Friends Annual Meeting 25 October 2018

The Friends of the Michigan Tech Library will hold their 2018 Annual Meeting on Thursday 25 October 2018 from 4:30-6:00p.m. The meeting will be held in the library, upstairs, in room 244 (near the bridge to Rekhi Hall). All members and the public are invited to attend, and refreshments will be served.

Along with a short business meeting, the Friends will welcome speaker Dr. Syd M.  Johnson from the Michigan Tech Department of Humanities. Prof. Johnson’s presentation will focus on her research interests in the intersection of law, political philosophy, and ethics, and how human rights and animal rights are entangled. Prof. Johnson is Associate Professor of Philosophy & Bioethics at Michigan Tech, coordinator of Michigan Tech’s Bioethics minor, and an affiliated Associate Professor of the Department of Kinesiology & Integrative Physiology.

Her most recent book is the co-authored text Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers’ Brief (Routledge, 2018).

Please join us!

Library Archives Intern 2018

For seven weeks this summer the Michigan Tech Archives once again hosted a graduate intern. The summer internship has been generously funded by the Friends of the Michigan Tech library since 2015.

This summer we welcomed Angie Piccolo, a 2018 graduate of Western Washington University’s History – Archives and Records Management track. Angie tackled a tremendous amount of work considering she was only with the department for a few short weeks. Stepping into help on the reference during our busy summer season, Angie quickly became well-versed in all things archives reference, offering prompt and courteous service to dozens of long and short-term researchers. In addition, she tackled many important collections projects, including an inventory of several hundred university athletic publications, programs and yearbooks as well as accessioning many new donations. She was a great asset to our public services and behind-the-scenes work.

In addition to all the practical training the FMTL Archives Internship offers, Angie was also appreciative of the opportunity to explore the Copper Country. She had many adventures, including visits to the Keweenaw National Historical Park, the Finnish American Heritage Center, Quincy Mine, Eagle Harbor, and a farewell dinner at the Harbor Haus in Copper Harbor. Overall, the summer internship program continues to be an enriching experience, for interns and library staff alike!

by Lindsay Hiltunen, University Archivist

From Views, The Newsletter of the Friends of the Michigan Tech Library, vol. 23, No. 2 (October 2018)

Winter Carnival Book Sale a great success

Through the hard work of our volunteers and the interest by the public, the FMTL 2018 Winter book sale raised nearly $800 for the library, even when the sale was rather quiet form 1-2pm as everyone was up by the SDC breaking a Guinness world record!! (unofficially at this moment, but we’re going to do it!)

Thanks to all who came out and found great books at great prices.  Don’t forget our annual sale on 6-7 April!

2017 Friends of the Library Book Sale

The next Friends of the Van Pelt Library’s Annual Book Sale has been scheduled for 31 March and 1 April 2017. The main sale will be Saturday 1 April 2017 from 10 AM to 4:00 PM, with the Member-only Pre-Sale the evening before, Friday 31 March 2017 from 5 to 7 PM.
Note the location:  We are returning to our traditional location of the Ballroom of the Memorial Union Building (MUB)