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...Blog
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...
Free Resources in Response to COVID-19: What Faculty Need to Know
Posted April 7, 2020
By Liz Hamilton, Copyright Librarian Many vendors have been expanding user access to their digital resources in light of library closures due to COVID-19....
Fifty years ago, Northwestern set the Earth Day standard
Posted April 1, 2020
Even before national activists could stage the first Earth Day in April 1970, Northwestern students and faculty led the way in pushing environmentalism into...
Library Course Reserve Service Updates to Faculty
Posted March 25, 2020
We live in extraordinary times. And the Libraries have already taken extraordinary steps to respond to COVID-19. As we continue looking for creative ways...
Addition of McCormick papers makes Libraries a journalism history hub
Posted March 6, 2020
Before the addition of the Robert R. McCormick’s personal and business papers, Northwestern Libraries already had a substantial collection of journalism archives deposited by...