Pilot OER Grant Program to save students $179K in first year
Posted May 23, 2019
The newly launched Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant program was designed to support faculty who are interested in exploring the use of OER in...Blog
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...
Champions of new music: the archives of orchestra conductors
Posted May 13, 2019
Long-dedicated to collecting twentieth-century and contemporary art music, the Northwestern University Music Library holds several important archival collections documenting the careers of influential orchestra...
Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago composer’s papers at Northwestern
Posted April 5, 2019
The papers of composer and organist Leo Sowerby, held by the Music Library, give invaluable insights into the creative process and performance preparations of a...
Love Data Week: A celebration of ambitious research
Posted March 13, 2019
In February, librarians urged students and faculty to “Show Data Some Love” during the fourth annual Love Data Week, an international effort to promote...
Handmaid’s re-telling: Library holdings explore ‘One Book’ novel
Posted March 13, 2019
A pair of classes from fall 2018 used the Libraries’ holdings to go deeper into themes of The Handmaid’s Tale, this year’s One Book...
New grant supports creative use of open resources
Posted March 5, 2019
A new grant program at Northwestern supports faculty who use open educational resources for undergraduate courses. The grants come in two amounts: $2,500 for...
New digital humanities tool simplifies analysis of large text blocks
Posted March 4, 2019
A new tool available through the Libraries makes it easier than ever for scholars to try their hands at digital humanities analysis. Often, large...
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...