News – Friends of the Michigan Tech Library

Views Newsletter 30.2 (October 2025)

The spring 2023 issue of the newsletter has now been mailed to members’ mailboxes.

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Download the PDF version here: FMTL Views 30.2 (Oct. 2025).

Views Newsletter 29.2 (October 2024)

The fall 2024 issue of the newsletter has now been mailed to members’ mailboxes.

Download the PDF version here: FMTL Views 29.2 (Oct. 2024).

W would like to apologize that the old news posts that have direct links to newsletters are now broken (the old plug-in stopped working and rebuilding every page may take a little bit as it is not a priority). All previous newsletters can be found on the Newsletters page.

2023 Annual Meeting

The Wreck of the City of Bangor

The City of Bangor was carrying hundreds of brand-new Chrysler automobiles destined for Duluth when she was trapped in the ice in 1925. Come hear how the cars were saved!

Watch Live via Zoom: https://michigantech.zoom.us/j/83464885537

TV6 covers our book sale

Great to see TV6 out covering our booksale. It went really well and lots and lots of people got lots and lots of great books!

Winter Carnival book sale Sat. Feb. 11, 11-4

Come join us for our annual Winter Carnival book sale on Saturday, February 11 from 11am to 4pm. Hundreds of books at low, low prices: HB $2, PB $1; children’s books 50¢! All fiction half price. We also have lots of old MTU yearbooks for sale at a special price of $1 each!

Fall trial book sale a great success

As we realized that we had a long time between book sales, when we didn’t do anything in the fall, and two of them in the spring, we decided to try a one day sale in the library this fall.

Friday, October 7 was also the day of an all-campus “First Friday” social that also happened to be sponsored by library so we set up from 10 to 4 in the lobby. All in all, it was a great success, so expect more of the same each fall.

Thanks to always for all out volunteers, customers, and especially the library (and for taking cards at the service desk, which facilitated about 1/3 of the sales!).

Travel Grants Return for 2022

After a hiatus due to covid, FMTL is pleased to announce the resumption of its Travel Grant program for 2022.

Applications will be due on April 15 with a decision made shortly thereafter to facilitate summer travel.

For more information, please see the application page at the Library.