November 2022
November 2022: The College of Arts and Sciences newsletter The College Connection reprinted the delightful story of Jim and Naomi Collins, originally published on the IU Libraries webpage. Well-known for their work in Russia where Jim was the ambassador, the two donated their professional papers to the IU Libraries. Ambassador Collins was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Service Award this fall as well: Distinguished Alum Couple Gift Papers to IU
October 2022
Fall 2022: Imagine Magazine, a publication of the IU Foundation, published its fall quarterly volume filled with the best stories of 2022. The January 26th story detailing the detective work behind the original artist who drew the first interlocking I and U in the IU trident was on the list and republished. Brad Cook, University Archives' Photo Curator, played a big part as well as Maura Young Johnston, who received her MIS from IU in 1999: The Woman Behind The IU Trident
10/27/2022: News from the IU English Department celebrates Dr. Louise Bernard, alumna and director of the Obama Foundation Presidential Museum. While describing her multi-disciplinary path, the article mentions her love of Wells and Lilly libraries: From Yorkshire to Yale to the Obama Foundation: How IU English Helped to Shape Dr. Louise Bernard’s Success
10/27/2022: The Luddy Department of Information & Library Science Newsletter announces the 81st annual meeting of the Music Library Association Midwest Chapter, which takes place at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library. Incidentally, the Music Library is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The newsletter interviewed many Music Library staff, including Director Phil Ponella and Head of Music Library Cataloging Chuck Peters: 2022 Music Library Association Annual Meeting: IU hosting Music Library Association annual meeting
10/21/2022: What do IU Libraries have to do with tree research? In Indiana University's Impact Youtube series, the University Archives shows up in a IU Vice President for Research video. One minute and 22 seconds into the video, undergraduate Sara Carter sits in the Archives and shows the audience her work with the 1936 Olmsted maps of the campus and region: IU Students Study Long-Term Impact of Campus Trees
10/20/2022: The Indiana Daily Student whispers in a deep, maddening voice that IU Libraries Media Services will be showing two Halloween classics at the Radio-TV building on October27. These haunting films hope to prepare you for the night when spirits roam our realm freely: Free Halloween film screening to be held at Radio-Television Building Oct. 27
10/12/2022: The Indiana Daily Student explores the Lilly Library exhibit Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects. Interviewing Lilly Library personnel, the article focuses on the details that make the exhibit, curated by collector Glen Miranker, special: Lilly Library will feature Sherlock Holmes exhibit until December
10/10/2022: News from the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs (OVPDEMA) proclaims the Recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day at Indiana University. The proclamation notes departments in service to Indigenous People. The Archives of Traditional Music plays a role by giving back original sound recordings to native communities and working on restoring languages: Proclamation: Recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day
October 2022: Fine Books & Collections announces Rebecca Romney's virtual class on book collecting, focusing specifically on romance novels. Romney is a rare book dealer, appraiser, and author. Her romance collection resides at the Lilly Library: Guide to Book Collecting for Romance Readers
10/8/2022: C-SPAN 2 presents "The Civil War: Letters Between Home and the Front" based on the Indiana University Press volume by the same name, published in cooperation with the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Stephen Williams, Publicity and Trade Marketing Manager for IUP, writes, "Letters Between Home and the Front explores the Civil War letters of one Indiana family, the Walters, and is one of very few books that include correspondence from both the home front and the front line:" Letters Between Home and the Front
10/4/2022: Black Film Center & Archive Blog chronicles the amazing story behind Media School Professor Cara Caddoo's incredible find. Caddoo, who wrote the blog entry, discovered a brief section of The Trooper of Troop K, produced by the Black-operated Lincoln Motion Picture Company in 1916. It is now the oldest known piece of Black film in the U.S. The Black Film Center and Archive is currently headed by Interim Director Rachael Stoeltje, who also oversees the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive. Film preservation and conservation is one of the main missions of both archives: The Trooper of Troop K: Rediscovering Footage from the Earliest Black Film Production Company
