Lisa Carter
@lisarcarter.bsky.social
flickerfuzion elsewhere; Dean of Libraries, University of Michigan
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Save the date: #GivingTuesday is one week away! We hope you'll help support U-M students’ comfort, connection, and overall well-being by helping us expand our popular therapy dog events to offer more stress-busting activities during mid-terms and finals. https://myumi.ch/8qnbj
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Save the date: #GivingTuesday is one week away! We hope you'll help support U-M students’ comfort, connection, and overall well-being by helping us expand our popular therapy dog events to offer more stress-busting activities during mid-terms and finals. https://myumi.ch/8qnbj
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The new #openaccess book "Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI" by Nina Beguš encourages readers to use the humanities to thoughtfully approach the development of AI. Start reading now at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The new #openaccess book "Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI" by Nina Beguš encourages readers to use the humanities to thoughtfully approach the development of AI. Start reading now at doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
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As we approach #Thanksgiving, we share a #FREE #OA book on gratitude.
It tells the story of Aaron Dworkin, a MacArthur Fellow & spoken word artist who's dedicated his life’s work to changing the face of classical arts in the world.
Thanks! @uofmpress.bsky.social
#ReadUP #TeamUP
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It tells the story of Aaron Dworkin, a MacArthur Fellow & spoken word artist who's dedicated his life’s work to changing the face of classical arts in the world.
Thanks! @uofmpress.bsky.social
#ReadUP #TeamUP
bit.ly/48r2f7Z
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
As we approach #Thanksgiving, we share a #FREE #OA book on gratitude.
It tells the story of Aaron Dworkin, a MacArthur Fellow & spoken word artist who's dedicated his life’s work to changing the face of classical arts in the world.
Thanks! @uofmpress.bsky.social
#ReadUP #TeamUP
bit.ly/48r2f7Z
It tells the story of Aaron Dworkin, a MacArthur Fellow & spoken word artist who's dedicated his life’s work to changing the face of classical arts in the world.
Thanks! @uofmpress.bsky.social
#ReadUP #TeamUP
bit.ly/48r2f7Z
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New from Authors Alliance: An Interview w/Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM) re Big Ten Open Books Program
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#ScholComm #Libraries #OpenBooks #OpenAccess #OA
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#ScholComm #Libraries #OpenBooks #OpenAccess #OA
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Big Ten Open Books: An Interview with Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM)
Authors Alliance has had a longstanding interest in helping authors see their older books reinvigorated with new life by making them available online for free on an open access basis. One of the mo…
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November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
New from Authors Alliance: An Interview w/Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM) re Big Ten Open Books Program
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/11/20/b...
#ScholComm #Libraries #OpenBooks #OpenAccess #OA
@authorsalliance.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social @bigtenacademic.bsky.social
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#ScholComm #Libraries #OpenBooks #OpenAccess #OA
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Have you ever heard of Piri Reis' World Map? Created by the Ottoman cartographer Piri Reis in 1513, this map is one of the oldest known geographical depictions of the Americas. On this #MapMonday, learn more about other examples of Islamic mapping: https://myumi.ch/3RX8D
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Have you ever heard of Piri Reis' World Map? Created by the Ottoman cartographer Piri Reis in 1513, this map is one of the oldest known geographical depictions of the Americas. On this #MapMonday, learn more about other examples of Islamic mapping: https://myumi.ch/3RX8D
Glad to be part of a community that will be mapping Diamond Open Access publishing to provide actionable recommendations in support of sustainable, non-commercial scholarly publishing. @bigtenacademic.bsky.social @caldiglib.bsky.social @wearelyrasis.bsky.social sky.social btaa.org/about/news-a...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Glad to be part of a community that will be mapping Diamond Open Access publishing to provide actionable recommendations in support of sustainable, non-commercial scholarly publishing. @bigtenacademic.bsky.social @caldiglib.bsky.social @wearelyrasis.bsky.social sky.social btaa.org/about/news-a...
