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New Russian studies journal furthers Libraries’ open access publishing mission

By Georgia Kerrigan ’27 At a packed reception of faculty, students and staff earlier this month, the Libraries debuted their second open access, in-house...
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At 70, Herskovits Library still guards against erasure of African history

By Georgia Kerrigan ’27 This academic year, Northwestern’s Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies celebrates its 70th anniversary. The library was founded in...
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Preserving Panafrica: Ephemera in Art and Culture

By Susan Russick Magazines. Brochures. Books.  You expect to see these materials in a library setting, but not on exhibit in an art museum—and...
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Lifesaver’s memorial plaque debuts in new spot after years in storage

By Georgia Kerrigan ’27 After 5 years of storage in University Archives, a plaque memorializing 19th-century student Edward Spencer now hangs on the north...
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Collaborative Effort: Conservation Contributions to a Museum Exhibit

This fall, Northwestern University Libraries loaned 63 items to The Block Museum of Art to appear in the exhibition  Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and...
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Garry Marshall exhibit puts the NU in ‘Nanu Nanu’

By Georgia Kerrigan ’27 Step into University Libraries between now the end of the quarter and you’ll find yourself immersed in decades of entertainment...
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Concrete Plans: Reports and Planning Studies from the Projects of Robert Moses

The Northwestern University Transportation Library is proud to debut a new exhibit: Concrete Plans: Reports and Planning Studies from the Projects of Robert Moses,...
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Devoted donor and alumna Leslie Cameron Devereaux wanted Libraries to be “an extraordinary experience” for students

As a lifelong supporter of Northwestern Athletics and Northwestern Libraries, Leslie Cameron Devereaux found the perfect opportunity to combine her interests in 2015, when...
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What to know about your libraries

Oh, how I’ve missed the tip tap of keyboards in the Information Commons and the sounds of silence emanating from Periodicals. Welcome to the...
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