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- ‘Writing Boxes’ and ‘I’m From’ on Read This Book!
Lisa Von Drasek and Erin McBrien discussed the children’s books, “Writing Boxes” and “I’m From” on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries. Von Drasek is the author of “Writing Boxes” and “I’m From” was written by Gary R. Gray Jr. and illustrated by Oge Mora.
About Lisa Von Drasek and Erin McBrienLisa Von Drasek is the Miranker Family Curatorial Chair of the Kerlan Collection of Children’s Literature at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Erin McBrien is Interim Curator of the Upper Midwest Literary Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
About Read This Book!Read This Book! is produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
Von Drasek is the Miranker Family Curatorial Chair at the Kerlan Collection of Children’s Literature at the University of Minnesota Libraries. McBrien is the Interim Curator for the UMN Libraries’ Upper Midwest Literary Archives.
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4 min - ‘First Words’ discussed on Read This Book!
Erin McBrien and Lisa Von Drasek discuss “First Words” by Joyce Sutphen in this episode of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
About Lisa Von Drasek and Erin McBrienLisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Erin McBrien is Interim Curator of the Upper Midwest Literary Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
About Read This Book!Read This Book! is produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
The post ‘First Words’ discussed on Read This Book! appeared first on UMN Libraries News & Events.
6 min - ‘The Midnight Library’ reviewed on Read This Book!
Jessica Abbazio and Lisa Von Drasek discuss “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Library.
About Lisa Von Drasek and Jessica AbbazioLisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries and host of Read This Book! Jessica Abbazio is the Music Librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
About Read This Book!Read This Book! is produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
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5 min - ‘A Darker Wilderness’ reviewed on Read This Book!
Davu Underwood Seru discussed with Lisa Von Drasek the book, “A Darker Wilderness” on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries. The book was edited by Erin Sharkey.
About Lisa Von Drasek and Davu SeruLisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections, home of the Kerlan Collection, at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Davu Underwood Seru is curator of the Givens Collection of African American Literature and Culture at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
About Read This Book!Read This Book! is a video podcast produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube and Apple Podcasts.
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7 min - ‘Hairs / Pelitos’ reviewed on Read This Book!
“Hairs / Pelitos” was reviewed by Patricia Izek and Lisa Von Drasek on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
“This jewel-like vignette from Sandra Cisneros’s best-selling The House on Mango Street shows, through simple, intimate portraits, the diversity among us.”
—Goodreads
About Lisa Von Drasek and Patricia IzekLisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections, home of the Kerlan Collection, at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Patricia Izek is Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility at the UMN Libraries.
About Read This Book!Read This Book! is a video podcast produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube and Apple Podcasts.
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7 min - Secrets of the Archives: A Yiddish scrapbookIn this episode of "Secrets of the Archives," Kate Dietrick and host Tim Johnson discuss a recent acquisition at the University of Minnesota: A scrapbook created by Holocaust survivors, who were members of a Yiddish theatre troupe in a displaced person camp.Dietrick is the Archivist for the Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries, and Tim Johnson is Curator of the Sherlock Holmes and Rare Books collections, also at the University of Minnesota Libraries.5 min
- CBI’s newest exhibit shows the marriage of technology and psychologyBy Adria CarpenterA student worker poses for a portrait at Elmer L. Andersen Library on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)Easy to learn, easy to use.That was the championed slogan for the first personal computers as they crept into daily life. Like the Apple IIe, branded “The Most Personal Computer” in 1983. Or the Macintosh introduced the following year, a computer for the “bemused, confused, and intimidated.”These computers were touted as revolutionary tools for businessmen, creatives, and students. And the emerging discipline of human-computer interaction (HCI) represented the marriage of technology and psychology.