Building Hours for Libraries and SMART Learning Commons

Walter Library (East Bank):

• 2nd Floor Great Hall will be open 24/7 from May 3 to May 18
• Study Break:
  • Wii in media viewing room on Monday, May 13 (7-9pm)
  • Giant crossword puzzle, Legos, Origami, Coloring sheets, Jigsaw puzzles, Free book cart, Short videos
  • Social Media - "5 Days of Giveaways" through FourSquare and Facebook

Bio-Medical Library (Diehl Hall, East Bank):

• Will be open 24/7 from May 3 and ending May 18 (UCard required)
• Study Break:
• Bio-Med Library will be hosting its Stress Buster events on May 14-15, which includes a five-minute chair massage by a Boynton Health Service massage therapist from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
• Cookies and beverages are offered from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
• Also offered are pet therapy opportunities with a registered service dog, Gabe the Husky, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. All events are outside the tunnel entry to the Bio-Med Library.

Magrath Library (St. Paul):

• Will be open extended hours:
  • Study Days May 11 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. and May 12 12:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
  • Finals Week May 13-17 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. and May 18 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Study Break: nurturing seeds of knowledge
• Monday, May 6 11:30 a.m. to 1p.m. Flowers planting to take home over summer break St. Paul Student Center or Magrath Library room 2 (rain back-up)
• Tuesday, May 7 11:30 a.m. Foraging trip across St. Paul campus to learn about what is edible; meet at Magrath Library room 2, and 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., planting at Cornercopia Farm
• Wednesday, May 8 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Create aromatherapy sachets, St. Paul Student Center or Magrath Library room 2 (rain back-up)
• Thursday, May 9 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. planting at Cornercopia Farm
• Friday, May 10 Greenhouse planting 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Wilson Library (West Bank): Finals Week Space Jam

• Will be open 24/7 from May 10-May 18
• Study Break
• Monday, May 13, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wilson Library Rooms S-30A: snacks, Star Trek, and space-themed coloring and puzzles,
• Giant crosswords puzzles throughout the building all week
• Board games available in the basement in the evenings

SMART Learning Commons:

• Math and Chemistry Exam Review workshops May 4 - May 11 is available
• Expanded tutoring hours, bookended by our first-ever TWO Exam Jam Saturdays:
• May 4, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., in Walter Library (hosted by the SMART Learning Commons)
• May 11, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in 140 Appleby Hall (hosted by the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence)
• Take 5 to use your Top 5
• On May 4 during the afternoon tutoring hours at Walter, stop by the Strengths booth to get a Take 5 candy bar and 5 tips for how to use your top 5 Strengths to be successful during finals week!
• Tutor schedules and more details can be found at at smart.umn.edu

The Nicollet County Historical Society in south central Minnesota sits on the site of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, signed between the United States and the Dakota nation in 1851. Eleven years later, following several treaty violations by the U.S. government, war broke out in the region, which resulted in the execution of 38 Dakota - to this day the largest mass execution in American history.

St. Peter, Minnesota - a mile down the road from the treaty site - might have been the capital of Minnesota, if not for the trickery of Joe Rolette, a legislator from Pembina. In 1857, the Minnesota territorial legislature passed a law to move the capital from St. Paul to St. Peter. But Rolette - with the bill in his possession - disappeared long enough to ensure that the governor could not sign the law before the end of the legislative session.

This place is truly historic. And that history will now become much easier for the public across the nation and the world to learn about and access thanks to the recent launch of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).

Digital Public Library of America aggregates millions of digital artifacts

The DPLA is a groundbreaking project that, for the first time, will make many of our nation's significant digital collections searchable and accessible to the public from a single site. It will aggregate millions of digital artifacts from local archives, libraries, museums, and cultural heritage institutions across America and deliver them to students, teachers, scholars, and the public via a powerful search interface.

