Mardigian Library News

If you missed last night’s Fair Lane Music Guild concert, you might like to know that the library has a few resources that can help you listen to what you missed. Classical Music Library and Naxos Music Library both stream recorded performances of classical music. The Classical Music Library and Naxos recordings certainly aren't the same as being at a concert, and don't include the same musicians who played last night, but these databases include tens of thousands recordings.

And, if you are interested in finding out more about composers, check out the library’s Music databases.

It is the 200th anniversary of the first printing of Grimm Fairy Tales and we are having a trivia contest for UM-Dearborn students. To be entered into the drawing to win a $20 gift certificate to Club Cappaccino, you can now enter online at http://library.umd.umich.edu/events/brothersgrimm/. Answers to some questions may be found in the Brothers Grimm display in the Mardigian Library. Good luck!

Entries must be submitted by Friday, January 11, 2013.

The Mardigian Library hours for finals study will be:
Monday, December 10 — 8:00 a.m. - [no closing time]
December 11 - 13 — open 24 hours
Friday, December 14 — open until 11:45 p.m.
Saturday, December 15 — 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 p.m.
Sunday, December 16 — 8:00 a.m. - [no closing time]
December 17 - 18 — open 24 hours
Wednesday, December 19 — open until 7:30 p.m.

Between midnight and 8:00 a.m., only University of Michigan students can enter the library and you be required to show your MCard.

Extra security personnel will be on site to monitor activity throughout the building. While the building will remain open, library services will be limited during the extra hours. All four floors of the library and the computers by the Library Research Center will be available for use, and it will also be possible to check out materials. Research assistance, guest printing, and financial transactions, including adding money to printing accounts will not be available during extended hours.

For the complete listing of library hours, including break hours, visit http://library.umd.umich.edu/Us/hours.php.

This past weekend, I watched a repeat of the PBS documentary The War of 1812. It reminded me that the 200th anniversary of the Battle of the River Raisin will take place in Monroe in January. Check the National Park Service website for more information.

The database Early American Imprints has A JOURNAL, Containing an accurate & interesting account of the hardships, sufferings, battles, Defeat, & captivity of those heroic Kentucky Volunteers & Regulars, commanded by General Winchester, in the year 1812...1813. Also, two narratives, by men, that were wounded in the battles on the River Raisin, and taken captive by the Indians. This account of the events that took place in what would become Monroe was written by Elias Darnall, a private from Kentucky and one member of the force that was on its way to retake Detroit from the British.

With the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 upon us, it is not surprising that many new books have been written about it. The library has many, both in print and online. Check them out!

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