The next time you are in Wilson Library, drop by the James Ford Bell Library and the T. R. Anderson Gallery on the 4th floor to view a public exhibit of rare, original documents related to early travel, including the James Ford Bell Library’s original 1507 Waldseemüller gores globe, the first map to include the word “America.�
This exhibit runs through December 31, 2007.
Over the next six months, the University Libaries will move 150,000 volumes (generally older and lesser-used books) from Wilson Library to the nearby Minnesota Library Access Center in order to make room in the stacks for collection growth over the next five years.
To learn more about the move, check out the move http://www.lib.umn.edu/books/dewey07/dewFAQ.phtml.
To search the database of titles proposed for transfer, go here: http://www.lib.umn.edu/books/dewey07/dewReview.phtml .
Any questions or suggestions? Please contact Laura Dale Bischof bisch004@umn.edu or Gordon Anderson ganderso@umn.edu
The next time you come to the West Bank, check out the Academic Blend Café in the basement of Wilson Library!
The Academic Blend Café offers fresh coffee, espresso drinks, and pastries. Open hours are M-Th, 7am - 8pm and Friday 7am - 4pm.
The Wilson Periodicals Room is full, and selected older titles are being moved to the Minnesota Library Access Center. This will create space for the new issues that arrive every day.
You will find a list of journals that are candidates for transfer on the Wilson Periodicals Transfer to MLAC, Spring 2007 page. In you are concerned, please review the lists and let us know which titles you would like to keep in Wilson.
Thank you! Deadline is early April.