In demand more than ever, librarians working diligently to serve campus
Posted May 15, 2020
By Sarah M. Pritchard, Dean of Libraries and Charles Deering McCormick University Librarian Libraries are essential services to a campus in the best of...Blog
Copyright during COVID-19: A Q&A with copyright librarian Liz Hamilton
Posted May 14, 2020
Liz Hamilton is the copyright librarian for Northwestern Libraries and University Press. She responds to all kinds of copyright questions, from information on copyright law...
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...
Latest OER grant projects expected to save 1,300 students $247,000
Posted May 11, 2020
By Lauren McKeen, Open Education Librarian Four recipients of a 2020-21 Open Educational Resource grant will receive at least $5,000 to develop free teaching...
On the Same Terms: Women library leaders at Northwestern
Posted May 1, 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...
New year, new reading room for combined Special Collections, University Archives
Posted April 24, 2020
Last fall, two of the Libraries’ rare-material collections and the archival processing unit combined under a new name: the Charles Deering McCormick Library of...
The Aggregate: Environmental Data
Posted April 21, 2020
Northwestern celebrates Earth Month virtually throughout April by engaging the Northwestern community in issues around sustainability. In honor of Earth Day tomorrow, Anne Zald,...
Tribute to the Tribune: The broad impact of Robert McCormick’s archive
Posted April 16, 2020
One by one, three white trucks pulled up to the University Library loading dock in January, laden with the contents of the largest archive...
“On the Same Terms”: Women’s Self-Governance, 1906-1969
Posted April 10, 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...