“That's the entire goal of those fields. It's how to make technology accessible for those who might be excluded from using it,” said Amanda Wick, Curator of the Charles Babbage Institute Archives. “At this point, every aspect of our lives is underlaid by technology, and we're helping develop it further.”Wick’s exhibit, “How It Started, How It’s Going: Interactivity and High-Tech Culture,” — currently on display in the Elmer L. Andersen Library — showcases newer collection efforts to center the user’s relationship to technology.Ataris on display at the Elmer L. Andersen Library. (Photo/Karen Carmody-McIntosh)From early video games like the Atari 1050 to chunky laptops from the ‘90s, the exhibit highlights materials often underutilized and under-recognized in the collection, which has predominantly specialized in the development of ‘60s and ‘70s supercomputing.In recent years, the CBI archives has fashioned a more comprehensive historical record by documenting the people behind the screens and circuit boards: the innovators, users, and the overlap between them.What context surrounded their professional and personal lives? Which groups were supposed to benefit from technological progress? And how were people actually using that technology?“There's a lot of debate in the scientific and technology communities about what is the goal of innovation. Is it altruistic, or is it not? Is it ethical?” Wicks said. “Like the Manhattan Project, or something like that. Peaceful applications of nuclear power, versus a bomb.”The growing calls for accessibility and user-oriented design in the ‘80s and ‘90s, for example, reflected how developers were impacted by the Civil Rights Movements and the Anti-War Movement of the ‘60s and ‘70s.An Apple IIe on display at the Elmer L. Andersen Library. (Photo/Karen Carmody-McIntosh)Wick is specifically interested in overlooked groups like LGBTQ people and women, who were the first to adopt computing and the first to create programming languages, since computing and calculating was seen as menial work for secretaries.One of her favorite items in the exhibit is a photograph of two motion capture models: a man wearing the stereotypical tech uniform of a plaid button-down shirt with a pocket protector, standing next to women wearing a skin-tight suit.Instead of focusing on the supposed tech saviors, like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, Wick wants to evaluate the domino effects technological advancements have had on our lives.“I think less and less emphasis is going to be put on creators of technology, and more and more on users of technology,4 min
- ‘The Golden Enclaves’ on Read This Book!
Jennie Burroughs and Lisa Von Drasek discuss “The Golden Enclaves” by Naomi Novik in this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
“Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with “A Deadly Education” and “The Last Graduate.”
About Lisa Von Drasek and Jennie BurroughsLisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections, home of the Kerlan Collection, at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Jennie Burroughs is Senior Program Advisor and Researcher at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
About Read This Book!Read This Book! is a video podcast produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube and Apple Podcasts.
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7 min - When I Was Young and Old, a reading by Freya ManfredPoet Freya Manfred read from her latest book, “When I was Young and Old” during a June 15, 2023 event at the University of Minnesota's Elmer L. Andersen Library.Manfred is a longtime Midwesterner who has lived on both coasts. She attended Macalester College and Stanford University, and has received a Radcliffe Grant and a National Endowment for the Arts Grant.Her seventh collection, “Swimming With A Hundred Year Old Snapping Turtle,” won the 2009 Midwest Booksellers Choice Award for Poetry, and her poems have appeared in more than a 100 reviews and magazines and more than 50 anthologies. Her memoir, “Frederick Manfred: A Daughter Remembers,” was nominated for a Minnesota Book Award and an Iowa Historical Society Award. Her more recent memoir is “Raising Twins: A True Life Adventure.”57 min
- ‘The Vinyl Detective’ reviewed on Read This Book!
Jason Roy and Lisa Von Drasek discussed “The Vinyl Detective” on this installment of Read This Book from the University of Minnesota!
About Lisa Von Drasek and Jason RoyLisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections, home of the Kerlan Collection, at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Jason Roy is the Director of Cataloging, Metadata, and Digitization Services.
About Read This Book!Read This Book! is a video podcast produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries. It is available on YouTube and Apple Podcasts.
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Host Lisa Von Drasek and guests review books from various genres: including children’s literature, cookbooks, science, mysteries, and popular literature. This audio podcast also includes episodes from…
the video podcast, Read This Book!, also hosted by Lisa Von Drasek.