DATES: 4-5 p.m. Oct. 9 and 7-8p.m. Oct. 12, 2006.

EVENT: From the Lincoln Highway to historic dentistry to 19th and 20th century homeopathy and the Making of America literary project, you can satisfy our curiosity or research requirements through the University of Michigan’s digitized collections. Now you can also view materials digitized by Google from the U-M libraries.

U-M’s Digital Library Productions Service (DLPS) is offering free public demonstrations of Mbooks, the new access system for materials digitized by Google.

U-M’s digitized collections can be accessed from anywhere, said Perry Willett, head of DLPS. ” By using Mirlyn and searching books digitized by Google, you will be able to quickly determine if you really want to read the entire work, ” said Willett. ” And access to Mirlyn is world-wide, meaning you can discover these works from your home, a neighborhood library computer or from a laptop wireless connection, and, depending on the copyright situation, be able to read many of them.”

PLACE: Hatcher Graduate Library’s 2nd floor Faculty Exploratory, U-M Central Campus. Map:

http://www.umich.edu/news/ccamp.html.

SPONSORS. U-M Library Development and U-M Digital Library Production Service.

TO REGISTER: The demonstrations are free and open to the public, but space is limited. Registration is suggested using e-mail at LibraryDevelopment@umich.edu or by calling (734) 763-7368.

CONTACT: Perry Willett, pwillett@umich.edu.

WEB LINK: University Libraries: http://www.lib.umich.edu/