Stephen Shore and The Book of Books
Posted February 12, 2018
By Perry Nigro, Art Library Assistant At 6, he received a home darkroom kit for his birthday. At 14, he had sold some of...Blog
Fair play: coloring books and copyright
Posted February 8, 2018
By Liz Hamilton, Copyright Librarian, and Rachel Cole, Transportation Public Services Librarian Coloring books are said to have benefits that include reductions in stress, anxiety,...
Government collection consolidated in new space
Posted January 26, 2018
In February, the Government and Geographic Information Collection will move from Deering Library to a new home in University Library. The move marks a...
Digital citizenship is the University’s business; University Libraries can help
Posted January 26, 2018
By Sarah Pritchard, Dean of Libraries We now live in a global society that is increasingly dominated by digital technology. Institutions of higher education...
Signs of life: 53 million pages of biodiversity
Posted January 12, 2018
By Becca Greenstein, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Librarian Wouldn’t it be nice to have the collections of the world’s most famous natural...
The Revolution Will Be Archived: The 1960s at Northwestern
Posted November 30, 2017
The fall 2017 issue of Footnotes marks Northwestern University Libraries’ declaration about becoming center for study of the 1960s. Read the full issue here....
Behind the Scenes Conservation: Gellan Gum Workshop
Posted November 29, 2017
By Susan Russick, Special Collections Conservator Water in. Water out. Half of what we do in conservation is adding and removing water. We use...
A Taste of Distinctive Collections
Posted November 21, 2017
In preparation for Thanksgiving dinner next week, the Distinctive Collections staff have gathered together a sampling—a tasting menu, as it were—of food-related items from...
New librarians for music, business join Northwestern
Posted November 17, 2017
The Northwestern University Libraries are pleased to welcome two new librarians to its staff: Emily Boyd has joined as a Business/Data Analytics Librarian. She...