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October 29, 2009

ACS Symposium Series Now Online

The University Library now has online access to the American Chemical Society Symposium Series. We have fulltext access to volumes in the ACS Symposium series dating to 1974, with coverage planned back to 1950. Access is active now at http://pubs.acs.org/series/symposium

Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 10:10 AM

October 27, 2009

Shapiro Library Screening Room Open for Business

Our new Screening Room celebrated its grand opening on Tuesday, October 27, with movie-style refreshments and very interesting talks by historians Jonathan Marwil and Martin Pernick on their use of film in teaching.

The Screening Room features a multimedia projector and surround sound and supports a wide range of media formats. You can reserve it to screen films for courses, films you have created, and more.

Read more about the Screening Room. And watch for future events - like Halloween movies.

Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 10:03 AM

October 15, 2009

MCard Copiers are Here!

You can now use your MCard for all your photocopying in the Shapiro Science Library.

Still have an old copy card?
You can use it in Hatcher and other UM Libraries.

Read more at http://www.lib.umich.edu/copy-services/news/mcard-copying-update

Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 11:49 AM

October 13, 2009

Arun Agrawal (SNRE) Quoted in NewScientist

From today's University Record Update:

"NewScientist quoted Arun Agrawal of the School of Natural Resources and Environment about a study he co-authored on forest ownership. It showed that local communities manage and protect natural resources better than governments do."

Read the article in NewScientist.

Read the full research report in PNAS.

Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 01:00 PM

October 08, 2009

Congratulations to Faculty Award Winners!

The Shapiro Science Library is glad to recognize and congratulate faculty members who have recently received the following awards:

Distinguished University Professorship
Rodney Ewing, Geological Sciences
William Fulton, Mathematics
John Vandermeer, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Distinguished Faculty Achievement

Robert T. Kennedy, Chemistry

Faculty Recognition Award
Peter van Keken, Geological Sciences

These professors all have appointments in departments closely served by the Shapiro Science Library. A total of twenty six UM faculty members received these awards. Read the full story in the University Record.

Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 01:46 PM