March 7 - May 24, 2010

Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Are you interested in seeing science from above? Curious to see what impact one single person or invention can have? Keen to find pockets of innovation? Desperate for better tools to manage the information flood? Or are you simply fascinated by maps? Then visit the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit at on display at the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

The exhibit aims to demonstrate the power of maps to navigate and make sense of physical places and abstract topic spaces. The display features the first six of ten iterations of the Places & Spaces exhibit. Also shown are: Illuminated Diagram displays by W. Bradford Paley, Kevin Boyack, John Burgoon, Peter Kennard, and Richard Klavans; WorldProcessor globes by Ingo Günther; and Hands-on Science Maps for Kids with paintings by Fileve Palmer.

Scientists will be stimulated, students and teachers encouraged, and the general public fascinated by this multi-layered accessible approach to the worlds of modern scientific thought.

Exhibit Curators

Dr. Katy Börner <katy@indiana.edu> and Michael J. Stamper <mstamper@indiana.edu> at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Local Exhibit Curators

Tim Utter, Access and Information Services Librarian, <tutter@umich.edu> and Rebecca Hill <rebehill@umich.edu> at University of Michgan, Ann Arbor, MI

Address

University of Michigan
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library
913 S. University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190

 

Maps On Display

Additional Elements


Special Exhibit Maps


Several University of Michigan faculty created maps included in the exhibit: Santiago Schnell, Molecular and Integrative Physiology; Lada Adamic, School of Information; M. E. J. Newman, Physics; Jeff Horon, Medical School; Helena Buhr, Natalie Cotton, and Jason Owen-Smith, Sociology and Organizational Studies.

Special Events

March 10th - Opening reception for the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit from 4:00-6:00 pm in the Hatcher Graduate Library gallery in Room 100. The program includes speakers: Dr. Katy Börner, the curator of the Places & Spaces exhibit and a professor with the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, and Dr. Mark E. J. Newman, Paul Dirac Collegiate Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan.

Acknowledgments

Places & Spaces is curated Dr. Katy Börner and Michael J. Stamper, School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University. Places & Spaces also receives input from the Places and Spaces Advisory Board. The exhibit is sponsored by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. IIS-0238261, CHE-0524661, IIS-0737783 and IIS-0715303; the James S. McDonnell Foundation; Thomson Scientific/Reuters; Elsevier; the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center, University Information Technology Services, and the School of Library and Information Science, all three at Indiana University. Some of the data used to generate the science maps is from Thomson Scientific/Reuters.