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Kerlan Award Ceremony, honoring Betsy and Ted Lewin
Join us for a luncheon and award ceremony honoring the winners of the 2016 Kerlan Award of the Children’s Literature Research Collections of the University of Minnesota Libraries: Betsy and Ted Lewin. The event takes place Saturday, April 30 at Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120. Tickets are required to attend the lunch at noon. The presentation at 1:00 p.m. is free to attend, but reservations are required.
Find out more »Kevin Kling highlights Friends’ annual celebration
Join us on Wednesday, May 4, 5:30 p.m. at McNamara Alumni Center for the Friends of the Libraries Annual Celebration, featuring Kevin Kling, "Books Cast Their Spell on Me: Trafficking in the Alphabet."
Find out more »First Fridays: May 2016
Wide World of Impractical Sports and Out of Context The 2015-2016 First Fridays season will explore the theme of humor – a tool alternatively employed to instill delight, put forth political commentary, teach lessons, assuage fears, or even encourage social bonding. Come hear and laugh at stories from the more comedic side of Archives and Special Collections. Wide World of Impractical Sports Presented by the YMCA Archives Basketball, volleyball, bodybuilding: The YMCA has a rich history of inventing sports and…
Find out more »25th Annual Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference
The 25th Annual Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference will be held May 10, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., at the University of Minnesota's Continuing Education and Conference Center, 1809 Buford Ave. in St. Paul. The cost is $40 and the registration deadline is May 3, 2016.
Find out more »Preserving History: A Community Scanning Event
Do you have treasured historical documents that you've always wanted to share with others but can't bear to part with the original? Drop by this event armed with up to five of your best historical photographs or documents and we will digitize them for you on the spot! After scanning with one of our knowledgeable librarians you will walk away not only with your original documents but also a thumb drive containing a high resolution digital copy of your materials.…
Find out more »Rankine to speak at 2016 NOMMO – CANCELED
Due to illness, the NOMMO Author Series with Claudia Rankine for Thursday, May 19, 7:00 p.m. at the Cowles Auditorium has been canceled. All refunds will be processed by the Givens Foundation the week of May 16. No further action is required. If you have any questions about the refund or the event, please contact admin@givens.org.
Find out more »Historical Recipes + Digital Collaborations Symposium
Join Lois Hendrickson, Curator of the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine, and Emily Beck, Ph.D. candidate in the Program for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, on May 24, 2016 for a day-long symposium on historical recipes.
Find out more »‘If Bees Are Few’ book launch event
Please join us for the launch event for "If Bees Are Few: A Hive of Bee Poems" edited by James P. Lenfestey. The event takes place Thursday, June 2, 6:30 p.m. at the Cargill Building Auditorium and Seminar Room, University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus, 1500 Gortner Ave, St Paul, MN 55108. Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Press, the University of Minnesota Bee Lab, the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries, and the Department of English.
Find out more »Code Switch: Civic Technology for Community Change
Code Switch, June 4–5 at Minneapolis Central Library, is a community-driven civic hackathon as part of Hack for MN and National Day of Civic Hacking that brings together developers and community members to solve problems that affect the African American community in Minnesota and nationally.
Find out more »The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes Triennial Conference
June 17 to 19 What: The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes When: June 17-19 Where: The Commons Hotel, University of Minnesota Register now! The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes — a triennial conference sponsored by the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota and the Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota — will be held June 17 through 19 at the Commons Hotel on the University of Minnesota campus. Many avid Sherlockians will recognize the illustration of Holmes, done by Frederic…
Find out more »Images of American Efforts to Modernize Korea
Please join us July 7 for an exhibit celebration for 유대감 (Fellowship): Images of American Efforts to Modernize Korea at Hennepin County Library – Minneapolis Central Library.
Find out more »Pokémon Library Crawl
Join us September 6, 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., for the Pokémon Library Crawl. We'll have lures out at all major libraries on campus. at Walter, Wilson, and Magrath libraries.
Find out more »Raina Telgemeier to launch ‘Ghosts’ at U of M
RESERVATIONS CLOSED. Best-selling author Raina Telgemeier is coming to the University of Minnesota September 19 to launch her latest graphic novel, Ghosts. The event is sponsored by the Red Balloon Bookshop and the University Libraries' Children's Literature Research Collections.
Find out more »Bio-Medical Library Open House
We're having a party - and you're invited! Please join us on September 28 from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. as we celebrate new services and spaces at the Bio-Medical Library. Learn more about data visualization, virtual reality, video production, and more. Enjoy activities, prizes, and refreshments.
Find out more »The Paul and Joan Nagel Lecture featuring Joseph Ellis
Join us September 28 for the Paul and Joan Nagel Lecture featuring Joseph Ellis at Ted Mann Concert Hall. Ellis is one of the nation's leading scholars of American history whose work focuses on the lives and times of the founders of the United States.
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