Please join us in congratulating the Libraries’ student employees who are graduating on December 13, 2019, as well as those going on a study abroad experience during spring 2020. Although we are sad to see them… Read moreCongratulations to Students Graduating, Studying Abroad, or Leaving for an Internship
My name is Melissa James, and I’m the Metadata Manager at CMU Libraries. That means I am the primary person responsible for maintaining the metadata of the University Library’s collections. But, what is metadata? And, what… Read moreWhat is Library Metadata?
As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, it is important to remember that this year marks the 200th anniversary of the Treaty of Saginaw, signed on September 24, 1819. To mark the signing of… Read moreThe 1819 Treaty of Saginaw
One of the library’s more popular services is the research consultation. In a research consultation, a student or faculty member meets one-on-one with the subject librarian from their academic area to discuss an assignment, research paper,… Read moreResearch Consultations Save Time and Keep Research on Track!
By Ann Kucera & Kari Chrenka Students are using the CMU Libraries website every hour of every day. It is a resource for completing assignments, conducting research, and connecting with a librarian. To make sure the… Read moreA Different View of the Library
November was first declared “National American Indian Heritage Month” on August 3, 1990, by President of the United States George H. W. Bush. The name has undergone some changes but has been known as “Native American… Read moreNative American Heritage Month
While thinking of how to start this blog I started wondering what the dictionary definition of Veterans Day is. So, I went into the “Oxford English Dictionary” from the libraries’ databases A – Z page and… Read moreWhy Veterans Day?
In his 1994 book, The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community, sociologist Ray Oldenburg proposes that to be emotionally healthy a person needs… Read moreThe Library as a Third Place
The CMU Libraries, and particularly the Clarke Historical Library, have a long and distinguished history of preserving and making Michigan newspapers available for research. Newspapers have long been at the heart of American citizenship. A famed… Read moreNational Newspaper Week
Pictured Kristen Fox Student Scholarship Recipient Thanks to several endowments and the library student employee scholarship fund, CMU Libraries provided scholarships to eight library student employees this year. According to Janet Danek, coordinator of exhibits, “The… Read moreScholarships Benefit Library Student Employees…and the Libraries!