It's Third Thursday at @umichlibrary.bsky.social! I had no idea that kit-house company Aladdin was out of Bay City. Learn more at The Michigan Kit-House Industry: Not Just a Flash in the Pan www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
The Michigan Kit-House Industry: Not Just a Flash in the Pan
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November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's Third Thursday at @umichlibrary.bsky.social! I had no idea that kit-house company Aladdin was out of Bay City. Learn more at The Michigan Kit-House Industry: Not Just a Flash in the Pan www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Join us in the @umichlibrary.bsky.social Special Collections Research Center for a showcase of the recently processed Ezra and Sara Seegar Stone Papers this Third Thursday (tomorrow)! Ezra Stone: The Busiest Man in Hollywood www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Ezra Stone: The Busiest Man in Hollywood
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November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Join us in the @umichlibrary.bsky.social Special Collections Research Center for a showcase of the recently processed Ezra and Sara Seegar Stone Papers this Third Thursday (tomorrow)! Ezra Stone: The Busiest Man in Hollywood www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Explore the literary achievements of Nobel Prize in Literature laureates from East Asia who have shaped global literature with @umichlibrary.bsky.social during this Third Thursday! Pen, Ink, and Prestige: Nobel Laureates in Literature from East Asia www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Pen, Ink, and Prestige: Nobel Laureates in Literature from East Asia
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November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Explore the literary achievements of Nobel Prize in Literature laureates from East Asia who have shaped global literature with @umichlibrary.bsky.social during this Third Thursday! Pen, Ink, and Prestige: Nobel Laureates in Literature from East Asia www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Join us this Third Thursday for a look at @umichlibrary.bsky.social International Studies collections exploring grassroots movements, their impacts, and the echoes of their resistance! Waves of Resistance, Tides of Change www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Waves of Resistance, Tides of Change
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November 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Join us this Third Thursday for a look at @umichlibrary.bsky.social International Studies collections exploring grassroots movements, their impacts, and the echoes of their resistance! Waves of Resistance, Tides of Change www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Post Rock, not a new genre of music, but instead, a patented technology for creating a cladding material from waste plastics. Come learn more at the next @umichlibrary.bsky.social Material Conversations event! www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Post Rock: Incorporating Plastic Waste into Building Products
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November 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Post Rock, not a new genre of music, but instead, a patented technology for creating a cladding material from waste plastics. Come learn more at the next @umichlibrary.bsky.social Material Conversations event! www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Creative Arts Meetup (CAM) @umichlibrary.bsky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Creative Arts Meetup (CAM)
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November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Creative Arts Meetup (CAM) @umichlibrary.bsky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Join @umichlibrary.bsky.social for this workshop on painting and drawing portraits on salvaged materials. Tomorrow Tuesday, November 11, 2025 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Shapiro Library. Cardboard Reliquary: A Portraiture Workshop with Narsiso Martinez www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Cardboard Reliquary: A Portraiture Workshop with Narsiso Martinez
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November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Join @umichlibrary.bsky.social for this workshop on painting and drawing portraits on salvaged materials. Tomorrow Tuesday, November 11, 2025 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Shapiro Library. Cardboard Reliquary: A Portraiture Workshop with Narsiso Martinez www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
For Lester Bartson (LSA '65), UM "libraries weren’t just buildings, but integral partners in the process of self-realization." @umichlibrary.bsky.social "and classrooms together foster not just knowledge, but deep, lifelong inspiration."
Read more at: blogs.lib.umich.edu/journeys-gen...
Read more at: blogs.lib.umich.edu/journeys-gen...
Classics, Curley, and Carrels
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November 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For Lester Bartson (LSA '65), UM "libraries weren’t just buildings, but integral partners in the process of self-realization." @umichlibrary.bsky.social "and classrooms together foster not just knowledge, but deep, lifelong inspiration."
Read more at: blogs.lib.umich.edu/journeys-gen...
Read more at: blogs.lib.umich.edu/journeys-gen...
