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Aphrodisias Regional Survey Collection in Deep Blue

by jim o. October 19, 2012

Aphrodisias is one of the most important archaeological sites of the Greek and Roman periods in Turkey, famous in antiquity for its sanctuary of Aphrodite and its virtuoso sculptors. Excavations at Aphrodisias have been carried out since 1961 and have revealed an unusually well-preserved and picturesque ancient town, which makes an indelible impression on visitors ...

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Wallenberg Lectures in Deep Blue

by jim o. January 20, 2012

Deep Blue has begun hosting video recordings of the Wallenberg Lectures, given in memory of University of Michigan alumnus and humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg. The first batch to be made available via Deep Blue are the 2008-2010 lectures by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, journalist Lydia Cacho, and Dr. Denis Mukwege. You can find them in the Wallenberg ...

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Bentley Historical Library Partners with Deep Blue

by jim o. March 3, 2011

Deep Blue has begun to formally host content from the Bentley Historical Library, the official archive of the University of Michigan. As a result of this new partnership, we have created a new area in Deep Blue specifically for their archival material: Archival Collections — Bentley Library. This area of Deep Blue currently hosts collections for ...

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Deep Blue and BioMed Central

by jim o. December 10, 2010

Deep Blue has begun automatically acquiring U-M authored works published by BioMed Central (BMC) using the SWORD protocol. Our first batch batch from them added 23 items to our Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed collection. Older articles will start to flow in shortly, and from now on the articles will come to Deep Blue as they appear ...

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Who’s in Deep Blue?

by jim o. September 30, 2010

We recently completed an analysis of current U-M authors represented in Deep Blue. There are a lot of ways to look at the data, but the most compelling statistic is probably this one:  roughly 55% of our full time professors have work in the service. (That’s 3,142 out of 5,628 as of this August.) We’re ...

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