# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Archiving the World: The Bentley Library and U-M’s International Aspirations
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Did you know that the Bentley Historical Library has helped shape U-M’s global mission by connecting with libraries all over the world?

Join us in person or virtually to hear from former Bentley Director Fran Blouin as he reveals how the Bentley forged connections with colleagues in China, France, Russia, the Vatican, post-apartheid South Africa, and many other countries, beginning in the 1970s, in order to share and learn from each other.

This Making Michigan program is free and open to the public. It is presented in partnership with the Bentley Historical Library.

Image: Group picture from "Sharable Experiences: 10 Years of SAAC-Bentley Historical Library Archival Cooperation," September 2009, Nanking, China. (Bentley Historical Library records, Bentley Historical Library)
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ann-arbor/archiving-the-world-the-bentley-library-and-u-m’s-international-aspirations/200029887391347
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Ann Arbor
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1398 E Ann St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48109
- **lat**: 42.28222
- **long**: -83.73191
- **full address**: 1398 E Ann St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48109

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- **organizer**: Detroit Observatory (https://allevents.in/org/detroit-observatory/12609496)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1398 E Ann St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48109
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Detroit Observatory
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- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Archiving the World: The Bentley Library and U-M’s International Aspirations ?
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