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Librarians and faculty partner on digital scholarship  

As Northwestern’s data analysis librarian, Sarah Thorngate knows that her title may not generate an instant understanding of what she does.   “Data analysis, that’s...
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Award-winning librarian gets all the love for his community focus

Sure, librarian Ted Quiballo was pleased to find out he had been named one of 10 winners of an annual recognition from the American...
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The Libraries Mourn the Passing of Barry Olivier

Barry Olivier, musician, guitar teacher and founder and producer of the Berkeley Folk Music Festival from 1958 to 1970, passed away on September 23....
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Librarians as educators: Developing the annual faculty practicum

In spring 2020, as the debate about delivering college courses got Zoomed into the national consciousness, a cross-campus partnership of Northwestern entities, including the...
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Graphic Design In Transportation: Snapshots from Transportation’s Winter Open House

We invite you to join us at the Transportation Library for our Spring Open House on April 27 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.,...
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Weighing the four factors of fair use

Happy Fair Use Week! In U.S. copyright law, fair use is a user’s right to make use of other creators’ copyrighted works for purposes...
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In demand more than ever, librarians working diligently to serve campus

By Sarah M. Pritchard, Dean of Libraries and Charles Deering McCormick University Librarian Libraries are essential services to a campus in the best of...
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On the Same Terms: Women library leaders at Northwestern

“On the Same Terms” is an exhibition and blog series dedicated to this academic year’s commemoration of the 150-year anniversary of the admission of women to...
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New year, new reading room for combined Special Collections, University Archives

Last fall, two of the Libraries’ rare-material collections and the archival processing unit combined under a new name: the Charles Deering McCormick Library of...
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