September 2022
9/30/2022: Publishers' Weekly publishes a handful of books each week that they revere. For the week of October 3, an IU Press gem is included in the "staff picks." Departure Stories: Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and Other Lies) by Elisa Bernick beguiled the reviewers with "nimble storytelling:" PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 3, 2022
9/28/2022: The Indiana Daily Student entices students and staff to come view the unique collections of IU Libraries Moving Image Archive. Run by Moving Image Curator Carmel Curtis, the monthly screenings feature unusual, obscure, and underrepresented short films: IU Moving Image Archives to start monthly screenings Sept. 29
9/21/2022: The Indiana Daily Student interviews Christina Jones, Head of the Education Library, for The Door Walk Event celebrating reading and bringing awareness to the issue of banned books. People were invited to decorate their door considering the theme “Books Unite Us! Censorship Divides Us!” This was a nationwide campaign by the American Library Association (ALA): IU School of Education to host tour of decorated doors honoring Banned Book Week
9/17/2022: Hoosier History Live, a radio show on WICR 88.7 FM, shares the experience of Rachel Berenson Perry, former fine arts curator for Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, as she visits the Wylie House Museum. Rachel focuses on the time specifically when Indiana University Press was housed in the Wylie House from 1951-1959: Roadtrip: Wylie House Museum in Bloomington
9/16/2022: Inside Indiana Business posted the reappointments and new appointments to Governor Holcomb's state boards and commissions. University Archives Director Dina Kellams was among the new appointments. She will serve on the State Historical Records Advisory Board: Holcomb makes appointments to boards, commissions
9/15/2022: Atlas Obscura lures readers in with an antique scrap of paper from the Lilly Library. The paper: a "note" from Sherlock to Dr. Watson. The topic of the article: The Baker Street Irregulars (BSI), the first fiction fandom in the world. Lilly Library's Erika Dowell gives some input to the Atlas Obscura writer. Incidentally, my dear reader, the BSI archive resides in the Lilly Library: Was This Letter Written by Sherlock Holmes? If you are “Playing the Game,” the answer is elementary
9/14/2022 The Big Ten Academic Alliance Geospatial Information Network News and Highlights features a blog about Monroe Lake from IU Libraries Cartographic Resource Cataloger Ronda Sewald. Using maps from 1947 to 1975, Ronda shows and explains the evolution of the site from hill country to dam and lake, followed by a map from a suitability study that addresses concerns such as erosion: Lake Monroe Land Suitability Study Topographic Map, 1975
9/11/2022: The Indiana Daily Student published a list of activities around campus for National Hispanic Heritage Month. The IU Libraries appears on the list for the University Archives' exhibit "Far Away, So Close: Indiana and El Salvador, Elections and Immigration Policy." The opening occurs Thursday, September 15: La Casa to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with festivities, exhibits, talks and more
- Related: Gentry Keener, student opinion writer for The Indiana Daily Student, praises the Kelley Common Read book The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life by Lauren Markham; however, they fail to see connections between the Archives' exhibit and the theme of migration: The Kelley School Collaboration dishonors an inspiring journalist
9/10/2022: Indiana University in general and the Wylie House Museum in particular are named as spots to explore in Nomads, an online travel magazine. The home of Andrew Wylie, IU's first president, comes up as number 6 on this list of must-see places in Bloomington: Bloomington: 7 Best Places To Visit In Bloomington, Indiana
9/9/2022: IU Bloomington Today, the newsletter for faculty and staff, featured IU Libraries Media Services and their latest information on gaming and its history. Along with a vivid display in the lobby, Media Services has published a series of blog posts about games, gaming consoles, and preservation along with a research guide: Pong, Atari and more at Wells Library
9/9/2022: IU Bloomington Today publicizes the upcoming IU Press and IU Libraries virtual book launch of “The Impossible Arises: Oscar Reutersvärd and His Contemporaries" this coming Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. The elegant volume features Reutersvärd's work, which is housed in the Lilly Library in a collection of over 1,700 pages of letters and drawings: Book launch for ‘The Impossible Arises’