Minnesota Digital Library a key partner in DPLA

The Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) has received $350,000 in funding - $250,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and $100,000 from the Knight Foundation. The funding is being used for digitizing existing special collections, making them searchable and accessible through the DPLA, providing outreach and education to communities about the DPLA, supporting the development of new, "born digital" content, and capturing the unique and diverse stories of the communities throughout the state and region.

The MDL is supported through a statewide collaboration of Minitex, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Historical Society, and other key institutions. In its role as a DPLA hub, the MDL will serve as an "on-ramp" to interested public libraries, special libraries, colleges, museums, historical societies, and other organizations across the state - ensuring that local and regional collections throughout Minnesota can be discovered and accessed through the DPLA as part of this new national initiative.

Minnesota Reflections website contains more than 130,000 artifacts

Marian Rengel, Outreach Coordinator for the Minnesota Digital Library, travels the state to meet with these organizations and assists them in sharing their history through the digitization and inclusion of their unique collections in Minnesota Reflections (http://reflections.mndigital.org), the public-facing website maintained by the MDL since 2004. The website contains more than 130,000 images, maps, and documents.

"We have been, for 10 years now, about access, helping organizations around the state share what they have. And this will give us a chance to share on a national platform," said Rengel, who recently traveled to Askov, Duluth, Crosby, Rochester, Northfield, Winnebago, Willmar, Pipestone, Moorhead, and International Falls. About 150 organizations around the state have contributed material to the MDL. "We will work with any (non-profit) organization in Minnesota ... to help them digitize their collections."

Minnesota Historical Society plays key role in DPLA online exhibit

One of these partners, the Minnesota Historical Society, played a key role in the DPLA launch by directing development of an online exhibit, titled: "History of Survivance: Upper Midwest 19th Century Native American Narratives." The exhibit tells a story of extraordinary culture disruption, change and continuity, and the effect that it has had on the Native American population of Minnesota.

"The Minnesota Historical Society's fundamental mission is to connect people with history," said Jennifer Jones, director of library and collections at the Minnesota Historical Society. She said that the DPLA represents an opportunity to extend that mission. "This project really allows people across the country, and across the globe, to discover things at our historical society in new ways."

Behind the scenes, the University of Minnesota is providing the expertise to digitize many of these artifacts and make them searchable through the DPLA.

Community engagement is a significant focus of DPLA

"The University of Minnesota, with our numerous other partners within the MDL collaboration, provides a lot of the operational expertise and support - a lot of project and data management, the day-to-day applications and systems support - to bring these digital collections from across Minnesota online," said Jason Roy, director of Digital Library Services at the University of Minnesota Libraries and the project manager for the MDL-DPLA collaboration. "But beyond that, what we're looking to provide the DPLA is the community engagement piece, to go out and engage the community and create new kinds of digital documentation - be they audio storytelling or oral histories, documentary photography, perhaps even documentary video."

That part is especially exciting to Kit Hadley, director of the St. Paul Public Library.

"What does the archive look like for the Karen-speaking people in St. Paul and in Minnesota?" she asked. "I think that these tools - the Minnesota Digital Library and the Digital Public Library of America - are going to help us build and preserve this contemporary experience, and preserve it in a way that is going to enrich this community building in the future."

American history at your fingertips

Overall, the consensus points to the Digital Public Library of America as a major benefit, not just to scholars, but the general public.

"The DPLA will give people more access," said Rengel. "And it will also give people across the country a sense of how Minnesota fits in with the story of America."

"(People will) really have America at their fingertips by being able to go online and not have to travel across the country to see these really unique, one-of-a-kind items," Leonard said. "It's just an amazing resource."

"The DPLA allows us access to an incredible set of unique digital collections," Roy said. "Out of this grand aggregation we can begin to weave together a national story that encompasses collections gathered from across this great nation. "

"In pulling together the event, I've been impressed with the amount of information and the role that protest has played here at the U throughout our history," Herther said.

For the April 17 event at Ferguson Hall, she's found enthusiastic collaborators, including University of Minnesota students and faculty members who will perform protest music and engage in discussions about the historical significance of protest music.

