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What drives Lisa Von Drasek?

Children’s literature connects with readers, and Lisa Von Drasek has never lost her love for…

markengeMarch 12, 2021

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Y archivist propels critical conversations

By Allison Campbell-Jensen Ryan Bean On March 19, Reference and Outreach Archivist Ryan Bean will…

markengeMarch 3, 2021

Ann Waltner presented the 55th James Ford Bell Lecture, Watching Weddings in 1735: Two Representations of Chinese Wedding Processions. Waltner is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Minnesota, where she specializes in Chinese history. She was the founding director of the University’s Institute for Advanced Study.

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Multifaceted scholar

Chinese is a tough language for an English speaker to learn, with thousands of ideographic…

markengeFebruary 26, 2021

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Putting the American Jewish World online

After a successful crowdfunding campaign, the American Jewish World newspaper is being digitized by the…

markengeFebruary 22, 2021

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Bridge to research

University undergraduates interested in conducting research may wonder where to begin. Their first step? Think…

markengeFebruary 11, 2021

Shanda Hunt discusses project with Research Sprints team.

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An anti-racism lens

Three librarians joined together to develop the research guide "Conducting research through an anti-racism lens,"…

markengeFebruary 1, 2021

Little Girl Turning Drying Bricks, Nepal

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Seeing child labor

Two students from the Heritage Studies and Public History program converted the "Seeing Child Labor"…

markengeJanuary 28, 2021

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Land values

About 10 years ago, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka decided to build a new…

markengeJanuary 22, 2021

In this image, the title on the left is issued in Folio (a hand-pressed sheet folded once), but the center and right are both issued in Quarto (a hand-pressed sheet folded twice). Of the latter two, the original folded-sheets of hand-press paper were different sizes resulting in one Quarto being much smaller than the other Quarto. Nevertheless, they are both considered Quarto.

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Rare guidance

In seeking rare materials, size matters less than the folding of a book’s pages and…

markengeJanuary 14, 2021

Professor Ferguson's lab in a Zoom meeting

Open Access at the U of M

Giving child development research away: Intentionally free, open, and accessible worldwide

Social Sciences Librarian Amy Riegelman interviews Professor Gail Ferguson, Director of the Culture and Family…

University LibrariesJanuary 13, 2021

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What drives Lisa Von Drasek?

Y archivist propels critical conversations

Multifaceted scholar

Putting the American Jewish World online

Bridge to research

An anti-racism lens

Seeing child labor

Land values

Rare guidance

Giving child development research away: Intentionally free, open, and accessible worldwide

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