Garden with Fogler!

As part of this year’s Maine Day of Service, we will be tidying up the gardens around Fogler and planting some new shrubs. We would love for you to join us! We’ll be out near the East Entrance of the library (across from the Memorial Union) from 8–11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30. 

Tools will be provided by Facilities Management, so no need to bring your own. Please email Rosie Seaber <rosie.seaber@maine.edu> with any questions. 

If you’d like to sign up, please do so here. If you’re unable to commit right now, don’t hesitate to jump in on the day of.

Above photo: East entrance of Fogler Library

Salon Series: Artificial Intelligence in Business: Disruption, Opportunity, or Both?

UMaine Libraries is pleased to announce that we have added another event to our Salon Series, “Artificial Intelligence in Business: Disruption, Opportunity, or Both?” which will take place on May 12 at 5 p.m. Please visit the Salon website for additional information.

Professor Stephen J. Hornsby discusses his recent book, “Cod Coasts”

On April 9 at noon in the Bangor Room, Memorial Union, Stephen J. Hornsby, Professor of Anthropology and Canadian Studies and former director of the Canadian-American Center, will be discussing his recently published book, “Cod Coasts: Cultural Landscapes of the Cod Fishery from Cape Cod to Labrador.” All are invited to attend what promises to be a fascinating talk.

“Cod Coasts” will be available for purchase at the event for $40.00. It can also be ordered through the University of Maine Press website, or by contacting Betsy Rose at betsy.rose@maine.edu.

Thank You to the UMaine Police Department!

UMaine Libraries would like to extend our thanks to the University of Maine Police Department for conducting their recent Critical Incident Response Training at Fogler Library earlier this week. We truly appreciate the important role UMPD plays in keeping our campus and community safe. Their dedication to safety and preparedness is vital in ensuring a secure environment for all.

Recording of Salon event now available

If you missed our recent Salon event, “Partnering with Students to (re)Claim the Joy of Teaching and Facilitate Culture Change,” you may now view the recording here.

Please visit our website for links to recordings of other past events in our Salon Series,

and for information about our upcoming events.

Library Student Ambassadors interview: Nico Deville in Special Collections and Projects

Fogler’s Student Ambassadors will be interviewing our student workers through the fall semester. This week’s interview was conducted by Lincoln Tiner.

Nico Deville (she/they) is a double-major in English and Art currently working on “re-cataloguing old UMaine sports team photos by taking them out of the cabinets and into storage boxes for Matthew Revitt’s work on the UMaine university archival collection.” Nico loves reading horror, sci-fi, and creative writing and commented that “even reading is an act of writing. I don’t think I can really underestimate the ways in which reading helps and informs and benefits my writing.” Regarding Fogler Library Nico says, “there are so many stories here. There’s so much knowledge here. I always think of the university library as the heart of a university. You come here to be more knowledgeable about something and that’s the epitome of the library.” Their favorite spot is on the third floor by a window, especially when it starts to get dark. They wish more people knew about Special Collections and Projects and that Fogler hosts an event series in the Salon. In the future, they’d like to see events in the library on fiction and also on archives work, and to know more about book binding at Fogler because “More people should know about book preservation. I think that’s really important, especially physical preservation in the age of AI!”

Photos: Views of Nico’s workplace in Special Collections and Projects.

Celebrating 400,000 Interlibrary Loan Requests!

Fogler’s Interlibrary Loan (ILL) unit celebrated its 400,000th request through ILLiad in March! ILLiad is a software that connects us with other libraries internationally to find materials you need for your research and to share our materials with other libraries. The University of Maine first obtained ILLiad in the early 2000s and we’ve been increasing use ever since. Each request, whether it comes from another library or from one of our own patrons, has contributed to the current count of 400,000 and climbing.

New from Special Collections and Projects: School of Performing Arts records 

The Special Collections and Projects Department in Fogler Library has added records from the University of Maine’s School of Performing Arts online archival content management tool ArchivesSpace. The records include programs and publicity material for performances from various UMaine musical, theatre, and dance ensembles, including: the University of Maine Singers, dances, Maine Masque Theatre, events featuring outside artists, and from student recitals. There are also photographs from various productions; audio and video recordings; schedules; and publicity material for coming seasons and events. Most of the events were held on the University of Maine Orono campus.

ICYMI: UMaine Dean of Libraries appears on Fox 22 WFVX Bangor/ABC 7

For Women’s History Month, Dean Daisy D. Singh was interviewed on Fox 22 WFVX Bangor / Fox ABC Maine on March 7, 2025. Among the many resources at UMaine Libraries, she mentioned the Maine Women’s History Collection available freely through our institutional repository, as well as the recently acquired records of the Bangor chapter of the National Organization of Women. UMaine Press, which is also part of UMaine Libraries, has published several relevant titles, including an autobiography of the first woman senator from Maine, Margaret Chase Smith: Beyond Convention.