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In this issue:
- Looking for election background information?
- Salon Series: Navigating the Political Landscape: Mental Health, Social Media, and Constructive Dialogue
- New from Special Collections and Projects: Exhibit highlights the legacy of UMaine student life; Fogler archivists participate in the annual Maine Archives & Museums Conference
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Featured resource: GovInfo.gov
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Looking for election background information?
Fogler Library’s Hot Topics: Elections guide provides links to news coverage, analysis, information on current races, and information on voter registration.
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Salon Series: Navigating the Political Landscape: Mental Health, Social Media, and Constructive Dialogue
Don’t miss the first event in Fogler Library’s exciting new Salon Series, which kicks off on Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 6—7:30 p.m.
In our hyper-connected world, where politics pervade life and social media is both a platform for discourse and a battleground for ideologies, maintaining mental well-being can be a challenge.
Join us for a discussion around the intricate relationship between mental health, social media, and politics. In this Salon, we will explore ways in which social media shapes our political views and, subsequently, impacts our mental wellness. The speakers will share insights in the way groupthink, misinformation, and logical fallacies influence our thoughts and emotional states.
Learn how to “disagree without being disagreeable” by spotting misinformation, groupthink, and logical fallacies. Discover the importance of mindful media consumption and how to create a balance between staying informed and your mental well-being.
Click here to view the event flyer.
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New from Special Collections and Projects: Exhibit highlights the legacy of UMaine student life; Fogler archivists participate in the annual Maine Archives & Museums Conference
Step back in time with Fogler Library’s newest exhibit, located by the north entrance. Explore the legacy of student life at UMaine through a display of memorabilia from our University Archive.
From Greek life to honor societies, the Wilde Stein Club, ROTC, Phi Kappa Phi, All Maine Women, Senior Skulls, German Club and more, this exhibit celebrates the diversity of student organizations, both past and present.
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On Friday, Oct. 4, Special Collections archivists Herbert Dittersdorf and Matthew Revitt joined colleagues from across the state at the annual Maine Archives & Museums Conference, hosted by our UMS colleagues at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn Campus.
UMaine was well represented at the conference with presentations by Professor Liam Riordan and students from the History Dept. on their public history capstone project; Jacob Albert, UMaine Franco American Programs; Project Manager and Archivist on a project transcribing 14,000 Maine Alien Registrations; Nicole Potter, Curator of Collections at the Margaret Chase Smith Library regarding their exhibition “Painting an Inclusive History: Maine Women in Politics;” and Jon Ippolito, Professor of New Media and Director of Digital Curation led a workshop with AI tools.
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Govinfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the U.S. Federal Government. govinfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch providing public access to government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies.
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