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UM-Flint's Thompson Library celebrates 30 years

Before the Frances Willson Thompson Library opened its doors, students studied in the library located in the Classroom Office Building or CROB.

The Frances Willson Thompson Library at the University of Michigan-Flint has been a campus mainstay since its grand opening in 1994. For three decades, students have prepared for finals, written papers, conducted research, found support services and made lifelong connections within its friendly confines. To celebrate those occasions – and many more – the Thompson[…]

UM-Flint archive collaborates to digitize Flint's historical Black newspapers

UM-Flint has partnered with the Gloria Coles Flint Public Library and UM-Ann Arbor’s Digital Collections Services team to preserve an integral part of Flint’s history.

Newspapers are notoriously difficult documents to preserve. Newsprint is, by definition, a low-cost and non-archival paper. That means it's all too easy for the history contained in those newspapers – particularly smaller publications without the resources to house a dedicated archive – to be lost.  "Unless they were microfilmed or someone digitized them, chances are[…]

UM-Flint welcomes new director of Frances Willson Thompson Library

Jennifer Dean, Ph.D., MLIS, MMus, has joined the University of Michigan-Flint community as director of the Frances Willson Thompson Library. Dean's leadership, both as a scholar and engaged advocate for education, will ensure that the Thompson Library remains a cornerstone of excellence for UM-Flint stakeholders.  Having served most recently as dean of libraries and instructional[…]