Posted April 28, 2022
Many students and faculty rely on the digital tool Zotero to organize their research literature, especially the all-important management of bibliographic citations. Now an upgrade funded...
Posted April 21, 2022
When Don Roberts became the second-ever head librarian for Northwestern’s Music Library in 1969, the library had a nuts-and-bolt mission: Provide whatever scores, records, and...
Posted March 9, 2022
By Lauren McKeen McDonald, Open Education Librarian If you’re an educator, you’ve probably heard of OER by now. OER stands for Open Educational Resources...
Posted February 16, 2022
An extended collaboration between Northwestern faculty, students, and librarians resulted in this month’s debut of a new digital exhibit highlighting an under-researched segment of Black history...
Posted January 6, 2022
By Lauren McKeen McDonald, Open Education Librarian According to a recent survey of Northwestern students, 53 percent reported either avoiding certain courses, dropping courses,...
Posted November 16, 2021
An archive of digitized print media from around the world — including major dailies, special interest newsletters, and government agency papers — is making research easier and more...
Posted November 1, 2021
The Northwestern Libraries are pleased to announce the receipt of the archive of historian Pier Larson (1961-2020), a renowned scholar of African history. The...
Posted August 19, 2021
By Karissa Muratore As the new Conservation Resident at Northwestern University Libraries, and after having spent the previous six or so months in quarantine...
Posted July 23, 2021
The safety bicycle was introduced in the 1880s, an alternative to the high-wheeler, or “ordinary” bicycles that had previously dominated the market. Improvements in...