Inside the Collection: Take Two Licorice Roots and Call Me in the Morning (100-05-16-12)
Wednesday, May 16, Noon - 1:00 p.m.
$7.50 member/$10.00 non-member, Beginner-Intermediate, Lecture / Demo, Limit 30, Snyder Building
Herbals from the 16th century offer an eye into how important the knowledge of plants was in treating ailments. Without professional doctors at hand, men and women needed to be able to recognize the plants that could provide relief to a large range of illnesses. In this class, Andersen Horticultural Library head Kathy Allen will take you on a journey through these wonderfully illustrated volumes about the plants and what they reveal about how these plants should be used (or not).

Inside the Collection: Shaping the Land (100-06-20-12)
Wednesday, June 20, Noon - 1:00 p.m.
$7.50 member/$10.00 non-member, Beginner-Intermediate, Lecture / Demo, Limit 30, Snyder Building
The scope and definition of landscape design has drastically evolved in thought and practice of the centuries. In this class, led by Andersen Horticulture Library head Kathy Allen, you will gain an understanding of how changes have occurred and reoccurred in landscape design and architecture, from the innovative "red books" of Humphry Repton, to a look at formal gardens in England and Scotland.

Inside the Collection: Flowers Personified (100-09-05-12)
Wednesday, September 5, Noon-1 p.m.
$7.50 member/$12.00 non-member, All Levels, Lecture / Demo, Limit 30, Snyder Building

Flowers have long been associated with special meanings, with poetry, and with magical creatures. Learn some phrases in the "language of flowers" and examine books from the middle decades of the 19th century that pair floral bouquets with poetry. Join Andersen Horticulture Librarian Kathy Allen as she shares with you an especially charming book which the library has in both French and English: The Flowers Personified, or, Les fleurs anime´es. Take home a print scanned from this lovely book.

Inside the Collection: Out of the Woods (100-10-03-12)
Wednesday, October 3, Noon - 1:00 p.m.
$7.50 member/$12.00 non-member, All Levels, Lecture / Demo, Limit 30, Snyder Building

Trees capture our attention this time of year with their beautiful leaves - let the "leaves" of rare books dazzle you as well. Andersen Horticulture Librarian Kathy Allen will share some unique and finely illustrated works including a multi-volume set of actual wood slices from hundreds of different trees and a volume of portraits of majestic trees in their pastoral surroundings.

Inside the Collection: Look at a Book (100-11-07-12)
Wednesday, November 7, Noon- 1 p.m.
$7.50 member/$12.00 non-member, All Levels, Lecture / Demo, Limit 30, Snyder Building

Sometimes the design and construction of a book is as interesting as its contents. Andersen Horticultural Library has some exquisite examples that librarian Kathy Allen will share, including a 40-lb. volume of The Highgrove Florilegium, wrapped in its own handmade blanket. Other items include a book created in 1651, and fine printmaking examples by artist and book maker C.B. Sherlock and wood engraver Gaylord Schanilec.

Inside the Collection: Curator's Choice (100-12-05-12)
Wednesday, December 5, Noon-1 p.m.
$7.50 member/$12.00 non-member, All Levels, Lecture / Demo, Limit 30, Snyder Building

Andersen Horticulture Librarian Kathy Allen has selected a number of choice items from Andersen Horticultural Library's climate-controlled "vault." They are currently her favorites for their beauty, design, rarity, or just plain quirkiness. In addition to books, an array of antique seed and nursery catalogs and miscellaneous objects will be shared. This is a rare glimpse inside this dazzling library right here at the Arboretum!

230 Ruttan Hall
1994 Buford Avenue
University of Minnesota - St. Paul Campus

Features:
Live farm animals
Minnesota agricultural industry exhibits
Educational displays
Activities for kids

CV/Résumé Building and Formatting for Academia and Industry
Wednesday, March 28, 4 - 6 p.m.
230 Science Teaching and Student Services Building

Career Networking Breakfast Prep Session
Friday, March 30, 2012
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Small-group 1 hr consultations on resumes, personal commercial, networking etc.
215 Blegen Hall

AND:
Career Networking Breakfast
for Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Researchers and Alumni
Friday, April 13, 2012
University Hotel, Minneapolis - Ballroom, 615 Washington Avenue SE
9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
For info and to register, http://www.grad.umn.edu/network/

Interested in costume design? Browse many items in Magrath's collection and available online.

A climate-controlled room at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum holds thousands of rare books documenting a half-millennia of natural history. However, Andersen Horticultural Library visitors might find themselves sitting on, rather than reading, an invaluable object.

In the early 1970s, the late Gov. Elmer Andersen and his wife, Eleanor, filled the then-new library with commissions by master craftsman George Nakashima - tables, shelves, magazine racks, display cabinets and even a clock. There are 79 Nakashima pieces in the library, mostly fashioned from American black walnut.

Read more: Chaska Herald - Splendid table

Read more: Chaska Herald - Splendid table

NOMINATE MINNESOTA'S TOP 10 PLANTS: A public awareness campaign at the U of M Landscape Arboretum asks, "Which plants changed Minnesota and transformed how we live today?" The Arboretum is encouraging the public to nominate specific plant(s) for a state Top 10 list, open through April 15. For more information, see Top 10.

This exciting project will include educational activities in CFANS related to the top ten plants during the 2012-13 academic year!

Students need to bring their W2's, 1042's, a completed federal return using Glacier Tax Prep, and they should try to begin filling in the state M1 and M1PR returns. These tax help sessions have been very popular in past years. The Libraries web page explaining where to get free tax help and free tax forms is at: http://www.lib.umn.edu/libdata/page.phtml?page_id=1043 .

"Researchers from the University of Minnesota are working to
understand more about the relationship between these unusual
freeze-resistant insects and the fish that eat them in streams in the
southeastern part of the state. The three-year project is primarily
about brown trout, a popular target for anglers. "We're thinking that
a changing climate and increasing air temperatures will affect water
temperatures, and that could reduce [fish] populations," said
entomology professor Len Ferrington, principal investigator on the
project."

Moodle: Integrating Library Resources Wed, 01/11/2012 - 10:30am - 11:30am

Grant Funding for Graduate Students Wed, 01/11/2012 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Formatting Your Dissertation or Thesis in *Microsoft Word* Thu, 01/12/2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

Mendeley: Get Organized Thu, 01/19/2012 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm

EndNote: Basics Wed, 01/25/2012 - 11:00am - 12:30pm

Zotero: Basics Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:00am - 12:30pm

RefWorks: Basics Tue, 01/31/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm

To see the complete list and register go to: http://www.lib.umn.edu/services/workshops/registration.
If these times are inconvenient or you can't get to campus, we also have a number of recorded workshops and tutorials at http://z.umn.edu/ultutorials.