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Collective Collections, Collective Actions

ISSUE 10, 2012

wendypradtlougee_thumb.jpgCollective Action!
Wendy Pradt Lougee, University Librarian and McKnight Presidential Professor


MinitexThe Libraries' Library
Minitex celebrates forty years of collaboration.

Lou BellamyIs There a Curator in the House?
An innovative project ensures performances—and their off-stage settings—live on after the curtain closes.

HathiTrust logoRadical Acts of Collaboration
The HathiTrust has rapidly become the largest digital library in the world.


short stacksShort Stacks
News from the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Bill HolmNotable Acquisitions
A selection of the new additions to archives and special collections.

staff picnicThe Year in Pictures
A scrapbook featuring Henry Adams, Charlie Bethel, Heid Erdrich, Jane Smiley, Miss Piggy, Charlie Chaplin, and more.

friends.jpgThe Face of Our Friends
Friends of the Libraries president Pete Magee leads off a section recognizing our supporters.

About this issue

Editor: Marlo Welshons
Design & Production: Jen Peters
Contributing Writers: Tim Brady, John Butler, Camille LeFevre, Wendy Pradt Lougee, Pete Magee, Marlo Welshons

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Father Jager and bees

Pictured here is Father Francis Jager, a renowned beekeeping expert and faculty member, who donated his collection of 660 books in 1930. Father Jager’s books are part of our Bees and Beekeeping Collection, one of several collections of distinction at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
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