Niche publications round out Transportation Library collections
Posted April 18, 2024
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 A recent donation to Northwestern’s Transportation Library just made it the only institution in the United States with...Profile Drew Scott
Award-winning librarian gets all the love for his community focus
Posted February 5, 2024
Sure, librarian Ted Quiballo was pleased to find out he had been named one of 10 winners of an annual recognition from the American...
Digital exhibit recreates the ‘sound world’ of Beethoven’s bassist using library collections
Posted January 31, 2024
By Elena Hubert ’25 With a name like “Domenico Dragonetti,” you would figure the world’s first virtuoso bassist would be as well-known as Ludwig...
The race to define what’s next for AI in libraries
Posted December 11, 2023
Imagine an undergraduate trying to brainstorm a fruitful theme for a term paper. One midnight, she is struck by inspiration, and opens the Libraries’...
Madrid museum features Northwestern avant garde materials
Posted December 1, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 This summer, the Libraries sent more than 40 rare items and 14 facsimiles to the Museo Nacional Centro...
The Afrofuturist superhero prowling library stacks
Posted November 21, 2023
The road to real research can begin in the most popcorny corners of pop culture — even a blockbuster comic-book movie, said Gene Kannenberg,...
Jenny Knauss and the Janes: The fight for abortion rights in ’70s Chicago
Posted November 2, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 The posters, fliers, and ephemera in the Libraries’ Femina Collection overflow with remnants of the fight for gender...
Newly donated scrapbook documents life of 1930s running back
Posted October 20, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 Clarence Hinton ’38 was among the earliest students of color to play football for Northwestern. So, imagine his...
The Libraries Mourn the Passing of Barry Olivier
Posted October 16, 2023
Barry Olivier, musician, guitar teacher and founder and producer of the Berkeley Folk Music Festival from 1958 to 1970, passed away on September 23....