Mark Pedelty, an associate professor of communication studies, will perform with his band and lead a discussion of music as environmental protest.

"About half of the music and discussion will be directly about protest music in a larger sense," said Pedelty, who added that the event is "more of a teach-in on protest and environmental music." He has recruited University of Minnesota students to perform and participate in the discussions.

What: Teach in on Protest and Environmental Music
When: April 17, 4 to 5 p.m.
Where: 280 Ferguson Hall, West Bank Campus, University of Minnesota

Event Schedule
4:00 to 4:20 p.m.: The band, Lynhurst, featuring University of Minnesota students Jacob and Matt Abdo, will perform "Greenback Dollar" and "The Times They are a Changin'." A group of students from the freshmen seminar class in COMM 1901, Environmental Communication, will lead a discussion.

4:20 to 4:40 p.m.: Two students from COMM 1901 will perform two classical pieces, followed by a discussion on classical music as protest music.

4:40 to 5:00 p.m.: Mark Pedelty's band will perform "Dump the Bosses Off Your Back" and one original song. Included will be a discussion of music as environmental protest.

NOTE: A related exhibit on the history of protest music will run through April at Wilson Library. It features books and resources on protest music from the Civil War to the turbulent 1960s anti-Vietnam war movement to the Arab Spring.

Erdrich is the author of 14 novels as well as volumes of poetry, short stories, children's books, and a memoir of early motherhood.

Her novel "Love Medicine" won the National Book Critics Circle Award. "The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse" was a finalist for the National Book Award. "The Plague of Doves" won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Most recently, her novel, "The Round House," won the 2012 National Book Award for fiction.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with an awards presentation and reception, followed by dinner and the Friends of the Libraries business meeting at 6:15 p.m. Erdrich will speak at 8:00 p.m. An author signing will follow with books available for sale courtesy of Birchbark Books.

Ticket Information

Purchase tickets by May 1 at the University of Minnesota Tickets and Events office: 612-624-2345 or z.umn.edu/libtix.

The cost is $48 each for members of the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries, and $58 each for the general public (price includes dinner).

Parking and Directions

Information about parking and directions to the McNamara Alumni Center is available at mac-events.org/directions/.

About the Friends of the Libraries

Friends of the Libraries are advocates for advancing the University of Minnesota Libraries and for strengthening the Libraries as the vital center in scholarly life at the University of Minnesota. Friends of the Libraries have an enthusiasm for books and learning as well as an appreciation for the Libraries' importance to the University.

In 2002, JHSUM founders Nathan and Theresa Berman created a $500,000 endowment for the collections at the University’s Andersen Library, and the archives were named for them as a permanent memorial to their vision. At the time, about half of the collection was moved to the University. Recently, the remaining half was transferred, putting in one place a major research collection on Jewish history, communities, religion, and culture in the Upper Midwest.

The University of Minnesota Libraries has hired archivist Katherine Dietrick to oversee the JHSUM collection. Dietrick most recently was an assistant archivist at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and an archivist at the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in New York City.

Collection is valuable resource for historical research and more

The reunited collections will now comprise more than 1,000 cubic feet of material and will form a valuable resource for historical research, exhibitions, and public programming. The combined collections included the records of the St. Paul and Minneapolis Jewish Federations, Community Centers, Talmud Torahs, the Jewish Vocational Service, Jewish Community Relations Council, Hillel, as well as various synagogue records, and records of the Minnesota Rabbinical Association and women's organizations such as Hadassah, National Council of Jewish Women, and Mount Sinai Hospital Women's Auxiliary.

In addition, they contain a wealth of material collected by individuals about early Jewish settlement and life in St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Duluth; out-state Minnesota and North and South Dakota. The collections also include family papers, club and association materials and ephemera, personal narratives of Jewish life in the Upper Midwest, materials documenting family owned businesses in the Jewish community, as well as books and publications.

“Jews make up less than one percent of Minnesota’s population, yet the Jewish community has made a much greater impact in the region than our numbers would lead one to believe,” said Jamie Heilicher, President of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest. “To have our story housed shoulder-to-shoulder with other holdings of such a great Minnesota institution as the University is a phenomenal testament to the work of our founders.”

