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  1. 6 hours ago

    Tour the Libraries with us — it will only take a minute! Our next stop is Walter Library on the east bank of the Twin Cities campus. Let's go!

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    Tour the #UMN Libraries with us — it will only take a minute! Our next stop is Walter Library on the east bank of the Twin Cities campus. Let's go!
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    13 hours ago

    in 2019, an oral history was conducted with Helen Bahmet, descendant of a survivor of the 1930s Famine (). The interview is part of our Ukrainian Famine Survivors in Minnesota Oral History Project collection, viewable via UMedia:

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  3. 14 hours ago

    Explore the Twin Cities campus libraries during our Open House event on Tuesday, Sept. 14 (or anytime). Try out our self-guided tour for each location and enter to win a fabulous library prize (the Ultimate Study Care Package).

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    Aug 23

    It's worth saying that a whole lot of staff advocated for this before the pandemic. I'm glad we finally got there and I'm appreciative of their years of pushing for this.

    “Hennepin County got rid of their fines — why can’t we,” Lisa German, Dean of the Libraries, recalls thinking last year. “I think we have a lot to learn from our public library colleagues.”
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  5. Aug 23

    “Hennepin County got rid of their fines — why can’t we,” Lisa German, Dean of the Libraries, recalls thinking last year. “I think we have a lot to learn from our public library colleagues.”

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  6. Aug 20

    Looking for a unique art experience on short notice? Check out Hydrophonics (water + sound) :: Installation at Regis Center for Art, a sound-art installation by Nicholas Bauch, where you can listen to Minnesota's fresh-water lakes.

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    Aug 20

    The Michael J. Fox Foundation recently joined the Data Curation Network. They “want researchers to cure Parkinson’s, and part of that is hosting the data” that they want researchers to re-use. via

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    Aug 19

    Minnesota from above | Aerial photography of Herbert Wright, Jr.

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  9. Aug 19

    Explore the Twin Cities campus libraries during our Open House event on Tuesday, Sept. 14 (or anytime). Try out our self-guided tour for each location and enter to win a fabulous library prize (the Ultimate Study Care Package).

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    Aug 19

    🗺 Darby Ronning, a UHP student in both History & Statistical Science, has been featured by for her unique research. Her work earned her the 2021 U-Spatial Mapping Prize — Best Representation of Research. Congrats, Darby! 🎉 Read more ➡️

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    Aug 18

    How do we bring sustainable social justice into the community, and invest locally to create environments in which diversity & racial equity thrive? Join for a free Zoom event "Thinking Spatially: Mapping Civic & Community Engagement." With

    🚨📅 Save the Date! 🚨📅 2021 is coming on Friday, 9/24 and our presenters will be talking Mapping Civic and Community Engagement. Register now! with:
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  12. Aug 18

    “There’s this tendency for people to say, ‘I found this horrible thing and I’m going to get rid of it.’ I think we have to constantly be pushing the fact that we can’t be content with virtue signaling.” —Kirsten Delegard, Project Director

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    Aug 16

    Funding Alert reminder! Applications for our annual (minus any pandemics, of course) Grant-in-Aid Award are due in just over two weeks! Make sure you apply if interested in getting $1000 USD to help fund your visit to our archives!

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    Aug 15

    Minitex, which is part of , is the administrative home of the Minnesota Digital Library. They are also contributors to MDL. Check out Minitex's 50-year history through their MDL collection, complete with assigned:

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  15. Aug 13

    Kirsten Delegard from Mapping Prejudice was featured in a PBS News Hour story (starts at 28:56) on structural inequities and the racial divide in Minneapolis home ownership rates. Mapping Prejudice Project

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    Aug 13

    Great read! library services evolve as demand for print resources & physical space change via

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    Aug 10

    Please join our collaborative team and help us shape the future of Mapping Prejudice. We are hiring a new associate director to lead our geospatial, tech and data work:

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    Aug 11

    Published: Volume 10 Issue 3 📕 This Special Issue showcases work related to the Data Curation Network (). We are very excited for this new partnership - and for our largest issue of JeSLIB to date! Happy reading (and watching) 📚📹

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    Aug 13

    This exterior perspective drawing of a 28-story skyscraper was drawn by Harvey Ellis in 1886. It comes from the Northwest Architectural Archives at . The NAA is our featured contributor of the month - check out their collection:

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  20. Aug 12

    One of our Libraries Peer Research Consultants, Natalie Paulson, has advice to give: To first-year students who wish to pursue research as undergraduates: Don’t be intimidated.

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