Monthly Archives: September 2015

Banned Books Week: The Freedom to Choose or Express an Opinion

While this may be a little off the premise of this blog, it can be argued that it will be about “Special Collections”. For years the American Library Association have published a list of books that have been challenged and/or banned that range from Ulysses, by James Joyce, burned in U.S. (1918), Ireland (1922), Canada (1922), England (1923) and banned in England (1929) to  And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell in 2014 because it is anti-family, has...

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Uncategorized Updated: September 25, 2015

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Broadside Press

Dudley Randall was the poet in residence as well as a librarian at the University of Detroit Mercy. He founded the Broadside Press in 1965 as a venue to publish and promote African American poets and writers. The works of Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Gwendolyn Brooks and many others that were mainly Detroit natives had their works published by Randall’s Broadside Press. Dudley Randall passed away August 5, 2000, but his legacy has continued through the publications of the Broadside...

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Uncategorized , Updated: September 14, 2015

Celebrate Spirit!

The University of Detroit Mercy started a new tradition in 2000 to celebrate the beginning of the new school year. Celebrate Spirit! the official welcoming event for all UDM faculty staff and students, is part of a long tradition dating from the founding of the great European universities in the Middle Ages. The occasion welcomes new members and invites them to commit themselves to UDM’s mission. As part of the celebration, a mass is held in Calihan Hall followed by...

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Uncategorized , , Updated: September 3, 2015