9/6/2022: Indiana Public Media announces the multiple mental health resources available to the wider community surrounding campus through IU's School of Social Work and Center for Rural Engagement. The article underlines the importance of public libraries as sources of community support in rural areas and features a picture of the Lilly Library: Free mental health resources for rural communities expanded through state, IU partnership
August 2022
8/30/2022: The Indianapolis Star delves into the life of one of the Lilly Library's beloved donors, Flo Silver. A collector and expert in children's literature with a special eye for Newbery and Caldecott award winners, Silver has found a lifetime of joy in collecting, reading, and giving to the Lilly Library: An expert Indianapolis collector has found hundreds of rare kids' books for Lilly Library (subscription required)
8/30/2022: News from the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering shared that Kahyun Choi, an assistant professor of information and library science, won $430,000 to develop "ethical AI" that will help make underrepresented poets and their work more discoverable. Both Assistant Dean for Library Technologies Jon Dunn and Angela Courtney librarian for English and American Literature at IU Libraries will help with the project: Choi wins prestigious IMLS Junior Career Award for poetry analysis proposal
8/23/2022: IU Press author James H. Madison was given the Indiana Writers Lifetime Achievement Award. Facilitated by Indiana Humanities and funded by Glick Philanthropies, the Indiana writers' organization premiered a video about the emeritus history professor's writing life, celebrating his legacy: Indiana Authors Awards: 2022 Lifetime Achievement
8/23/2022: The Indiana Daily Student announced the upcoming two-day open house of the Black Film Center and Archive, housed in the Wells Library. Committed to collecting, preserving, and sharing Black film and artifacts, the center welcomes the community to the open house. If you cannot make it, a 3-D virtual tour is available: Black Film Center & Archive to present open house Sept. 7-8
8/19/2022: Fredonia SUNY News reports on the discovery of English Professor Birger Vanwesenbeeck, who spent his summer researching Sylvia Plath at Lilly Library. He found out that Plath took a class taught by Fredonia SUNY's professor Marion Sonnenfeld, who was a doctoral student at Yale during the time Plath was there: Vanwesenbeeck uncovers SUNY Fredonia connection to renowned poet Sylvia Plath
8/19/2022: IU Bloomington Today, our campus news for faculty and staff, highlighted pictures from Welcome Week, including two from IU Libraries' Herman B House Party: Scenes from move-in, Welcome Week
8/18/2022: News from the Office of the Provost & Executive Vice President presented Lilly Library Museum Exhibition Specialist Jenny Mack with 5 questions about herself and the latest exhibition, Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects. Find out more about Jenny's journey to become an exhibition specialist in one of the greatest rare books and manuscripts library: 'Unashamedly, irreducibly strange:' celebrating Sherlock Holmes
8/17/2022: IU Bloomington Today features the IU Press book Women at Indiana University: 150 Years of Experiences and Contributuions by Andrea Walton. The book starts with Sarah Parke Morrison, the first female student, of whom a lot of archival materials exist in IUL archives: Book celebrates women’s roles in IU history
8/16/2022: Programming Librarian, an American Libraries Association website, highlights IU Scholars' Commons librarian Alyssa Denneler and her best practices for hybrid programming. Through observation and experience, Alyssa has come up with steps to make hybrid programming optimal for both physical and virtual audiences: One Event, Two Experiences: Why Hybrid Is Worth the Work
August 2022: The August issue of Seema magazine interviewed Babita Shrestha, author of Plant-Based Himalaya: Vegan Recipes from Nepal published by IU Press. In the in-depth interview, Shrestha expresses her local food philosophy, discusses her background, and offers two example recipes: Vegan Vibes (subscription required)
8/15/2022: News at IU Bloomington unthreads the mystery of how famous Holmes collector Glen Miranker's latest exhibition is being shown at the Lilly Library. Seems there are a myriad of reasons to find Sherlock specialties in Indiana University's rare books and manuscripts library: The exhibition is afoot: Lilly Library hosts Sherlock Holmes objects.
