What a Trip! The Deacidification of a Far Out Collection
Posted February 21, 2024
By Julie Calcagno What do sci-fi pulp, countercultural newspapers, and 1960s books on marijuana have in common? They’re enjoyable reads, food for thought and...Category: Behind the Scenes
Librarians and faculty partner on digital scholarship
Posted February 20, 2024
As Northwestern’s data analysis librarian, Sarah Thorngate knows that her title may not generate an instant understanding of what she does. “Data analysis, that’s...
Madrid museum features Northwestern avant garde materials
Posted December 1, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 This summer, the Libraries sent more than 40 rare items and 14 facsimiles to the Museo Nacional Centro...
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...
Kathleen Bethel, esteemed African American studies librarian for 41 years, retires
Posted May 8, 2023
On Kathleen Bethel’s first day as a student at Elmhurst College in suburban Chicago, someone in a passing car shouted a racial epithet at...
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...
Yes, We Do That, Too! Preservation Week Insights
Posted May 1, 2023
Happy Preservation Week! It’s the best time of year because it’s an opportunity to talk endlessly about what preservation is and what our department...
Problematic Metadata: Origins and Solutions
Posted April 17, 2023
When you think about a book of recipes, what word comes to mind? The answer to that question is most likely, “cookbook.” It may...
Hamid Naficy Papers open for research
Posted February 22, 2019
University Archives is pleased to announce that the Hamid Naficy Papers are now open for research. Naficy has been a member of the Northwestern faculty since...