Clone of Libraries Events

4/5 Workshop: Money Smart: Credit and You

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:47:05 -0600

Tuesday, April 5, 2011
2:15pm – 3:00pm
Location: 101 Walter Library

How do you avoid needing to "build a ladder out of debt?" This workshop will cover the basics of credit usage, credit scores and improving your credit history. You will learn why credit ratings are important, and tips for protecting against credit fraud and identify theft.

Friends of the Libraries: An Evening with Garrison Keillor

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:11:03 -0600

The Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries 2011 Annual Dinner
will feature American author, humorist, musician, and radio personality
Garrison Keillor.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
McNamara Alumni Center
200 Oak Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Tickets for dinner and Keillor's presentation are $46 for members of the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries, $56 for the general public. Purchase by May 3 at the Northrop Ticket Office: 612-624-2345 or www.tickets.umn.edu

Program
5:30 p.m.
Awards presentation and reception with cash bar

6:15 p.m.
Dinner and business meeting

8:00 p.m.
Appearance by Garrison Keillor

3/29 Workshop: Google: Advanced Searching for Researchers

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:16:32 -0600

Tuesday, March 29, 2011
11:00am – 12:30pm
Location: S30B Wilson Library

Google is a research tool! Explore the new tools and technology that pair Google-efficient tools with library-quality results to weave together a rich information web that goes beyond the World Wide Web. Learn advanced search techniques and tools such as Google Scholar, Google Books, Alerts and more.

3/24 Workshop: Creating Posters Using PowerPoint

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:15:22 -0600

Thursday, March 24, 2011
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Location: 310 Walter Library

Getting ready to do a poster at an upcoming conference? Learn pointers about using PowerPoint to create the poster as one giant slide, and send it to a large-scale printer.

RESOURCE • RETURN • RECYCLE

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:43:12 -0600

What: Annual Art in Libraries Exhibit
When: Wednesday, March 9 – Friday, May 6, 2011
Where: Wilson Library
Free and open to the public

Opening Reception:
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.
T.R. Anderson Gallery, Wilson Library

This year's Art in Libraries exhibition features a broad range of work by U of M students and faculty. The artists explore the theme RESOURCE • RETURN • RECYCLE as questions, factors, and implications to be interpreted both literally and conceptually. In this way, the exhibition reflects the condition, process, and cycle, which establish the identity of the artists' work.

Student Curators: Tonya Balik & Josh Ostraff
Faculty Advisor: Diane Katsiaficas
Project Coordinator: Deborah K. Ultan Boudewyns
Project Coordinator Intern: Shannon Klug

Visual Spaces, Literary Places

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:43:12 -0600

What: Annual Gorman Rare Art Book Exhibit
When: Friday, March 11 – Friday, May 6, 2011
Where: T.R. Anderson Gallery, Wilson Library
Free and open to the public

Opening Reception:
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.
T.R. Anderson Gallery, Wilson Library

Selections from the Francis V. Gorman Rare and Special Art Book Collection have been highlighted in annual exhibitions since 2003. These exhibitions have focused on themes such as celebrity culture, graphic design, the history of exhibition catalogs, and the ritual of reading, to suitably and beautifully reveal the rare materials in the collection. By extending the curatorship to especially appointed graduate students, the exhibits serve as a scholarly and collaborative opportunity between faculty, students, departments, and the Libraries. These curatorial contributions will be showcased in this year's retrospective.

Student Curators: Emily Sienkiewicz & Laura Wertheim
Faculty Advisor: Gabe Weisberg
Project Coordinator: Deborah K. Ultan Boudewyns
Project Coordinator Intern: Shannon Klug
Exhibit Designer: Darren Terpstra

3/10 Workshop: Intro to Library Research

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:25:13 -0600

Thursday, March 10, 2011
11:15am - 12:30pm
Location: S30C Wilson Library

Gain an overview of the University Libraries. Learn the basics of academic research including search techniques, how to find articles, how to evaluate your sources and more. This workshop is designed for new students to the University.

