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For its next trick, Indiana University’s Lilly Library will bring a massive collection of magic and illusion to Bloomington. Magic performer and writer David Ben sold his collection of thousands of artifacts, books and ephemera dating to the 19th Century. Those materials will be available to scholars, students and the public after cataloging. Aubrey Wright shares the story for WFIU, Bloomington's NPR radio station.

The Lilly Library exhibition, "The Declaration of Independence: The Motives, the Moment," is featured in The Wall Street Journal's list of ways to celebrate America 250.

Bloom Magazine highlights the Lilly Library's "The Declaration of Independence: The Motives, The Moment" exhibition. 

Katherine Surur and Ellie Harrison, both Graduate student employees at the IU Archives, have earned summer internships at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.

The Lilly Library's acquisition of Canadian author, historian, and magician David Ben's collection is featured by the IDS. The collection includes manuscripts, photographs, puzzles, films, postcards, rare books, and magazines from the late 19th to the early 21st century.

Head of the Business/SPEA Library Ilana Stonebraker is named the 2026 winner of the BRASS Excellence in Business Librarianship Award.

An exhibition of the work of Robert O’Hearn, an IU grad and later a Jacobs School of Music professor who became an internationally-renowned set-and-costume designer for some of world’s biggest ballets, operas and theater productions, is displayed in an eye-catching exhibition at the IU Archives. 

University Collections at McCalla's new exhibition, Capturing the Campus: T.C. Steele, Indiana University’s First Artist in Residence, includes documents from IU Archives.

Wells Library stacks' bathrooms are ranked among the best bathrooms on campus for their privacy.

Health Sciences Librarian & Head of the Sciences Library Amy Minix is celebrated as a local IU Luddy alumna.

Antique Week shares about the wide variety of dictionaries and their collectors, highlighting Madeline Kripke, the “Doyenne of Dictionaries,” whose collection is now housed at the Lilly Library.

For the Love of Black Literacy: African American Read-In, hosted in collaboration with the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, IU School of Education, and IU Libraries, is one of the many ways you can celebrate Black History Month in Bloomington.

Photojournalist, IU alum, and Media School adjunct Steven Higgs talks about his relationship with Andy Mahler and donating his papers to IU Archives.

Cook Music Library provided the "Hail to Old IU" score and edited sound recording for Jane Pauley's CBS Sunday morning segment.

The New York Times reports on Hunter S. Thompson's legacy, including how some of his materials are being donated to the Lilly Library.

FOX59/CBS4 visits the IU Archives to talk with Director of University Archives and Special Collections Dina Kellams and Photograph Curator Brad Cook about IU's football history.

Archive-It reflects on their growth over the past 20 years, with additional thoughts by Digital Archivist Dinah Miles, who was one of Archive-It's original partners along with IU Libraries.

Librarian for Anthropology, Folklore, and Sociology Moira Marsh was elected to the American Folklore Society Executive Board (2026-2028) starting January 2026.

Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian Willa Liburd Tavernier talks about information access and the Land, Wealth, Liberation Project, a digital archive she helped create.