Supporting Teaching, Learning & Research

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Lilly Library student now conservation technician at the Library of Congress

Paul Kwan Asta (M.F.A. ’16, Creative Writing) describes how it all started. "My first week at IU, [professor and poet] Cathy Bowman took us to the Lilly. Suddenly I’m staring at drafts of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five and Sylvia Plath’s diary from Cambridge," he said.

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Why IU? Sonia Song-Ha Lee says it's the Libraries

Sonia Song-Ha Lee is an Associate Professor of American Studies, the Latino Studies Program, and the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Recently the Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity & Inclusion asked Sonia why she chose IU as her second home.  Her answer? The world-class libraries and the active spaces they create for learning in and out of the classroom.

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Renovation Update: The Lilly Library with image of a historic map and handwritten manuscript

Lilly Library Renovation

Thanks to a nearly $11 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, IU Libraries' Lilly Library will be renovated. Consistently regarded as one of the nation's top libraries for books and manuscripts of the greatest importance, the Lilly Library was established in 1960 to house the extensive private library of the late Josiah K. Lilly Jr., one of the Lilly Endowment's founders.

Learn about the renovation