Monthly open house featuring rotating highlights from the library’s Special Collections Research Center, maps from the Clark Library, and items from other collections. Curators on hand to answer questions.

Today on the 6th fl.: “Mountains & Rivers.” Display of new acquisitions, including The Highpoints, a board book that displays the highest points in each US state in a unique comparative layout as well as separately, and Kamo Stepping Stones, a beautiful accordion artist’s book that contains its very own ancient potsherd from a Japanese river.

Today on the 4th fl: “Cutting Through Time: Folk Heritage and Socialist Vision in Chinese Papercuts.” Various examples of Chinese paper arts.

Today on the 2nd fl.: “Earth’s Highs and Lows.” Comparative maps of Earth’s mountains and rivers, which proliferated in world atlases in the 19th century.

Today on the 1st fl.: “Mountains Around the World.” Books highlighting encounters with tall peaks.

4–6 p.m., Hatcher Library, enter from the Diag. Free. (734) 936–2309.