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Short Stacks features videos and audio about the University of Minnesota Libraries and its programs, collections, events, exhibits, students, and faculty.

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1. CBI’s newest exhibit shows the marriage of technology and psychology

   18 Aug 2023

   From early video games like the Atari 1050 to chunky laptops from the ‘90s, the Libraries' exhibit, “How It Started, How It’s Going: Interactivity and High-Tech Culture,” highlight…

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2. Don’t miss ‘Holmes in 221 Objects’

   23 Feb 2023

   A small slice — 221 objects — of the Glen S. Miranker collection of some 6,000 items now is on view in Elmer L. Andersen Library, on the University of Minnesota’s west bank. This t…

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3. Video preview: ‘A Woman’s Place’ exhibit

   07 Feb 2020

   See a video preview of the Libraries' current exhibit, "A Woman's Place: Women and Work," at the Elmer L. Andersen Library at the University of Minnesota. The exhibit runs through…

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4. Goodnight Moon and ‘The ABC of It’

   25 Feb 2019

   Come sit in the chair in a landmark Twin Cities exhibit at the March 2 Open House for the exhibit, "The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter." It will transport you back to your…

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5. The Best from Pen and Press: Exhibit sneak peek

   12 Jul 2018

   Take a sneak video peek at our current exhibit at Elmer L. Andersen Library: The Best from Pen and Press, which includes 3,000-year-old cuneiform tablets, a 16th century "Remembran…

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6. A cover-up at the Met

   11 May 2018

   From 1938-1979, the Minnesota School of the Air brought educational programs into the classrooms of Minnesota and beyond over radio airwaves and through tape transcription. This ep…

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7. A conversation with Lisa Vecoli

   09 Apr 2018

   Lisa Vecoli is retiring as curator of the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies. She talks with Kris Kiesling, director of Archives and Special Collections at the Unive…

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8. Ridgway Award Winners 2017

   26 Jan 2018

   Lisa Von Drasek talks about the 2017 Marion Vannett Ridgway Award winners in this episode of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries. "Hannah and Sugar," written…

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9. Transgender project posts 13 videos

   22 Nov 2016

   As we recognize Transgender Awareness Month, there is much to celebrate in terms of awareness for the transgender community; however, there are also urgent issues that must be addr…

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