Small changes, big improvements
Posted July 5, 2023
The UX librarian works in the background, with results that are easy to grasp Imagine if someone moved the University Library entrance closer to...Profile Cory Slowik
A collection of real impact
Posted June 20, 2023
Transportation Library holdings link humans, history, and the environment On its maiden voyage across Lake Michigan, the SS Badger ferried passengers, autos, roll-on/roll-off freight...
Papers of gay rights pioneer to be archived at Libraries
Posted June 6, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 Steve Pieters ’74 has stood under many spotlights in his lifetime—on stage, at the altar, on TV—and has...
“That’s Grandma!”: Finding family in the archives
Posted May 26, 2023
Archivists preserve information for the future for many reasons—some of them personal. This story appeared originally in the print edition of Footnotes, Fall 2010....
Archaeology PhD student rethinks exhibition with virtual and augmented reality
Posted May 16, 2023
By Elena Hubert ’25 European aristocrats looking to heighten their social clout in the 17th century relied on “cabinets of curiosities” as showcases of...
Browsing digital collections easier than ever
Posted May 4, 2023
Northwestern University Libraries’ Digital Collections, the main window into our digitized materials, has a new look that makes it easier than ever to explore our...
Power in poetry: How Jones made University Press a champion of the verse
Posted April 24, 2023
By Elena Hubert ’25 Parneshia Jones doesn’t consider herself a poet first and foremost. She’s a writer and a “few-and-far-between poet,” alongside being a...
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...
This is your library – Welcome!
Posted September 20, 2022
The Northwestern University Libraries welcomes students back to campus for the beginning of fall quarter! Whether you are just getting to know the libraries...