Early Automobile Companies Ephemera Collection, 1910-1932
Posted January 15, 2021
Dating from 1910 to 1932, the advertising materials and travel ephemera in the Early Automobile Companies Ephemera Collection, held in the collections of the...Blog
Special Treatment: the care of African language books
Posted December 14, 2020
For decades, the Herskovits Library of African Studies has been collecting specific genres of books that are in African languages. Some are in widely...
Uendelezaji wa elimu ya kimataifa kupitia kwa mikusanyiko ya kimataifa
Posted November 23, 2020
Imetafsiriwa na Florence Mugambi na Peter Mwangi Tangu 2013, Chuo Kikuu cha Northwestern kimeitambua wiki ya kuadhimisha elimu ya kimataifa kama wakati wa kuenzi...
Supporting international education through global collections
Posted November 18, 2020
Since 2013, Northwestern University has recognized International Education Week as a time to honor the increased representation of international students on campus, as well...
Archive of Berkeley Folk Music Festival fully available online
Posted October 8, 2020
Fifty years ago today, the famed Berkeley Folk Music Festival opened its annual concert series for the 15th and final time, presaging the sunset...
Collaborating with engineering students to create an open-design conservation tool
Posted September 18, 2020
Book conservators treat volumes that vary in size, shape, and functionality. When treating the interior of a book, the binding often needs to be...
Course materials available through Northwestern Libraries
Posted July 14, 2020
By Lauren McKeen, Open Education Librarian The shift to remote teaching has shone a spotlight on the importance of access to course materials and...
Faces in history: Treating caricatures of the Siege and Commune of Paris
Posted July 9, 2020
By Kimberly Kwan, conservation fellow Before the campus shutdown in the face of COVID-19, the Preservation department in University Library was nearing the end...
On the Same Terms: Documenting the Lives of Northwestern Women
Posted May 29, 2020
“On the Same Terms” is an exhibition and blog series dedicated to this academic year’s commemoration of the 150-year anniversary of the admission of women to...