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Collection Development & Archival Collection

As collection managers and subject specialists, our team selects materials that support the teaching and research mission of Indiana University in all academic disciplines.
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Marion Frank-Wilson
Associate Dean for Collection Development, Archival Collections, and Technical Services
mmwalter@iu.edu
(812) 855-8084
Wells Library 232
1320 E. Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
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About Us

The collection managers at the Indiana University Libraries select materials that support the teaching and research mission of Indiana University. Our team includes over thirty-five subject and area specialists who have in-depth knowledge of specific disciplines, languages, and collections, serve as liaisons to the faculty and students in every academic department on campus.

 

 

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Collection Development & Archival Collection • Administration

Marion Frank-Wilson

Associate Dean for Collection Development, Archival Collections, and Technical Services Librarian

(812) 855-1481

mfrankwi@iu.edu

Latest Stories

  • On Ephemera
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    On Ephemera

    These days research libraries collect all sorts of things you might be surprised to find in a library. If you think that its all scholarly books, journals, and online databases, you are missing some of the most fascinating things the library has gathered for you. To wit, a collection of Chicano Movement Political Pin Buttons […]
    November 24th, 2025
  • A photo showing a wax cylinder, used for recording sound during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Also pictured are four different cylindrical cases from the Edison company, used to house blank or recorded wax cylinders. Both the cylinder and the cases are approximately two inches wide and three to four inches tall.
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    The Archives of Traditional Music: Infinite stories, told and untold

    Heather Sloan, DMA, MLS, Public Services and Outreach Archivist, Archives of Traditional Music (ATM) As with other collections that are jewels in IU Libraries’ crown, awareness of the Archives of Traditional Music (ATM) can be surprisingly spotty. An archive of international renown, it is nonetheless fairly common upon mentioning the ATM, its contents, and its […]
    September 23rd, 2025
  • An old-looking rubbing in black ink on cream-colored paper of a man wearing a highly decorated makuta (Southeast Asian-style pointed crown) and sampot (waist-cloth), and elaborate jewelery, seated on a richly decorated throne in a relaxed cross-legged pose and pointing to one side, surrounded by ornamented umbrellas and fans.
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    Angkor Wat in Bloomington: Rubbings Rediscovered

    Area Studies librarians—those of us who work not in specific academic subjects, but with an interdisciplinary focus on a particular world region—are burdened with questions of capacity and choice, inclusion and omission, and the idea that we have to create a microcosm of our area (itself a contested notion) to exist in a completely different […]
    May 8th, 2025
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    Collection Highlights LGBT Literature of Turkey

    New books provide LGBT information about Turkish culture and society, which are of interest to academic disciplines such as gender studies, sociology, anthropology, and more.
    February 11th, 2025
  • a person in traditional Indian dress talks to another person
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    Hindi Cinema: The private collection and unique insights of Nasreen Munni Kabir

    Monique Threatt, Head of IUB Libraries Media Services, invited guest blogger Oliver Brafield—a passionate enthusiast of Hindi Cinema—to share his insights in this blog post. The private collection of renowned author and documentary film-maker Nasreen Munni Kabir is now available for IU Bloomington faculty, staff, and students to view online in a resource called Hindi […]
    November 21st, 2024