by Emiko Hastings | Aug 3, 2021 | Featured, Library Work, Manuscripts, Volunteers
As part of the Clements Library’s digitization program, we have started to make selected archival collections available online. To make these materials fully available for research, we welcome volunteers to help us create searchable full-text transcriptions for...
by Emiko Hastings | Jan 8, 2021 | Collections, Library Work, Volunteers
We welcome new volunteers to join our ongoing transcription project on FromThePage. Three collections have recently been added and are available for transcription. In addition, the German Auxiliaries Muster Rolls are still awaiting further work, for those who like an...
by Jayne Ptolemy | Aug 19, 2020 | Featured, Library Work
Working from home during a global pandemic poses many challenges, and adapting to remote work environments calls for flexibility and creativity. This is especially true for places like the Clements Library, where our security measures and workflows require our...
by Clements Library | Jul 30, 2020 | Featured, Giving, Library Work, Maps
To create a digital archive is an expensive endeavor. The Clements Library is deeply committed to sharing its rich collections with an ever-wider audience, but the queue of material is long and resources limited. Pockets of the collection would not see cyber-light...
by Clements Library | Jun 16, 2020 | Library Work, Manuscripts, Volunteers
The William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce that the digitized Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society Papers are now fully text searchable. Each digitized page is accompanied by a complete transcription, which will transform the way researchers...
by Clements Library | Jun 2, 2020 | Collections, Featured, Library Work, Maps
Clements Library Conservator Julie Fremuth provides a follow-up to our recent post about the arrival of 14 tightly-rolled sea charts and early conservation steps. The initial post Conservation Close-up: Sea Charts used in Whaling discusses Fremuth’s months-long...
by Clements Library | Apr 24, 2020 | Featured, Library Work, News
The Clements Library is pleased to announce that the following collections are now described online. These materials may be requested for use in the reading room when we are able to resume library services. Before planning your research visit, please contact us to...
by Clements Library | Mar 25, 2020 | Collections, Featured, Library Work, Maps
While our team adheres to restrictions from the current public health crisis, this post replicates one of the Clements Library’s most popular Facebook posts ever. The post was shared 40 times and reached thousands of Facebook users when it was published on...
by Clements Library | Feb 3, 2020 | Featured, Library Work, News
In January 2020, Paul Erickson joined the University of Michigan community as Randolph G. Adams Director of the Clements Library. Erickson’s five-year appointment was announced last September by the U-M Board of Regents. Following an undergraduate degree at the...