The Society’s collections are available for personal and scholarly research as well as educational use and are an invaluable resource for anyone interested in understanding the American Jewish experience from a Midwestern perspective.

About the Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives

The Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives (UMJA) located within the Social Welfare Archives suite at the University of Minnesota's Elmer L. Andersen Library contain the most important archival holdings of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest. The JHSUM was founded in 1984, and its mission is to promote the vitality and continuity of Jewish culture in the upper Midwest through preservation, interpretation and education.

The conference is sponsored by the Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota and the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota.

The conference will feature presentations by a stellar group of international Sherlockians, vendor tables, a silent auction of selected duplicate items from the collections, an exhibit of rare and unique materials from the collections, a dramatic performance by the Red-Throated League of the Norwegian Explorers, and the Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections.

The registration fee of $165 per person includes all presentations, Saturday lunch and banquet dinner, refreshments at breaks, and conference keepsakes. Additional Saturday evening banquet dinners for guests are $40 per person.

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MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (02/20/2013) — The University of Minnesota will partner with Coursera, a leading massive open online course (MOOC) platform, to develop free online courses as part of the university's efforts to improve teaching and learning through technology.

"We're excited by the opportunity to explore innovative ways of using e-learning to extend the reach of University of Minnesota educational offerings across the state, nation and globe," said University Provost Karen Hanson. "This partnership will give people from around the world the opportunity to learn from the U's world-class faculty at a time when we are working harder than ever to increase access to higher education, reach broader audiences and strengthen our land-grant mission."

Coursera, which launched in April 2012 and was co-founded by two Stanford computer science professors, provides an interactive learning experience. Effective teaching strategies are combined with video lectures, interactive content and a global community of peers to offer students a unique online learning experience. The platform enables professors to teach tens or hundreds of thousands of students per course. To date, Coursera has registered more than 2.7 million users and is seeing approximately 1.45 course enrollments per month.

"I applaud the University of Minnesota for taking advantage of emerging technologies to provide high-quality educational experiences," said Larry Pogemiller, director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.

Hanson said the nonexclusive partnership will inform the university's long-term strategy for e-learning, to improve learning outcomes and course availability. In addition to MOOCs, the U of M e-learning strategy includes improving undergraduate teaching and learning by targeting selected programs and courses for enhancement and redesign. The strategy also aims to provide graduate and professional students with alternative access to select post-baccalaureate programs by offering them in online or blended formats, which combine face-to-face classroom methods with technology-supported learning.

Coursera course design is grounded in research-based pedagogical foundations that are proven to contribute to student learning and engagement. The U will draw from the experience of students enrolled in its MOOCs to enhance curricula, pedagogy and course design, researching how people learn.

Five University of Minnesota faculty members plan to offer Coursera courses:

• Professor Chris Cramer, College of Science and Engineering, "Statistical Molecular Thermodynamics"
• Assistant Professor Jason Hill, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, "Sustainability of Food Systems: A Global Life Cycle Perspective"
• Assistant Professor Karen Monsen, School of Nursing, "Interprofessional Healthcare Informatics"
• Associate Professor Michael Oakes, School of Public Health, "Social Epidemiology"
• Professor Peggy Root, College of Veterinary Medicine, "Canine Theriogenology for Dog Enthusiasts"

Faculty members across other disciplines are developing additional courses to be offered beginning in fall 2013.

Coursera will not charge the University of Minnesota for hosting its courses, and the U will retain the rights to course content. The U may repurpose its Coursera content to enhance traditional course offerings for enrolled, credit-seeking students.

Earlier this month, the American Council on Education (ACE) announced that four undergraduate courses offered through Coursera are eligible for ACE credit recommendations if students take an identity-verified, proctored exam. These are the first MOOCs approved for college credit. However, credit is granted at the discretion of each institution.