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Thanks to the University of Michigan Library for contributing this ghoulish 1963 #Halloween title with truly spooky, awesome illustrations by Gil Miret. #trusty #digitallibraries buff.ly/OLZA3SY
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thanks to the University of Michigan Library for contributing this ghoulish 1963 #Halloween title with truly spooky, awesome illustrations by Gil Miret. #trusty #digitallibraries buff.ly/OLZA3SY
Celebrate Indigenous Video Games @umichlibrary.bsky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Celebrate Indigenous Video Games
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October 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Celebrate Indigenous Video Games @umichlibrary.bsky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
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On this day in 1938, "The War of the Worlds" broadcast by Orson Welles supposedly caused panic across the country — it was a drama about a Martian invasion, presented as breaking news. Explore 1300+ fan letters to find out what the audience really thought: https://myumi.ch/79mVG
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On this day in 1938, "The War of the Worlds" broadcast by Orson Welles supposedly caused panic across the country — it was a drama about a Martian invasion, presented as breaking news. Explore 1300+ fan letters to find out what the audience really thought: https://myumi.ch/79mVG
Tomorrow is our annual Halloween spooktacular, where we screen frightening foreign-language movies from around the world. Join us if you can (or dare). @umichlibrary.bsky.social sky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
International Studies Horror Filmfest
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October 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Tomorrow is our annual Halloween spooktacular, where we screen frightening foreign-language movies from around the world. Join us if you can (or dare). @umichlibrary.bsky.social sky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
I heard that this was a good year for apples. Wondering what to do with them? If you have the chance to stop by Shapiro @umichlibrary.bsky.social, you can print your own recipe cards from some books from our culinary history collection this afternoon!
Today,10/28: Use a proof press to print your own recipe cards: Apple Fritters from The American Cottage Cookery-Book (1856), Fried Apples from Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper (1897), or both! In the Shapiro Gallery, 4-5pm. https://myumi.ch/A1G5A
October 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I heard that this was a good year for apples. Wondering what to do with them? If you have the chance to stop by Shapiro @umichlibrary.bsky.social, you can print your own recipe cards from some books from our culinary history collection this afternoon!
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Today,10/28: Use a proof press to print your own recipe cards: Apple Fritters from The American Cottage Cookery-Book (1856), Fried Apples from Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper (1897), or both! In the Shapiro Gallery, 4-5pm. https://myumi.ch/A1G5A
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today,10/28: Use a proof press to print your own recipe cards: Apple Fritters from The American Cottage Cookery-Book (1856), Fried Apples from Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper (1897), or both! In the Shapiro Gallery, 4-5pm. https://myumi.ch/A1G5A
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10/27 online: Get in the mood for Halloween with a vampire film! Watch & discuss "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979). The film is a contemplative version of Dracula, in which the vampire bears the cross of not being able to get old and die. Info & registration: https://myumi.ch/D8Zjx
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
10/27 online: Get in the mood for Halloween with a vampire film! Watch & discuss "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979). The film is a contemplative version of Dracula, in which the vampire bears the cross of not being able to get old and die. Info & registration: https://myumi.ch/D8Zjx
Shapiro Creepy Crafts Party @umichlibrary.bsky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Shapiro Creepy Crafts Party
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October 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Shapiro Creepy Crafts Party @umichlibrary.bsky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
The story of one family of scholar-printers and how their work reflected and responded to the changes brought by printing technologies in the 16th century on exhibit at @umichlibrary.bsky.social. Five generations of Estienne printing in Michigan Collections (1512-1625) events.umich.edu/event/139020
Brothers and Uncles, Kings and Typecutters | Happening @ Michigan
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October 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The story of one family of scholar-printers and how their work reflected and responded to the changes brought by printing technologies in the 16th century on exhibit at @umichlibrary.bsky.social. Five generations of Estienne printing in Michigan Collections (1512-1625) events.umich.edu/event/139020
Always innovating @umichlibrary.bsky.social to improve the student experience! Learning from others and iteratively designing with users in mind. Read more: Helping Students Find a Study Space through Iterative Research and Design blogs.lib.umich.edu/tiny-studies...
Helping Students Find a Study Space through Iterative Research and Design
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October 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Always innovating @umichlibrary.bsky.social to improve the student experience! Learning from others and iteratively designing with users in mind. Read more: Helping Students Find a Study Space through Iterative Research and Design blogs.lib.umich.edu/tiny-studies...
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You could win library swag! Our #LibraryStudentAmbassadors are hosting a trivia game that tests your library and media knowledge. Will you crush it? https://myumi.ch/jJQWZ
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You could win library swag! Our #LibraryStudentAmbassadors are hosting a trivia game that tests your library and media knowledge. Will you crush it? https://myumi.ch/jJQWZ