Kathryn A. Martin Library

An update regarding the library's databases. 

Library partners with local business to give plastics a second life. 

Education & Human Service Professions Librarian, Kayleen Jones, was selected by Library Journal as a 2025 Mover and Shaker. 

If you’ve ever wanted to visit the Great Lakes Aquarium, consider this your sign!  UMD users can now check out passes for the Aquarium from the library.  

The library provides access to popular online magazine archives for students, staff, and faculty. 

Two UMD students find inspiration to start a new publication on campus that connects students with the wider Duluth community   

The “Power of One,” a new open-access book published by the University of Minnesota Libraries, will be available to read online as an e-book or to download as a PDF on January 8.

Kathryn A Martin Library is pleased to announce that students, staff at UMD now have access to content from Anatomy.tv through the library's

Thanks to a partnership with the Twin Cities campus, students, faculty, and staff now can register for a free subscription with the Wall Street Journal website. 

The library welcomes Nathan Larson as the new Publishing and Authorship Librarian.

What does the research help process look like? Why might you use this service? How can research help provide guidance in tricky research obstacles?

The Kathryn A. Martin Library welcomes community users.

How do information worlds shape UMD students’ responses to climate change?

Kathryn A. Martin Library welcomes Artist in Residence Kathy McTavish. We look forward to a period of exploration and explanation. An ode to libraries and a debunking of stereotypes.

Academic libraries from across Minnesota are working together to ensure that nearly half a million scarcely-held books will remain available to Minnesotans for the foreseeable future.

Twice a year the Kathryn A.

The Twin Ports have long been a literary center for Minnesota.

The Kathryn A. Martin Library is excited to announce new staff. 

The 1992 documentary, A Gift to One, a Gift to Many will be a gift for many years to come thanks to a recent project by the Kathryn A.

The library's unit change team highlights a year of equity, diversity, and inclusion work in its latest annual report. 

The Kathryn A. Martin welcomes new Outreach and Liaison Librarian.

There are so many places to look for information that the sheer amount of information can be overwhelming – librarians provide guidance, support, and instr

The Kathryn A Martin Library welcomes new staff.

You will no doubt find plenty of books in the library as well as ample study space, but did you also know the library is home to other services? 

Perceval "Percy" Calderwood has joined the Kathryn A. Martin Library as Archives Assistant.

Sean Froyd joined the library as the Web Developer/Designer.

The library is pleased to announce the addition of several new staff. 

The library begins a review of its policies in order to support equity on campus.

Are you an instructor looking to update your course content? Would you like to incorporate new videos or make sure videos you’ve used in the past are still available?

The Kathryn A. Martin Library Archives team was named Outstanding Team for 2020-2021.

2020 brought many changes for businesses, organizations, and individuals. The Kathryn A.

Past issues of Roaring Muse, UMD's literary magazine that originally began in 1997, now available through the University Digital Conservancy. 

Library staff recognized for work on Northeastern Minnesota COVID-19 Community Archives Project.

A new sculpture is installed on campus outside of the Kathryn A. Martin Library. 

This fall, the Kathryn A. Martin Library turns 20!

In a typical year, librarians teach between 350-450 instruction sessions for a wide range of courses, and the majority of these sessions happen in the classroom.

The Kathryn A. Martin Library Archives project focusing on documenting COVID-19 experiences will be able to go a little further in partnership with CLA faculty.

Three library staff among those honored in the first annual “Recognizing Access Award.”

UMD reaches 11,000 items in the University Digital Conservancy.

88 Years of UMD Student Journalism Digitized and Available through Institutional Repository

Kathryn A. Martin Library appoints new Head of Research & Learning

Library offers a new digital collection focusing on local African American oral histories. 

A normal afternoon on campus quickly turned into a nightmare in this shocking account.  

Newly acquired board game collection enhances and library offerings. 

Student creates housing index for Kathryn A. Martin Library Archives.

Librarian, Kim Pittman, receives an award for her assessment work. 

Library displays new board games collection in honor of International Games Week!

Library Director Matt Rosendahl presents cataloger Lisa Wheeler with the spring semester Kathryn A. Martin Library Staff Award. 

The winners of the first-ever Kathryn A. Martin Library GIFable UMD contest have been announced!

A UMD librarian has been selected to receive a national award recognizing innovation in information literacy instruction.

Have you noticed a few new folks working in the library lately?

Borrow titles from the library's new Wellness Collection to get a jump start on your healthy lifestyle. 

New Cataloging Librarian Lisa Wheeler brings technical processing up to speed. 

Mags David, longtime library staff member, takes on a new role.

An ordinary tour becomes a magical adventure