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...Category: Repository and Digital Curation
Repository and Digital Curation
Preparing 17th-Century Texts for the EarlyPrint Digitization Project
Posted May 12, 2022
For the past couple of years, Northwestern University Libraries has been working to digitize a large group of English-language titles printed before the year...
Fair Use Week celebrates copyright flexibility for all
Posted February 21, 2021
By Liz Hamilton, copyright librarian Happy Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week! This international event, observed February 22-26, celebrates fair use (an exception under copyright law...
Create Free, Digital, and Adaptable Course Materials with OER Grant
Posted January 25, 2021
By Lauren McKeen McDonald, Open Education Librarian The Affordable Instructional Resources (AIR) initiative invites Northwestern faculty to apply for $5,000 grants to develop Open Educational Resources...
Teaching with primary sources during a pandemic: A digital cabinet of curiosities
Posted May 13, 2020
By Jason Nargis, Special Collections Librarian for Instruction & Curriculum One of my favorite times of the academic year is toward the end of...
New digital collection interface makes browsing archives easy
Posted May 21, 2019
A new online tool launched this month gives researchers more efficient tools to view the voluminous digital collections held at the Libraries. The new...
Library publishes student, faculty work from Computational Research Day
Posted May 4, 2018
How would you simulate the formation of a galaxy? What can historical voting patterns show us about polarization in the U.S. Congress? These are...
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...