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• Monday to Friday, April 29 to May 3 - 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5 - CLOSED

Our regular Spring Semester hours start on Monday, May 6.

For library hours and Library Research Center hours, please check the library’s website. The ITS Computer Lab in the library will be closed for the summer.

Live caterpillars are scheduled to arrive at the library during the week of April 22. Visitors will be able to watch the caterpillars transform into butterflies as part of a new display on the first floor called “Believe in Butterflies.” The display features fiction and nonfiction books about butterflies from our collection.

Students can win a $25 gift certificate for Club Cappuccino by entering a trivia contest. Entry forms are available online and on top of the display case; all answers can be found within the display. Entries must be returned to the box at the Circulation Desk or submitted online by May 30. The winner will be chosen at random from among all the entries with the most correct answers.

Several noteworthy events occurred on April 10.

In 1963, the USS Thresher, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, sank off the coast of Cape Cod during deep water dive testing. See newspaper accounts of the Thresher, its christening, loss, and aftermath in the NewspaperARCHIVE.

In 1938, Germany annexed Austria. Newspaper accounts of this event can be found in ProQuest historical newspapers. Historical newspapers that can be found in ProQuest include: Chicago Daily Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many more.

   

The Mardigian Library hours for finals study will be:
Friday, April 19 — 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 20 — 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 21 — 8:00 a.m. - [no closing time]
April 22 - 26 — open 24 hours
Saturday, April 27 — 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.

On April 9, 1963, by an Act of Congress and Presidential Proclamation, former British prime minister and Nobel laureate Winston Churchill was the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.

Churchill was a historian and writer; his Nobel Prize was for literature in 1953. The library has several books written by him. However, Churchill is best known as the British Prime Minister during World War II who served the British government for 50 years. The library has dozens of books written about Churchill.

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Need to make a video for a class project and don’t have the equipment? The library has a solution for you. Kodak Playtouch digicams are available for checkout at the library’s Circulation Desk.

The Playtouch is the size and shape of a smartphone and will take HD videos in 1080p resolution. One-touch uploading provides easy sharing through e-mail, YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, and other sites. You may also connect the Playtouch to your computer and transfer the files. If you want to edit the video, the library’s Campus Media Services has a multimedia editing room for student and faculty use. The editing room is equipped with the best audio and video editing software, including Avid, Final Cut Pro, and the suite of Adobe and Microsoft applications.

Digicams have a three-day checkout period and each comes in a carry bag with an extra battery, an external microphone, connecting and charging wires, and the manual. Ask for one at the library’s Circulation Desk!

This Friday and Tuesday, April 16, there will be Public Observing Sessions at the SLRC Observatory. The first session will be about Jupiter and the Constellation Taurus. The second session will be about the moon and Jupiter.

If you are interested in learning more, the Mardigian Library has a few books and e-books about Jupiter, constellations, and the moon. However, many more are available through MeLCat — dozens of books and some videos are available.

Haven't used MeLCat? It's easy. Just go to MeLCat. You can order books or audiovisual materials from another library in Michigan and have them delivered right to the Mardigian Library for pick-up. For more about MeLCat, see How to use MeLCat.

Note: All of the e-books pictured below are available in the SpringerLink database.

       

Contractors will be working on the first floor Wednesday, March 13 to Friday, March 15.

The March library display case exhibit is Let's hear it for the girls! Women in Michigan history. The exhibit features books by and about women with Michigan connections. Included are some well-known people, such as Jennifer Granholm and The Supremes, as well as some that are not so well known, such as Grace Lee Boggs and Emily Peterson.

The display case is near the first-floor elevators.

       

Library hours will be shorter during Spring Break:

Saturday, February 23 - CLOSED
Sunday, February 24 - CLOSED
Monday, February 25 - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 26 - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 27 - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 28 - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday, March 1 - 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Library Research Center hours will also be shorter:

Friday, February 22 - 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 23 - CLOSED
Sunday, February 24 - CLOSED
Monday, February 25 - 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 26 - 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 27 - 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 28 - 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday, March 1 - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

On Saturday, March 3 our regular Winter Semester hours resume .

Hours for the ITS Computer Lab in the library can be found on the ITS website.

Due to system maintenance, from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. today, some library services will be unavailable. This includes:
• off-campus access to databases
• check-out of materials
• and paying fines
• ILLiad

UM-Dearborn and the Mardigian Library are closed today, Friday, February 8, 2013 due to snow.

It could get noisy in the computer area of the first floor on Tuesday, February 5 and Wednesday, February 6. Wiring will be installed between the elevators and the northwest corner of the building and this will involve a lot of drilling.

On January 29, 1963, poet Robert Frost died. Frost was a prolific writer of poetry and prose who earned many accolades. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry four times, received over 40 honorary degrees, and received the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960. Frost spent 1921 to 1927 in Ann Arbor, where he was a teaching fellow. The house he lived in while in Ann Arbor now is at Greenfield Village.

The library has many books by and about Robert Frost. Check one out today and find out why Frost was so admired.

Library hours during the holidays will be:

Thursday, December 20:   8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday, December 21:       8:00 a.m. - noon
December 22 - January 1: CLOSED
January 2 - 4:                   8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
January 5 - 6:                   CLOSED

Regular Fall hours resume on Saturday, November 24.

For library, LRC, and computer lab hours, see library.umd.umich.edu/Us/hours.php