Hatcher Graduate Library

Michigan’s changes in the last 100 years

by Heather Newman February 16, 2010

Nadel thumb The University of Michigan Press Author Series will present a panel discussion, at the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery/Room 100 on the Diag in central campus, on how the environment in Michigan has changed in the past 100 years, led by an editor and authors of The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan: A Century of Science and Nature at the University of Michigan Biological Station.

Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy

by kris bishop February 10, 2010

Session at University of Michigan: Kathleen Fitzpatrick, “Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy” Series: Series in Open Access Presented by MPublishing with generous support from the Department of English Language & Literature and the Digital Media Studies Group As part of an ongoing series of campus conversations about open access and scholarly publishing issues hosted by MPublishing, this talk will explore some of these changes, including shifts in the ways that we approach peer review, transformations in our conceptions of authorship, revisions in the structures of scholarly texts, increased attention to preservation in our libraries, and […]

WEMU features “Changing Environment”

by Heather Newman January 15, 2010

Bob Eccles of WEMU public radio in Ypsilanti recently featured Knute Nadelhoffer, senior editor of The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan, in an extensive interview about the book. Changing Environment features 100 years of research from the University of Michigan Biological Station in the northern lower peninsula, chronicling the transformation of the area from complete devastation (it had been heavily logged and then burned) to the lush landscape that it is surrounded by today. Listen in here. The UM Press will host a talk, Q&A, and book signing with the authors and editors of Changing Environment at the Harlan […]

Travel around the world with Monte Nagler’s photographs

by Heather Newman January 11, 2010

Award-winning photographer Monte Nagler will present “Around the World in Photographs” as the inaugural University of Michigan Press Author Series event this Wednesday, January 13, from 5:30-7 p.m. in the UM Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. “My presentation on January 13th will encompass an around-the-world tour based upon my photography,” Nagler said. “There will be at least three dozen photographs from 24 countries including color, black and white and infrared images. “I will discuss my techniques of photography, unusual experiences around the world, how I market my photography, photography as a career and much more. I am open to questions and […]

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