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January 21, 2008
Shapiro Library - 50th Anniversary
The Shapiro Library building is fifty years old!
The Shapiro building originally housed the Undergraduate Library, which opened to the public on January 16, 1958. The new library cost approximately $3.1 million, and would be open until midnight six days a week. For the first time at a UM library, all of the stacks were open to students.
In 1995 the building was renovated and expanded, and reopened on May 19, 1995, with the Science Library on the third and fourth floors.
We have continued to update and improve resources and services such as the Adaptive Technology Computing Site and the Askwith Media Library. We look forward to continuing to serve your research and information needs for decades to come.
Read more about the history of the UM Libraries and the history of buildings at UM.
Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 09:53 AM
January 16, 2008
New Look for Science Library Web Site
Over the past few months, the Science Library, along with the larger MLibrary system, has been updating our web pages to give them a consistent look and set of navigational elements. Recently we have added this new banner to better emphasize the unity of our many library units across campus. Now, when visiting any library web page, you have access to all libraries and library services from the top right of the page, including Mirlyn, Search Tools, and the library web site search.
Just below the site search, in the gray navigation bar, you can access all 23 MLibraries, ask a librarian a question with Ask Us, and, of course, get help.
Standardizing navigation is just the first step. Over the coming months, we will be building a new MLibrary site that will make it easier than ever to find the information you need.
Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 11:21 AM
January 07, 2008
Science Library Photo Contest Starting Soon!
The Science Library will be conducting its 1st annual student photo contest during the month of February! This year's theme is "Science on Campus" - entrants may interpret the theme any way they like, but must include a description of the way in which their submission relates to the theme. The 3 winning photos will be hung in the Science Library, and those winners and 5 honorable mentions will receive gift certificates from the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce. Entries may be submitted between February 1 and February 22; students are limited to a maximum of 3 entries each. Submission instructions and a complete set of rules can be found at http://www.lib.umich.edu/photocontest/rules/.
Stable link | Posted by samarti at 07:57 PM