The University of Minnesota is one of four Big Ten institutions joining with Coursera today (Northwestern University, Penn State University and the University of Wisconsin). Three other Big Ten peers (University of Illinois, Ohio State University and University of Michigan) currently offer courses through Coursera, as well as the University of Maryland, which becomes part of the Big Ten Conference in 2014.

For more information on the University of Minnesota's e-learning strategy, visit academic.umn.edu/provost.

For more information on Coursera, visit coursera.org.

Painted renderings of backdrops, sketches, and other artifacts from the Performing Arts Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries will be featured in the exhibit that explores the exotic worlds created by the scenic artists for both public theatres and private fraternal spaces of the Freemasons. The exhibit is guest curated by Professor C. Lance Brockman of the University's Department of Theatre Arts and Dance. It runs from Jan. 15 through March 15, 2013 at the Elmer L. Andersen Library and is free and open to the public.

The exhibit documents the backstage technical environment of the popular stage during the late-19th and early-20th centuries. The artifacts include original renderings and materials from Twin City Scenic company, Great Western Stage Equipment company, and the Holak collection.

The companies used these materials to market their painted drop scenery to public theatres across the country and later to fraternal organizations, such as the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. Brockman said that the Freemasons use of theatre and set design in their degree rituals helped them to boost membership.

"What had once been recitation, previously, now becomes a lively and fun theatrical presentation - you can see how attractive this would be to potential members," Brockman said. "And as public theatre became less and less of a market for these scenic studios, the Freemasons became more and more of a market."

Brockman instrumental in acquiring collections for the U

Brockman, who is retiring after 40 years, was instrumental in acquiring the collections for the University of Minnesota, beginning in 1983. His research into this period of set design, he said, was primarily to help him teach theatre students about the nearly lost craft of painted drop scenery, especially for the New Minnesota Centennial Showboat.

"The exhibit shows people that we have the collections and it's also a great resource for scenic artists," said Peter Baker, a recent theatre arts graduate who assisted Brockman with the design and installation of the exhibit. "The art of painting these drops was never really passed down. It sort of died off. But having the sketches and being able to look at the extant work, you can actually pick out how they did it, how they painted it. It becomes a resource, not only for the historical context, but the practice itself - the art, as well as the artifact."

It's also just a lot of fun. "When you see the drops on stage, in full color and in full scale, it's a big 'whee' - it's fun," Brockman said.

Recent Theatre arts graduate Nicky Rodriguez served as assistant curator supporting Brockman with the selection of thematic objects from over 3000 sketches and models.

Gallery Hours

Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Friday; and 8:30 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. For more information, go to z.umn.edu/stage. All images are available online at lib.umn.edu/scrbm/paa/scenery.

An exhibit reception honoring Professor Lance Brockman for his leadership, scholarship, teaching, and artistry in the area of scenic design will be held Jan. 29, 5 p.m., at Elmer L. Andersen Library. For more, go to z.umn.edu/brockman.

About C. Lance Brockman

C. Lance Brockman is a professor in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance.

During his tenure at the University of Minnesota, Brockman's research into the art of early stage craft, scenic painting, and its historic development became the subject for a major exhibition titled "The Twin City Scenic Collection: 1895-1929," which he served as curator for the University Art Museum at the University of Minnesota in 1987. The materials from the exhibit continue as The Twin City Scenic Collection online, becoming one of the first computer-based research tools of its kind through the University's Special Collections Performing Arts Archive.

This exhibition provided the impetus for the Weisman's 1996 exhibition "Theatre of the Fraternity: Staging the Ritual Space of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry 1896-1929," which Brockman also served as curator. Both exhibits were supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and the materials were subsequently exhibited in a national tour.

Under Brockman's leadership as department chair (1995-2001), funding for the Barbara Barker Dance Center was completed, and the Dance Program grew into one of the top four programs in the nation. He was instrumental in the University's collaboration with the Guthrie Theatre for the development in the highly visible and nationally respected BFA acting program. In addition, he served as project manager for the Minnesota Centennial Showboat project bringing this long-standing tradition back to the river in 2002. He also helped the University's College of Liberal Arts (CLA) partner with "Project Success" - a program that brings Minneapolis high school students to campus and theatre.