Money Smart: Credit and You

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:47:48 -0600

When: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 2:15-3:15 pm
Where: 101 Walter Library

How do you avoid needing to 'build a ladder out of debt'? Presenter Rosemary Heins of the University of Minnesota Extension will cover the basics of credit usage, credit scores, and improving your credit history. Attendees will learn why credit ratings are important and get tips for protecting against credit fraud and identify theft. This workshop, part of Money Smart Week, is geared toward students but is free and open to the public.

Layering Time and Motion: Paintings and Installation by Joonja Lee Mornes

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:43:12 -0600

What: Exhibit
When: Monday, February 7 through Friday, April 29, 2011
Where: Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library
Free and open to the public

Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.

Artist Joonja Lee Mornes draws inspiration from watching nature in various lights through the seasons. Seasonal, temporal, and phenomenal changes were a constant part of Mornes's observations while growing up in Korea. Since then her observations have turned from the rice fields to the prairie landscape.

Selected paintings and new window installation pieces will be featured in the exhibit, Layering Time and Motion: Paintings and installation by Joonja Lee Mornes.

This exhibition is Mornes's second Cultural Community Partnership Grants Award from the Minnesota State Arts Board. The University Libraries' Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library is pleased to be the hosting partner for this exhibition.

Mornes has recently exhibited at the Phipps Center for the Arts, the Flaten Art Museum in St. Olaf College and the College of St. Benedict. Other past exhibition highlights are an installation at the MAEP Gallery in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, scenery design for a dance theater production, Cut Sleeve, at Intermedia Arts, and a group exhibition at the Katherine Nash Teaching Gallery, University of Minnesota.

Second Annual Pankake Poetry Series featuring Louis Jenkins

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:43:11 -0600

Who: Poet Louis Jenkins
When: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 • 4:00 p.m.
Where: 120 Elmer L. Andersen Library
Free and open to the public

The Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries proudly present the second annual Pankake Poetry Series featuring Louis Jenkins.

Reading at 4:00; reception to follow with books available for sale courtesy of the University of Minnesota Bookstore.

Reservations requested by Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at 612-624-9339 or stangret@umn.edu.

Louis Jenkins' poems have been published in a number of literary magazines and anthologies, including The Best American Poetry and Great American Prose Poems. Jenkins, who has been featured on A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac, received the 1995 Minnesota Book Award for Nice Fish and the 1997 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Just Above Water. His most recent books are North of the Cities (2007), European Shoes (2008), and Before You Know It: Prose Poems 1970-2005 (2009), all published by Will o' the Wisp Books.

The Pankake Poetry Series was founded in honor of librarian Marcia Pankake, whose love of poetry was demonstrated in the countless readings and poetry events she hosted at the University Libraries until her retirement in 2007.

The Arts of Social Justice: The Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:43:12 -0600

What: Exhibit
When: Tuesday, February 1 through Friday, May 20, 2011
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library Atrium Gallery
Free and open to the public

This exhibit will explore major themes found within the Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.

A Heart Connects Us: The Experience of Migration and the 'Minnesota School' of Immigration History

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:43:12 -0600

What: Exhibit
When: February 14 - April 8, 2011
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library
Free and open to the public

In pursuing his dream of a collaboration that would collect immigrant letters in Europe and America, Theodore Blegen worked to reveal "grassroots history" through his scholarship at the University of Minnesota and other institutions. The Immigration History Research Center makes that dream come alive in a multi-media project that constructs emotional portraits of immigrants through Finnish, Italian, Russian, and Ukrainian letters from the IHRC's ethnic collections. The exhibit includes selections from Blegen's personal papers drawn from the collections of the University Archives.

Seed Stories: Catalogs of Life and Gardens in America

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:43:12 -0600

What: Exhibit
When: Friday, January 7–Sunday, May 15, 2011
Where: Reedy Gallery and Andersen Horticultural Library, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Blvd, Chaska, MN 55318
hours, fees, and directions: www.arboretum.umn.edu

Seed and nursery catalogs have long used beautiful images to entice customers. Dozens of selections from Andersen Horticultural Library's rich collection of 57,000 catalogs are a testament to their research value as well as their beauty. Stories of local characters, including three Minneapolis seedswomen, regional pioneers, and colonial innovators give a more intimate look at the life and gardens surrounding these publications.

