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Holiday shopping made easy!

CLRC Curator Lisa Von Drasek recommends the book Star Wars Doodles

Back by popular demand – our annual “Books to Give…” provides a shopping guide perfect for a variety of ages and interests. Recommendations by librarians and archivists are sure to end up on your shopping list.

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Cycling through history

Students with bicycles, 1894. Available at http://purl.umn.edu/80771

According to Forbes, Minneapolis is 2015’s most bike friendly city. Perhaps it started right here at the U! We’re not sure we can take full credit but bicycling certainly has its place in University history.

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The University Libraries is home to internationally acclaimed archives and special collections. Take an insider’s look at the extraordinary collections and the expert staff who care for them.

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Subscribe to continuum, the weekly newsfeed from the University Libraries. Learn about the history of the Washington Avenue bridge or take a tour inside the Archives! Fresh articles every week.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

2015–2016 First Fridays Series
Huumor (or הומור , χιούμορ, فكاهة ) in our Collections
Presented by the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
and the Immigration History Research Center Archives
Friday, December 4, Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120
More info & directions


Dawn Clawson Lecture in the History of Medicine
Schuster Brewing Company, Rochester, Minnesota: Medicinal Tonic, Temperance, and Top Brass

Monday, December 7, 12:20 to 1:10 p.m.
Diehl Hall, Room 555
More info & directions


The Wedding Heard ‘Round the World
Tuesday, January 26, 7:00 p.m.
Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120
More info & reservations


A Feast of Words, Featuring Susan Wolf
The Ethical Challenges of the Genomic Medicine: New Data & New Duties

Thursday, January 28
5:00 p.m. Social hour; 5:30 p.m. Dinner seating; 6:00 p.m. Presentation
Campus Club, Coffman Memorial Union
TICKETS: $28 Adults; $15 Special student rate
More info & directions


Critical Conversations About Diversity and Justice
A Failing Grade? Addressing Opportunity and Achievement Gaps in Public Education

Friday, January 29, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120
More info

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CURRENT EXHIBITS

A Gathering of Flowers: Botanicals in the Age of Climate Change
Through February 28, 2016
Andersen Horticultural Library, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
More info & directions

Ana Mendieta: Documents of a Life in Art
Through January 15, 2016
Wilson Library, T.R. Anderson Gallery (fourth floor)
More info & directions

Bodies and Spirits: Health and the History of Fermentation and Distillation
Through May 31, 2016
Wangensteen Historical Library, 568 Diehl Hall
More info & directions

Crosscurrents: Harmut Austen and Mary Kim
Through February 14, 2016
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library, 210 Rapson Hall
More info & directions

Graywolf Press: A World of Voices
Through December 31, 2015
Elmer L. Andersen Library Atrium Gallery
More info & directions

People on the Move: 50 Years of Documenting and Researching Migration Experiences at the Immigration History Research Center & Archives
Through January 22, 2016
Elmer L. Andersen Library Gallery
More info & directions

‘Something About Cuba’
October through December 2015
Wilson Library
More info & directions

UPCOMING EXHIBITS »


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