New and Notable Collections, October 2023
Posted October 9, 2023
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Beast of Burden: Digitizing Rolling Stones Summer Tour Archives
Posted September 21, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 In 1972, the Rolling Stones spent two months playing 48 shows across the United States after a three-year-long...
Here for you – welcome to your library!
Posted September 19, 2023
The Northwestern University Libraries welcomes students back to campus for the first day of fall quarter classes! Whether you are just getting to know...
Casey Jones Memorial Flower
Posted August 9, 2023
New Acquisition Highlight: Crocheted Flower, circa 1950, made by Janie Brady Jones, widow of folk hero railroad engineer Casey Jones In the early morning...
New digital modules make library skills training easier to access
Posted August 3, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 Northwestern’s librarians are as knowledgeable as the books that line their workplace. They enjoy helping students locate information...
One year after debut, Applied Transgender Studies journal continues to build bridges
Posted July 18, 2023
“Whither Trans Studies?” asks editor TJ Billard in the first issue of the Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies published in June 2022. This foundational...
Small changes, big improvements
Posted July 5, 2023
The UX librarian works in the background, with results that are easy to grasp Imagine if someone moved the University Library entrance closer to...
A collection of real impact
Posted June 20, 2023
Transportation Library holdings link humans, history, and the environment On its maiden voyage across Lake Michigan, the SS Badger ferried passengers, autos, roll-on/roll-off freight...
Practicum project revisits “Project Survival” climate activism event
Posted June 7, 2023
By Elena Hubert ’25 From dusk to dawn, 10,000 people crowded the halls, classrooms and auditoriums of the Technological Institute with the world on...