Get your Google on!
Navigating Google is easier said than done. You know what you're looking for, you know the information is out there somewhere, but how in the world do you find it?!
If you've ever been frustrated searching the Internet, this is one workshop that will change your life. The “Hands-On Google Workshop: Searching Tools & Tips” — an exclusive benefit for Friends of the Libraries Members — will teach you advanced search techniques and help you master tools to help you access, evaluate, and share information.
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Sessions are limited to 19 people, seats fill quickly, reserve today.
We disrupt this newsletter…
…to bring you a delightful lecture by David Pogue, “Disruptive Tech: What’s New, What’s Coming, and How It Will Change Everything.” Pogue is a tech columnist who writes for The New York Times weekly, Scientific American monthly, and hosts “NOVA ScienceNow.”
From left: Steve Crouch, Dean/CSE, Wendy Lougee, David Pogue, President Eric Kaler.
Pogue regaled an audience of 1,000 with his talk co-sponsored by the Friends of the Libraries and the College of Science and Engineering (CSE). If you missed this event or if you want re-live it, watch it now online.
'Quiet and quaint'—and very natural
 That’s how students describe the new Natural Resources Library on the St. Paul campus which opened in June following the merger of the Forestry Library and the Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife Library.
The merger brings together two world-class collections and also saves $130,000 annually in operating costs! The consolidation earned campus recognition by winning the Operational Excellence award recently.
Learn more and hear students’ reaction to the new facility.
As she leads UM Libraries—
 —she will also lead the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Wendy Pradt Lougee, University Librarian and McKnight Presidential Professor, will serve a one-year term as President of ARL.
This nonprofit organization of 125 research libraries in the US and Canada has a mission to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve.
Congratulations Wendy on this significant achievement!
View a photo roster of the ARL Board of Directors |
Upcoming Events
First Fridays
1. "The Big Gay Idea"
2. "Unorthodox Technology in an Era of Discovery: Outside the Mainstream in 19th Century Medicine"
November 2, 2012
Noon to 1 p.m.
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Sense of Place in Artist Books - A panel discussion
November 7, 2012
6 to 7:30 p.m.
125 Nolte Center for Continuing Education
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A Conversation with Nikky Finney, part of the NOMMO African American Authors Series
November 15, 2012
7 p.m.
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Talk Mystery to Me
Featuring Ellen Hart and R.D. Zimmerman on Secrets, Lies, and The Writing Life.
November 29, 2012
7 p.m. with reception to follow
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Now Showing
Current Exhibits
at the Libraries
For the Common Good
September 10 – November 30, 2012
Andersen Atrium Gallery
The Land Grant Agricultural College Act—signed by President Lincoln in 1862—set aside public lands, the sale of which were used to fund public colleges to "promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes."
Celebrating Venice:
On Land and Sea
October 8, 2012 – January 15, 2013
James Ford Bell Library
Join us this fall as we celebrate the entrancing city of Venice, long a capital of Mediterranean trade, through an exhibition, lectures, workshops, and other cultural events.
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If we can get the beast out of his lair...
October 11 - December 31, 2012
Andersen Gallery
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