technologies and traditional publishing. He will discuss how to:

--promote your book smarter,

--reach a wider audience,

--extend the life of your scholarship,

--use social media,

--measure success, and

--develop your readership

Kevin Smokler is the author of “Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books you Haven’t Touched Since High School” (Prometheus Books, 2013). He has lectured on the subject at universities and conferences throughout North America. His writings have appeared in the LA Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, Fast Company, The Believer, and on NPR.

Workshop details:

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

10:00AM – 12:00PM

Welker Room, Michigan Union

To register, please contact Rebecca Sestili, our Author Publisher Liaison, at rsestili@umich.edu.

Books/Texts/Fonts/Archives in a Brave New Digital World, April 9th

What is the future of books, texts, fonts and archives in this brave new digital world? This panel discussion includes Institute for the Humanitites Visiting Artist Lynne Avadenka, Paul Conway from the School of Information, Cathleen A. Baker from the University Library and the School of Information, Hannah Smotrich from the School of Art & Design, and Amanda Krugliak from the Institute for the Humanities. Join us: April 9, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., at North Quad, Space 2435.

Avadenka's two exhibits, "Language Comes After Artist: The Work of Lynne Avadenka" and "Language Comes After Artist: A Selection of Printed Works by Lynne Avadenka" are on display in the Thayer Academic Building.

Hatcher Graduate Library

Special Collections Library

April 9, 2013 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Library Used Book Sale Mon. 12/17

Workshop for UM faculty authors

Can My Book Cross Over to a Mainstream Audience?
Should I Get a Literary Agent?
Strategic Workshop for Faculty

• How can I tell if my book has mass appeal?
• How do I write for a sophisticated lay audience?
• How do I find the right agent?
• What will an agent do for me?
• How do I get media attention for my work?

On Friday, November 16, Rebecca Sestili, Author-Publisher Liaison, welcomes Dr. Carole Sargent, Director of Georgetown University’s Office of Scholarly Publications. She joins us on campus for a morning publishing workshop to share her experience working with Georgetown’s faculty on these topics and to answer your questions. You'll leave the workshop with a good idea of how take your book to mainstream readers and how to bring media attention to you and your work.

When:  Friday, November 16, 2012, 10:00 to noon.

Where: Michigan Union, Welker Room

Who should come: Faculty at any level are encouraged to attend. The workshop is highly suitable for authors interested in reaching a broad audience.

RSVP to rsestili@umich.edu by November 9, 2012

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR: Carole Sargent, Ph.D. is Director of Scholarly Publications at Georgetown University, where she was previously on the English Department faculty. Her two books with Farrar, Straus & Giroux received attention in The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, and on "60 Minutes," NPR and CNN, among many others. She leads a workshop, “Public Intellectual,” for faculty authors at Georgetown, and she has brought literary agents from William Morris Endeavor, Trident Media, and ICM to campus. Her office has been profiled in The Chronicle of Higher Education and featured in Change. She welcomes your questions or thoughts before the workshop, booklab@georgetown.edu.

Make a free tote at the Shapiro Tech Deck

Read Out-- Banned Books Week, Oct. 4th on the Diag

Next week is Banned Books Week. The Read Out will be Thursday, Oct. 4th, from noon-1pm on the diag. The Read Out is an annual event where readers from the campus community read short passages (2-3 minutes) from banned books. Please pass this information along to any interested departments, campus organizations, and individuals. Readers can contact me to schedule a time to read.

Library celebrating recently-published books by faculty

The UM Library is launching an effort to celebrate new book publications by UM authors across the Humanities and Social Sciences. We will host an annual event in recognition of new work, and will feature new releases in a special UM Authors Corner housed in the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Have you published a book during this calendar year (or, will you be publishing one before April 2013)? If so, we'd love to know about it.

Kind regards,

Barbara Alvarez, Jennifer Bonnet, Sigrid Cordell, and Aaron McCollough

MLibrary Faculty Publication Project 
newfacultybooks@umich.edu

New interlibrary loan service offers access to 90 million items

Check out this short article in the Record about our new super-fast Interlibrary Loan Service called UBorrow

http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/120905/uborrow

Please let us know what you think!

AAEL acquires WSW archive of artists' books

The University of Michigan Art, Architecture and Engineering Library recently acquired the complete collection of books published by the Women's Studio Workshop. The Women’s Studio Workshop operates and maintains an artists’ workspace that encourages the voice and vision of individual women artists, provides professional opportunities and employment to artists at all stages of their careers, and promotes programs designed to stimulate public involvement, awareness and support for the visual arts.

Here is a link to WSW searchable digital archive:
http://www.wsworkshop.org/archive_search.php

The UM archive of these books is housed in AAE Library Special Collections. Please contact me if you would like to make an appointment for you or your class to see them.

Annette Haines
Art & Design Field Librarian
ahaines@umich.edu

Short Youtube videos to get you started using the Library

Here are a few short Youtube videos that will get you started using the Library

Get This: MLibrary Books Delivered to You

Finding Full-Text with MGet It

ProQuest: More Subjects and Articles Than Ever!

Searching for Articles? Try ArticlesPlus!

How to Access Library Resources from Off Campus

Google Scholar with MGet It Links

Introduction to Mirlyn

Finding Library Databases

AP Images

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