Helping smaller institutions preserve their own collections
Posted July 7, 2017
A large academic institution like Northwestern University Libraries has ample staff and resources for the upkeep of its materials. But many smaller cultural institutions might...
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LGBT collections bring a rainbow of color to library holdings
Posted June 23, 2017
At the moment, Chicago is bookended between last weekend’s Pride Festival and this weekend’s Pride Parade. But the study of gender, sexuality and LGBT...
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Northwestern professor’s ‘artist’s book’ on display in Deering
Posted November 22, 2016
The Art Library has been spotlighting the research material produced by faculty in the Departments of Art History and Art Theory and Practice. Every other...
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Know about Geography Week? There’s a map for that
Posted November 15, 2016
Nov. 13-19 is National Geography Awareness Week, and Northwestern Libraries is celebrating with workshops and playful activities that have become popular fixtures for students...
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Books on the Move: A Message from the Dean of Libraries
Posted November 14, 2016
As we accommodate our growing collections and prepare over the next two years for the anticipated restoration of Deering Library, we continue to shift books...
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Open House Chicago returns to Deering Library
Posted October 14, 2016
For the second year in a row, Northwestern University Libraries is excited to welcome architecture buffs and curious sightseers to Charles Deering Memorial Library...
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Trove of Americana gifted to library now available
Posted October 11, 2016
Thanks to a major gift, the Northwestern community now has access to the contents of the Archive of Americana collection, a product of Readex,...
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Library exhibit and lecture honor feminist icon
Posted September 30, 2016
Marking the 50th anniversary of the National Organization for Women, NOW president Terry O’Neill ’74 will give a public lecture at Northwestern this fall...
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“Divine” medieval manuscript now available online
Posted August 1, 2016
Recently, the Repository & Digital Curation team digitized the Libraries’ recently acquired copy of La discipline d’amour divine (The Discipline of Divine Love). This exceedingly rare...
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