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Brush off your periodic table and answer this question: In 1829 German chemist Johann Dobereiner pointed out that chemical elements which resembled each other often occurred in groups of three. For 10 points — name the middle member of the Dobereiner’s triad with first and third members calcium and barium.* *answer below

Give up? Perhaps you can ask a member of Team Yodzis (Jonathan Hank, Max Nagarajan, Josh Tveite, and Ankan Ganguly), winners of the 10th Annual Science Quiz Bowl sponsored by the University Libraries and staff at Walter Library. Twice besting the second place team, E Pluribus Factum, Team Yodzis went undefeated throughout the 32-team double-elimination tournament, involving 125 undergrads in the College of Science and Engineering as part of their CSE Week activities.

Check out WCCO coverage by reporter, Esme Murphy
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University Libraries one of seven hubs in groundbreaking national initiative

vestAfter some two and a half years in the making, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has launched!  DPLA will deliver millions of materials found in American archives, libraries, museums, and cultural heritage institutions to students, teachers, scholars, and YOU.  Special features include a dynamic map, a timeline you can visually browse by year or decade, and an app library.

Represented in DPLA is the rich contribution of the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) through its Minnesota Reflections digital library.  As a special part of the launch, the MDL has created a fascinating online exhibit on the topic of Native Americans, titled "History of Survivance: Upper Midwest 19th Century Native American Narratives." This exhibit tells a story of extraordinary culture disruption, change, and continuity and the effect that has had on the Native population of Minnesota.

Yes, folks…this is BIG NEWS:

(Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society)


Jewish archives reunited

jewish familyA portion of the archives of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM) was deposited in the Libraries over a decade ago. Recently, the remainder was transferred and the entire collection gifted to the Libraries, forming a major research collection known as the Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives. 

According to Katherine Tane, Executive Director, JHSUM, "Our first 28 years have been spent creating one of the finest archives of local Jewish History in the country.” 

The united collection on Jewish history, communities, religion, and culture in the Upper Midwest will be overseen by new archivist, Kate Dietrick, who commented, “I look forward to promoting the collection, both within the University and to the community at large, shining a light on the dynamic materials."


* Answer to the final Science Quiz Bowl question:  strontium (Sr)


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Upcoming Events

First Fridays:
50 Years of the Guthrie Theater and
Sailing West to Reach China: A Big Idea with Unforeseen Results

May 3, 2013
Noon to 1 p.m.
Elmer L. Andersen Library

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Meet Louise Erdrich at the Friends’ Annual Dinner
May 8, 2013
5:30 reception
6:15: Dinner
8:00 Presentation
McNamara Alumni Center

Purchase tickets by May 1


Book release party of ‘Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence’ featuring co-editor Nancy Manahan
May 9, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120

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Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Place
Aug. 9-11, 2013

Elmer L. Andersen Library

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Now Showing
Current Exhibits
at the Libraries

Tale Spins: Water,
Animals, and Ruins

Through May 31, 2013
Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library

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Art and Science in Latin America During the Enlightenment
March 12 to June 28, 2013
T.R. Anderson Gallery, Wilson Library Fourth Floor

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Behind the Scenes: Twin Cities Performing Arts and 50 Years of the Guthrie Theater
April 1 to June 28, 2013
Elmer L. Andersen Library

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Beauty in a Briefcase: Images from Horticultural Sample Books
April 12 to October 13, 2013
Andersen Horticultural Library

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and locations

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