In 2003, the University of Minnesota with the President's Award honored him for his distinguished service. In years following, he was named a fellow of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) for his outstanding contributions to the profession of theatre and the work of USITT, the association of design, production, and technology professionals in the performing arts and entertainment industry.

Brockman was a member of the Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs, CLA Advisory Committee for the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, CLA Assembly, Council of Chairs, and College Executive Committee, the Budget Advisory Committee.

He is nationally renowned for his artistic work and scholarly research. His research and passion for historical design has inspired thousands, including his students who come to the University to study with him. One person wrote, "In addition to his daily activities as teacher, administrator, fundraiser, scholar, and artist, he is a great leader and motivator of people. I think his greatest gift is not only that he contributes greatly to the University in these roles, but he inspires and motivates others to do so as well."

The association used these in education messages, along with research, undercover investigations, and civic action in an effort to eradicate prostitution and human trafficking, while promoting the prevention and proper treatment of STDs.

"One of the things that the American Social Health Association believed in strongly was bringing prostitution, human trafficking, and STDs to light," said Linnea Anderson, a curator with the Social Welfare and History Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries. "They believed that if you swept it under the rug, kept it secret, that it allowed them to flourish. It's one of the reasons we selected the cartoon, 'If we can get the beast out of his lair...' for the theme of the exhibit."

Today, these terms are outdated, humorous, even offensive. But, in some respects, that makes for a great teaching tool.

"We use this collection to teach classes to graduate students and undergraduates," Anderson said. "And when the student reacts strongly to a document - they think it's hysterical, they think it's ridiculous, they think it's outrageous, or it makes them angry, or it makes them laugh - that's the moment when you're really experiencing the difference between the past and the present."

"It's really a great history lesson when it comes to sexual health," said Darren Terpstra, the exhibit designer. "You're able to see how this all started and where we've come today, because it's very relevant today. But what you get to see is not only how far we've come, but how we actually haven't come very far at all, in some respects."

"For example are there particular hotels where you can rent by the hour, are there cabbies, who on the side, will bring you to a house of a ill repute, are the police turning a blind eye?" Anderson said. Investigators also looked into whether communities had illegitimate practitioners offering "quack" or ineffective treatments for syphilis and gonorrhea.

Anderson added that investigators used the information in meetings with community, civic, and religious leaders in efforts to combat prostitution.

"The American Social Health Association called that the American plan," Anderson said. "They were against what they referred to as the European plan or the European model of segregating and tolerating prostitution, and inspecting prostitutes, who we would now call sex workers. They thought that prostitution should be eradicated entirely."

Were the campaigns successful?
In both World War I and World War II, the ASHA worked with the United States military on sexual health campaigns to reduce the rates of sexually transmitted diseases, and Anderson said, there's evidence that each of these campaigns was successful.

"The reason for this, historically, was that looking back on the wars in U.S. history, there had been a spike in STD infections in every war," Anderson said. "And there is evidence in their own files and elsewhere that they were successful in decreasing the rate of infections amongst troops in both wars."

Were the campaigns successful over time? Anderson said that's a potential research project in the offing. But one thing is for certain: There are plenty of materials to draw from in the archives.

Said Anderson: "The reality is that there are still STD infections, STDs are still a public health issue. Prostitution and human trafficking are still serious issues. But that doesn't mean that a particular campaign hasn't been successful."

The American Social Health Association, which started in 1914, is still active in promoting sexual health, the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, as well as health policy and advocacy, Anderson said.

The collection dates back to 1905 through the 2000s and contains education materials, research information, and statistical studies of various communities. "It's just a real rich and varied set of materials," Anderson said.

More Information
The exhibit, "If we can get the beast out of his lair...," runs through Dec. 31, 2012 at Elmer L. Andersen Library.

• More about the Social Welfare History Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

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