- Related: The American Library Association online journal InfoDocket republished the IU News piece, highlighting the importance of the exhibition and directing a larger audience to the exhibit: The Exhibition is Afoot: Indiana University’s Lilly Library Hosts Sherlock Holmes Objects
- Related: Indiana Public Media showcased the Miranker Holmes' exhibit explaining it contains many rarities. They interviewed Erika Dowell, Associate Director and Curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts at the Lilly Library: Sherlock Holmes exhibit featured in Lilly Library
- Related: The Bloomington Herald-Times addresses Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects with a photo essay. Each of the up-close pictures gives detailed information, making this expose a vivid display: Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects at Lilly Library (subscription required)
- Related: Gentry Keener, student opinion writer for The Indiana Daily Student, wrote an editorial on Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects, admitting it did not thrill her, but that people interested in Holmes would find it captivating: Even Sherlock Holmes might struggle to find this exhibition interesting
- The Indiana Daily Student explores the Lilly Library exhibit Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects. Interviewing Lilly Library personnel, the article focuses on the details that make the exhibit, curated by collector Glen Miranker, special: Lilly Library will feature Sherlock Holmes exhibit until December
8/8/2022: Publishers Weekly reviews the IU Press book Good Sex: Transforming America Through the New Gender and Sexual Revolution, applauding author Catherine M. Roach with her perspective, insight, and analysis of the positive reflection on today's sexual culture: Good Sex: Transforming America Through the New Gender and Sexual Revolution (subscription required)
8/7/2022: The News-Gazette is celebrating IU alumna Brittany Millington, the new director of the Champaign Public Library in Illinois. The librarian speaks with humility about her managing philosophy and the strength she finds in her family. When asked about the most beneficial classes, however, she talks about Lilly Library Director Joel Silver and his lessons full of treasures and the impact of literacy on the evolution of society: Beyond the Boardroom: Champaign Public Library Director Brittany Millington
8/6/2022: In the blog Sherlock Peoria, Brad Keefauver, marvels at Glen Miranker's keynote about Lilly Library's new exhibition Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects. Due to Miranker's talk, Keefauver is seeing books as objects with rich stories concerning their travels from owner to owner: Glen Miranker's "Sherlock Holmes in 221oBjects" talk
8/4/2022: News from the Office of the Provost & Executive Vice President shared five questions with Open Education Librarian Sarah Hare. In the interview, Hare explains how the IU Libraries can help faculty create low-cost and free content for their students. Applications for the Course Material Fellowship Program (CMFP), which Hare facilitates, are currently open. The program instructs, supports, and aids faculty in creating Open Educational Resources: The journey to low-cost course materials begins with a single step
8/3/2022: IU Media School News unveiled an exciting new project from the IU Stories class under the leadership of professor Austin Francalancia. The project, a film about the life of alumnus Ernie Pyle, will begin with thorough research on Pyle at the Lilly Library with his correspondence and letters: IU Stories course to produce Ernie Pyle biopic film
July 2022
7/20/2022: The Media School announced Rachael Stoeltje, director, IU Libraries Moving Image Archive, as the interim director of the Black Film Center & Archive starting August 1. A global figure in film preservation, Stoeltje brings a wealth of experience to the position: Stoeltje named interim BFCA director
7/18/2022: WFMZ-TV and Best Universities published an online article about the strange and unique items one can find in university libraries. Lilly Library, the rare books, manuscripts, and special collections library of IU Libraries, made the list with the largest collection of miniature books in the nation: Clay tablets and human skin: 10 special collections at universities
