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Gendered Bits: Identities, Practices, and Artifacts in Computing

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:49:09 -0600

What: Exhibit: Gendered Bits: Identities Practices, and Artifacts in Computing
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library
When: May 28 - July 23, 2008
Free and open to the public.

This exhibition, presented by the Charles Babbage Institute, explores how gender has shaped the professional identities and material culture of computing. It examines issues and raises questions about gender broadly as well as specific matters of masculinity and the contributions, struggles, and shifting roles of women.

Kerlan Award Ceremony and Professional Development Morning

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:55:05 -0600

Who: Lise Lunge-Larsen
What: Kerlan Professional Development Morning
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library, room 120
When: Saturday, May 10, 2008 • 9 - 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $25 ($20 for Kerlan Friends)

From Idea to Word to Final Brushstroke and Period: How a Book Is Born
Come hear author Lise Lunge-Larsen talk about her collaboration with Betsy Bowen on The Troll with No Heart in his Body. Following the presentation, participants will discover more about how a book is created by exploring original materials from the Kerlan Collection. Tours of the Andersen Library storage caverns will be available.

Who: Walter Dean Myers, 2008 award recipient (with a posthumous Kerlan award to Robert Kraus)
What: Kerlan Award Ceremony
Where: Lunch: Elmer L. Andersen Library atrium & room 120 • Ceremony with speech by Walter Dean Myers: Willey Hall 125
When: Lunch: 12 noon • Ceremony: 1 p.m.
Cost: Lunch: $25 ($20 for Kerlan Friends) • Ceremony: Free and open to the public

Author Walter Dean Myers will be honored along with author/illustrator Robert Kraus (posthumously) as the recipients of the 2008 Kerlan Award. The award is presented annually "in recognition of singular attainments in the creation of children's literature and in appreciation for generous donation of unique resources to the Kerlan Collection for the study of children's literature."

Please register for morning and afternoon events by May 1
Registration and Kerlan Friends membership information available at http://special.lib.umn.edu/clrc/2008KerlanAward.php

Beggars and Choosers: Motherhood Is Not a Class Privilege in America

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:18:33 -0600

What: Photography exhibit
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library
When: Through Saturday, June 14, 2008
Free and open to the public.

This traveling exhibition of photographs, curated by historian Rickie Solinger, captures the complexities of being a mother in contemporary America if you are young or poor; if you are on the streets or disabled; if you are unprotected, in prison, or alone.

Sponsored by the University Libraries; the School of Social Work; the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare; the Institute for Advanced Study; the College of Liberal Arts; the Departments of History, American Studies, and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies; the Humphrey Center for Women and Public Policy; and the Life Course Center of the Department of Sociology.

75th Anniversary of the Burning of the Hirschfeld Library

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:53:36 -0600

What: Exhibit: 75th Anniversary of the Burning of the Hirschfeld Library
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library
When: March 24 - May 16, 2008
Free and open to the public.

May 10, 2008, marks the 75th anniversary of the burning of the Magnus Hirschfeld Library by the National Socialists (Nazis) in Berlin. The exhibit displays materials that survived the Library's destruction and tells the history of this momentous event.