Book fair applies ‘banned-aid’ to national censorship scrape
The groups that staffed tables at the Banned Book Fair included Intercultural Student Affairs, USM Libraries, and the Recovery Oriented Campus Center.
Revisiting the History of Little Canadas in the US: Identity and Spatial Organization in the 19th and 20th Centuries
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We are delighted to bring together some of the most inspiring researchers in Franco-American Studies, and we would like to extend an invitation to … Read More
Work out by day then rock out by night with Tina Turner at Hill Gym
Admission to a campus concert by rock and roll legend Tina Turner cost students only $4 in 1974.
USM’s AGILE MyInbox – Research (Week 10)
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What is USM’s AGILE My Inbox? USM’s AGILE My Inbox is a weekly newsletter brought to you by the USM’s Learning Support team. Every learner can become more AGILE, which … Read More
Library system stalwarts take themselves out of circulation
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Along with the usual restocking of books, campus libraries are also restocking their staff this year after the retirement of two system veterans.
Map exhibition straddles the border between fantasy and reality
For anyone who’s ever dreamed of following Dorothy over the rainbow or flying to Never Never Land with Peter Pan, an exhibition at the Osher Map Library points the way.
When she had nowhere else to teach, Llewena Baker Hill taught by example
The legacy that Llewena Baker Hill left behind as a teacher far exceeds her short time in a classroom.
OML offers bird’s eye look at post-Civil War Maine
The Osher Map Library & Smith Center for Cartographic Education project — “Maine’s Bird’s Eye Views, 1870-1905” — has gathered 80 aerial renderings of Maine communities published during the era. Each has been digitized and made available to the public online.
African American Collection unveils exhibit on Maine’s Black families
The University of Southern Maine’s African American Collection has unveiled the first of six new digital exhibitions, highlighting 200 years of families in Maine. … Read More
Maine Sunday Telegram: Collaborative Exhibit puts Osher Library On the Map
The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education was featured in the Portland Press Herald on Sunday, November 1, 2020. The article features the Map Library’s involvement in the Digital Project, “Mapping a World of Cities.”