7/14/2022: The Bloomington Herald-Times notes the wonderful offerings of events and activities this week. Among the myriad of exciting possibilities is the University Archives' exhibit “An Army of Lovers Cannot Be Conquered.” Due to its popularity, the exhibit has been extended to run until the end of July: From poetry to comedy to cats, there's something for everyone this week in Bloomington (subscription required)
7/11/2022: On the internet platform Medium, writer Melissa Gouty describes her wonderment during a recent visit to the Lilly Library where she learned some antique books have beautiful art painted on the edges of their collective pages. Called fore-edging, she then explains the history of the craft: Fore-Edge Painting: A Time-Honored Technique for Beautifying Books
June 2022
6/23/2022: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has posted an article about the origins of Title IX on its website in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the legislation's passing. A photo of Senator Birch Bayh, who was the author of the law, introduces the story. The photo as well as the Indiana senator's papers reside in the University Archives: The origins of Title IX
6/23/2022: USA Today's 10 Best presents the 10 best things to do in Bloomington, Indiana. No surprise that Indiana University is on the list. Of the attractions mentioned on campus, the Lilly Library is mentioned for its amazing exhibits on Orson Welles and Mark Twain: Experience Hoosier hospitality in culturally rich Bloomington, Indiana
6/20/2022: NewsNation, an internet news source, reports on the tragedy of hazing on college campuses. It highlights the work of IU Press author Hank Nuwer, whose latest book is Hazing: Destroying Young Lives: ‘End pledging’: America’s dark history of hazing gone wrong
6/15/2022: IU Bloomington Today referred IU faculty and staff to IU Libraries' Juneteenth guide to the holiday. Created by folklore librarian Moira Marsh, the guide explains the context and IU's connection to Juneteenth: Reminder: Juneteenth is IU holiday
June 2022: Rebecca Rego Barry writes about the often maligned romance novel in Fine Books & Collections. Barry offers hope for the genre, listing a few places a reader may go to celebrate such stories; one being the Lilly Library's Nora Roberts collection, which is part of the larger Rebecca Romney catalogue: Collecting Romance Novels: Where to Begin
May 2022
5/31/2022: IU News published a press release, informing Indiana University alumni and recent graduates that the IU Trustee Election is starting. Managed by the Dean of University Libraries, the election occurs each year in the month of June: 3 candidates on IU alumni trustee ballot
5/28/2022: Indianapolis' art and culture magazine Nuvo provides an intimate look at IU Press author Scott Russell Sanders' new book, Small Marvels. Reviewer Rita Kohn dishes out the appearance of a whimsical tale full of love for ordinary, natural things: Some people search for treasures, others make them part of daily living
5/27/2022: IU Bloomington Today, the newsletter for faculty and staff, promoted the IU Libraries new book kit service. Currently, book kits of Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos are available. Galapagos is being featured in conjunction with Granfalloon, an annual IU Arts and Humanities Council festival: IU Libraries offers book club kits
5/25/2022: The Indiana Daily Student featured the story of IU alumnus Michael Uslan's latest visit. Executive producer and originator of the Batman film franchise, Uslan talked about how he got his start teaching comic books at IU. Much of his comic book collection is now housed in Lilly Library, and he is promoting his latest IU Press book, Batman's Batman. Find out who his special guest was: Batman film franchise originator and IU alumnus Michael Uslan discusses life, career
5/10/2022: Fine Books and Collections announced the Rare Book School's (RBS) third cohort of 15 fellows for the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage. A 3-year program, Lilly Library Public Service Librarian Ursula Romero is one of outstanding young libraries who were chosen from a competitive pool: Rare Book School Awards Fellowships for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage
5/9/2022: News at IU Bloomington shares the tale of John Summerlot, coordinator of IU military and veteran services, and his search for Arbutus Hill. The 18-month search for the elusive hill full of the spring wildflower associated with IU's history was fueled by the University Archives, which provided Summerlot with letters, Arbutus yearbooks, newspaper articles, and other clues: 'History nerd' tracks down rare trailing arbutus in the wild
