I wanted to do something fun for this event with a bit of a UX twist so, we turned the new presentation practice room into a “photo booth.” Using pre-printed signs, we asked the students to complete the sentence “My ideal library _______” and then pose with their signs like a mug shot. We got some great shots and the students seemed to be pretty entertained by it.

Here are some of my favorites:

My ideal library…is located in my room
My ideal library…is quite enough to hear the computers hum
My ideal library…is easy to navigate (or really fun to get lost in)
My ideal library…is this.

And here’s the full set of images

Dude, everybody can see your ISBN

From the Ann Arbor.com news article:

Next stop for the majority of the card catalogs is U-M Property Disposition on North Campus, where the university will attempt to sell the old catalogs one by one. Courant said he isn’t quite sure who is in the market for these pieces of library nostalgia. But, he added, “if I had the room in my house, I’d buy one.”

I’d also love to have one but I don’t have any room in my tiny little house. I don’t think they’ll have any trouble selling these lovely card catalogs, library chic is all the rage these days – as evidenced by Etsy’s Circulate and Renew Spotlight post and the quantity of Apartment Therapy card catalog posts.

Here’s my favorite:

See also:my full set of photos | dfulmers card catalog flickr set (includes some interesting history) | Ann Arbor News article

http://www.badusability.com/

Noriko Ambe Cutting Book Series

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Jen Khoshbin’s Book Project series

[ link | via poppytalk ]

Su Blackwell’s Book Cut Sculpture

[ link | via decor8 ]

Laura Cahill’s Book Vases

[ link | via boingboing ]

Most of these were taken in the University of Michigan’s Hatcher Graduate Library, Preservation and Conservation lab, and the Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library.

All have been formatted specifically for the iphone (320×480) but they’ll probably work for other mobile devices too. Click to get full version.

Here’s an interesting student project by Kyle Bean (illustrator, designer and maker of ‘things’)

[link | via notcot]

Asterick Bookends

By Blank Project

[link | via swissmiss]

Nicholas Jones

[via the Design Files | see also]

Read what our University Librarian Paul Courant has to say about it.

I helped put together a few visual projects to describe what “1 million” means and to highlight some of the people behind it all. I also took some photos of some of the materials and tools that these people use to make the million happen.

http://www.lib.umich.edu/news/millionth.html

A new perfume called “In The Library” is described as:

English Novel taken from a Signed First Edition of one of my very favorite novels, Russian & Moroccan leather bindings, worn cloth and a hint of wood polish

[found via BB-blog]