Art and AI rendezvous in surrealist exhibit
Posted March 29, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 Famous surrealists of the 20th century often engaged in an activity dubbed “exquisite corpse;” dividing a paper into...Blog
‘Timetable Firsts’ exhibit reveals impactful moments in 20th century transportation history
Posted March 10, 2023
Printed timetables were, by definition, ephemeral. Airline and railroad schedules were regularly updated, and with the release of a new timetable, the previous edition...
Weighing the four factors of fair use
Posted February 21, 2023
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...
Stjopka Collages Revealed
Posted February 6, 2023
By Laura Berenger The collage artworks by Stjopka (born 1956) present a very detailed world and an imagination that is adventurous, historical, tender, macabre,...
Photography exhibit in the library showcases student art
Posted February 2, 2023
A new partnership between the Art Library and the department of Art Theory & Practice has created a space for showcasing student photography on...
Thomas Mann exhibit: What does it take to defend democracy from fascism?
Posted February 1, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 This quarter, the German department is working closely with Northwestern Libraries to bring a new exhibit to campus...
Privacy Research Shows Hesitancy Sharing Data
Posted January 27, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 January 28 marks Data Privacy Day, which commemorates the 1981 signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding...
Travel grants put scholars in touch with rarest collections
Posted January 25, 2023
A pilot project issuing travel grants to far-flung scholars for visiting Northwestern Libraries collections in person was such a success for the 2022-2023 academic...
Trucking By Electricity: The Fleet of the New York Edison Company
Posted January 11, 2023
The New York Edison Company was the largest provider of electricity in New York City in the 1920s, employing a fleet of several hundred...