University of Michigan Library News: Fine Arts Library http://lib.umich.edu/cgi/news/news/list?divid=20 Copyright 2005 Trustees of the University of Michigan libwebsystems@umich.edu (Library Web Systems) Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:00:02 EDT Digital Image Collections http://www.lib.umich.edu/finearts/digimagecollections.html http://www.lib.umich.edu/finearts/digimagecollections.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:01:23 EDT Resources MBooks Becomes HathiTrust http://www.lib.umich.edu//news/stories/mbooks_becomes_hathitrust_403.html http://www.lib.umich.edu//news/stories/mbooks_becomes_hathitrust_403.html MBooks - the collection of books digitized from the University Library's collections - will become part of HathiTrust on September 3, 2008.

HathiTrust, launched by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) libraries, is a shared digital repository for storing university library digital content, incorporating all the content from MBooks plus new content from other HathiTrust partners. (For background information, see Google and CIC Partnership news.)

The UM community will now have access to books, journals, and other documents previously unavailable through MBooks. MBooks links in the Mirlyn Library Catalog will now be renamed HathiTrust Digital Library. The options for viewing, printing, and creating collections will be the same as in MBooks. We hope that HathiTrust will improve access to materials for our campus teaching, research, and scholarship.

If you have questions about the collections, please Ask a Librarian. ]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:32:26 EDT Resources Got Questions? IM Us! http://www.lib.umich.edu//news/stories/got_questions_im_us_205.html http://www.lib.umich.edu//news/stories/got_questions_im_us_205.html Need help with your library research? Send an instant message to a Librarian for assistance!

The University Library offers the Ask a Librarian reference service with instant messaging (IM) software for answering your library- and research-related questions.

Our IM software will communicate with your AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger software. If you have never used the instant messaging software, you must first register a screen name with AOL, MSN, or Yahoo, and then download the free IM software. As soon as the software is installed on your computer, you can add the University Library's screen name to your personal Buddy List or Contact List.

The Library's Ask a Librarian service screen name is umlibraryaskus@umich.edu.

We can help! ]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:53:44 EDT Services Get the Materials You Need http://www.lib.umich.edu//news/stories/get_the_materials_you_need_204.html http://www.lib.umich.edu//news/stories/get_the_materials_you_need_204.html While the University Library has vast collections of research materials on campus, sometimes the stuff you need is not available here. As a UM student, staff or faculty member, you can request that the Library borrow items on your behalf from other academic libraries.

Our staff of the Interlibrary Loan department gladly and quickly locate books or copies of journal articles from other libraries on your behalf, at no cost to you. If you don't find what you need in our collections (by searching the library catalog, Mirlyn), simply complete the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request form. You will be notified when the material is ready for your use.

Questions about the service can be directed to (734)764-8584 or to Interlibrary.Loan@umich.edu or check out the ILL Borrowing FAQ. If you need help in completing your book or journal article citation, please feel free to contact the Ask a Librarian reference service.

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