Libraries News Archive
![Sagstad, acrylic on canvas, 2015, Liv Valmestad](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Sagstad-acrylic-on-canvas-2015-Liv-Valmestad-150x150.jpg)
Northern Line Exhibition comes to U of M
April 28, 2016 —
Body of artwork curated and created by U of M librarian
![Archival slide showing the original Don Wallace Expo '67 sculpture.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Wallace_FletcherBldg_1969photo1-150x150.jpg)
A gin company, a snowplow and a librarian: the brief tale of a sculpture’s resurrection
April 8, 2016 —
Correcting the damage of a 1988 snowplow accident
![U of M Libraries will pilot a series of five workshops over the spring and summer months, designed to be practical as well as educational. (Photo: iStock)](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/iStock_000028506118_Large-150x150.jpeg)
Libraries
Enhance your technical expertise, expand your research presence
March 28, 2016 —
U of M Libraries offers new spring/summer workshops for researchers seeking to augment their technical skills
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Leveraging resources to help sharpen students’ writing, research skills
March 23, 2016 —
Along with working with students at Long Night Against Procrastination, the Academic Learning Centre offers a range of support throughout the year
![pen, paper and laptop](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/acess-event-150x150.jpg)
Information and communication accessibility learning event on March 15
February 10, 2016 —
This learning event will be of interest to all public sector organizations preparing accessibility plans under The Accessibility for Manitobans Act.
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The suffrage movement in Manitoba
January 27, 2016 —
On January 28, 1916, Manitoba became the first Canadian province to grant women the right to vote in provincial elections.
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Students
Ready to pull an all-nighter
November 24, 2015 —
Long Night Against Procrastination is a safe and quiet study or writing space at a critical point in the term
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GISday 2015 at Elizabeth Dafoe Library
November 5, 2015 —
"Mapping Change Over Time" takes place Nov. 18
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Open Access initiative on campus
October 20, 2015 —
Research Publication Collection in the U of M Institutional Repository
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Books without ink, exhibit opens Sept 18
September 15, 2015 —
Explore the history of books made by, and for, blind readers at thought-provoking exhibit