Signs of life: 53 million pages of biodiversity
Posted January 12, 2018
By Becca Greenstein, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Librarian Wouldn’t it be nice to have the collections of the world’s most famous natural...Category: Contributors
Behind the Scenes Conservation: Gellan Gum Workshop
Posted November 29, 2017
By Susan Russick, Special Collections Conservator Water in. Water out. Half of what we do in conservation is adding and removing water. We use...
Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife
Posted November 14, 2017
In late 2008, an elderly woman slipped on the ice and hit her head near Sheridan and Juneway Terrace, on the southern border of...
Farewell to Archives Month 2017
Posted October 31, 2017
Like the barrage of light and sound that ends a 4th of July fireworks display, Distinctive Collections is topping off Archives Month with an...
Promoting Open Science with Arch
Posted October 25, 2017
Written by guest contributor and Digital Publishing Librarian, Chris Diaz Scientific journal articles only tell part of the story. When scientists, students, and industry...
Obama Foods: Yes We Can (Save Those Wrappers)
Posted September 13, 2017
Back in 2015, the Preservation Department at the Libraries curated an exhibit called “Beyond the Book: The Changing Nature of Library Collections,” which highlighted...
Looking back at looking up: solar eclipses and Northwestern history
Posted August 18, 2017
Written by guest contributor and journalism major, Madeline Fox, Class of 2017 In just a few days, people all over the United States will...
Meet Becca Greenstein, STEM Librarian
Posted August 1, 2017
The Northwestern Libraries are happy to introduce Becca Greenstein, STEM Librarian and the newest addition to the Research and Learning Services team. As the...
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...