The Red Scare: Washing & lining early Soviet propaganda posters
Posted January 25, 2017
Deering Special Collections has a group of roughly 250 Soviet propaganda posters, primarily from the 1930s and 1940s. A number of the posters were...Blog
Get to Know a Copyright Librarian: Liz Hamilton
Posted January 3, 2017
The Northwestern Libraries employ over 70 librarians who specialize in areas such as rare books, area studies, digital scholarship, and archives. In this series,...
Northwestern Professor Awarded for Innovative Work in Regional Science
Posted December 15, 2016
The Transportation Library congratulates Professor David Boyce, who, together with Huw Williams, was awarded the William Alonso Book Prize of the North American Regional...
Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map: GeoWeek 2016
Posted December 7, 2016
The University Libraries’ 10th Annual celebration of Geography Week was held November 14 – 18, 2016. Established by a Presidential Proclamation 25 years ago and...
Finding hidden text: Now you see me… Now you don’t
Posted November 30, 2016
While conducting research on slotted parchment bindings, Hesiodou tou Askraiou Erga kai Hemerai (Hesiod 1537) came to the attention of preservation staff. We could...
Who is Northwestern University Press (and why should I care)?
Posted November 23, 2016
Founded in 1893, Northwestern University Press is dedicated to publishing works of enduring scholarly and cultural value, extending the university’s mission to a community...
Northwestern professor’s ‘artist’s book’ on display in Deering
Posted November 22, 2016
The Art Library has been spotlighting the research material produced by faculty in the Departments of Art History and Art Theory and Practice. Every other...
Know about Geography Week? There’s a map for that
Posted November 15, 2016
Nov. 13-19 is National Geography Awareness Week, and Northwestern Libraries is celebrating with workshops and playful activities that have become popular fixtures for students...
Books on the Move: A Message from the Dean of Libraries
Posted November 14, 2016
As we accommodate our growing collections and prepare over the next two years for the anticipated restoration of Deering Library, we continue to shift books...