Out of Bounds: Challenging the Status Quo

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:43:12 -0600

What: First Fridays
When: at noon on the first Friday of each month (see below for specific dates and topics)
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library
Free and open to the public

This year's First Fridays series, Out of Bounds: Challenging the Status Quo, will explore the concepts of suppression and expression in the varied collections held by the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Throughout history, questions of access versus restriction have been debated in scientific theory, religion, political thought, and creative thinking. Presenters will examine who have decided these questions—and why.

October 1, 2010
Living Legends Reflect!: Working toward Women's Equity on Campus
Presented by University Archives and the Women's Center

November 5, 2010
Preserving Culture, Promoting Understanding
A Special Event to Open the New Exhibit Celebrating 10 Years of the Tretter Collection at the U of M
Presented by the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies

In 2000, the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies came to the University of Minnesota and to Andersen Library. This collection preserves the artifacts of a community and culture whose existence was long denied and whose art and artifacts were often censored and destroyed, and now presents them to a vast array of faculty, students, and researchers. This presentation focuses on the importance of this resource to University of Minnesota community.

Speakers will include:
Professor Regina Kunzel, Chair, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Anne Phibbs, Director, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Office

December 3, 2010
Banned Children's Books and Censorship of Comic Books
Presented by the Children's Literature Research Collections

J. Randolph Cox, Hess Collection Honorary Consultant and Editor of Dime Novel Round Up, notes that "Reading dime novels and other cheap literature was once thought to lead to a life of crime. When the authorities attacked material considered sensational and filled with stories of bloodshed and crime, publishers were forced to devise ways to stay in business and out of jail."

Meredith Gillies, CLRC Library Assistant, will talk about how censorship of the sensational did not end with the dime novels and story papers.

Karen Nelson Hoyle, CLRC Curator, will talk about censorship of three Newbery Award winning books--Jean Craighead George, Julie of the Wolves (1972), Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia (Crowell, 1977), and Lois Lowry, The Giver (Houghton Mifflin, 1993). Images come from their books and manuscripts in the Kerlan Collection.

February 4, 2011
Literary Resistance and Talking Out Loud
Presented by the Givens Collection of African American Literature

Controlling Information in the Age of Discovery
Presented by the James Ford Bell Library

March 4, 2011
Wartime Military Censorship & Detention Camps
Presented by the Immigration History Research Center and the Social Welfare History Archives

European refugees produced a remarkable outpouring of print in Displaced Person camps immediately after World War II. Elizabeth Haven Hawley, Program Director of the Immigration History Research Center, analyzes how military administration of camps and the scarcity of printing materials affected the production, distribution and consumption of cultural print.

In February 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed executive order 9066, authorizing the relocation and internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans. Linnea Anderson, Assistant Archivist of the Social Welfare History Archives, will discuss how evidence in the Survey Associates records reveals how the political climate and the demands of military censorship affected the effort by staff of Survey magazine to present the story of a Japanese detention camp during the World War II era.

April 1, 2011
Censorship and Silence in Early Maps and Atlases
Presented by the James Ford Bell Library

Secrecy and Censure in the History of Health Care
Presented by the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine

May 6, 2011
Wired Communities/ Wired Lives: Social Issues in Computing
Presented by the Charles Babbage Institute

Literary Manuscripts: Silences and Outbursts
Presented by the Upper Midwest Literary Archives

2011 Kerlan Award: Jane Kurtz

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:43:12 -0600

What: 2011 Kerlan Award luncheon and award presentation
When: Saturday, April 2, 2011
Noon: luncheon
(advance registration required by Friday, March 25. Cost is $20; $15 for Kerlan Friends)
1:15 p.m.: ceremony with speech by Jane Kurtz
(free and open to the public)
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library
Who: Jane Kurtz, 2011 Kerlan Award Recipient

Children's author Jane Kurtz will receive the Kerlan Award in recognition of achievement in children's literature and appreciation of donation of materials to the Kerlan Collection. Kurtz is the author of many books, including Lanie's Real Adventures, American Girl's 2010 Book of the year; River Friendly, River Wild; The Storyteller's Beads; and Do Kangaroos Wear Seat Belts?

Learn more about the Kerlan Collection and the Kerlan Friends membership.