Articles tagged:library

Posted: Thu Jun 17 11 a.m. by Edward Vielmetti
Getting familiar with MeL, the Michigan eLibrary

The Michigan eLibrary (MeL) is an online library of databases and resources focused on information of interest to the people of Michigan. It provides all Michigan residents with access to free online articles, books, and images, and has a statewide interlibrary loan system which allows Michigan residents to borrow books ...

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Posted: Sun Feb 28 5:55 a.m. by James Dickson
University of Michigan Library to bid farewell to card catalogs

Nothing lasts forever. So it will be said about the University of Michigan Library's card catalogs when they are removed from their home in the bowels of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library on March 8.

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Posted: Thu Sep 3 11:36 a.m. by Letters to the Editor

Each day we hear more about the key to reviving Michigan is to transform our state from a manufacturing economy to one driven by knowledge industries. Michigan can only attract these new industries with a well-educated, literate workforce. Despite Michigan’s desperate need for access to knowledge and education, the Library ...

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Posted: Thu Sep 3 11:28 a.m. by Letters to the Editor

Libraries are under enormous pressure in difficult economic times as citizens use their libraries to search for jobs online, write resumes, file for unemployment, file for disability, often all via the internet for little to no cost. As Michigan transitions to a knowledge-based economy dependent on technology and information, Michigan's ...

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