5/4/2022: News at IU Bloomington presents the history of Willkie Sprint, the first women's team to win the first all-women's Little 500 race. Along with Wilkie Sprint, the article focuses on Kappa Alpha Theta who instigated and fought for the creation of the women's race. The University Archives' pictures bring the article to life: Underdog victors of first women's Little 500 reflect on historic 1988 race
April 2022
4/26/2022: IU School of Education News features senior Meghan Langford for winning the Provost’s Award for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity. Langford, who is a student employee in the Education Library, was mentored by Christina Jones, Head of the Education Library. Her project on Indigenous children's book over the last 70 years analyzes and documents changing perceptions: Meghan Langford receives Provost’s Award for Undergraduate Research
4/18/2022: The Indianapolis Star and The Bloomington Herald-Times ran columnist Gregg Doyle's retelling of the 1922 IU Baseball team's trip to Japan. The tale of this ill-fated trip complete with a fire, earthquake, and a losing streak is made possible by letters preserved at the University Archives, who wrote their own account of the trip in Blogging Hoosier History, the Archives' blog: An earthquake, hotel fire and 2 deaths: 100 years ago, IU baseball went on strangest trip (Subscription required)
4/12/2022: The Indiana Daily Student informs campus of the fifth annual, student-led InLight Human Rights Documentary Film Festival this coming weekend. One of the venues will be the Moving Image Archives' Screening Room on the ground floor of Wells: Student-run human rights documentary film festival premieres April 14-16
4/5/2022: On the Jane Friedman site for writers, IU Press author Adam Rosen explains why University Presses are an often overlooked opportunity in the publishing world. Along with several other presses, Rosen shares his experience with IU Press: Why You Should Consider a University Press for Your Book
4/1/2022: The podcast Books Shows Tunes & Mad Acts interviewed Michael Adams, the chair of the IU English Department, about all things related to dictionaries, including Lilly Library's recent acquisition of the Kripke Collection: Nerding Out with Michael Adams about Dictionaries
March 2022
March 2022: This spring, Buzzfeed published a list of the top 20 books about women changing the world and featured an IU Press book. The Press published Dr. Bonnie Morris' What's the Score? 25 Years of Teaching Women's Sports History. Published in June, the book utilizes Dr. Morris' time teaching the subject of gender and sports to look at the evolution of women's sports: 20 Books Releasing This Year That Are About Women Who've Changed The World
3/31/2022: Visit Bloomington, Bloomington's Visitor Center's online presence, lists Lilly Library among its activities for family recreation. Lilly Library is nestled near the end of the list with museums: Spring fun with Kids in Bloomington
3/29/2022: The Indiana Daily Student interviewed Kennedy Jones, the graduate student curator of University Archives' ‘An Army of Lovers Cannot Be Conquered’: Exploring the History of LGBTQ Student Life in Bloomington exhibit. Drawing from the Archives, the Kinsey Institute, and other supplemental material, Kennedy hopes to make the exhibit virtual for prosperity: University Archives displays exhibit on the history of LGBTQ student life at IU
3/28/2022: Statesman Online, Indiana State University’s online news, details the adventures of honors students visiting IU's Bloomington campus. The group specifically visited the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art and Lilly Library: The odyssey of Honors College students to Bloomington
3/24/2022: The Boston Globe introduces Kerouac@100, a free exhibit at the Lowell National Historical Park’s Boott Cotton Mills Museum. The exhibit features Jack Kerouac's original manuscript of On the Road. The scroll is on loan from the Lilly Library and is watched over by Conservator Jim Canary: 100 years after his birth, the road brings Kerouac back to Lowell
3/23/2022: IU News in Bloomington, Arts and Humanities, heralds the ground-breaking work of "Land, Wealth, Liberation: The Making and Unmaking of Black Wealth in the United States." Directed by Willa Tavernier, IU Libraries' research impact and open scholarship librarian, the project is an interactive timeline from 1820 to 2020, embedded with images, both primary and secondary sources, and resources for educators. It demonstrates the build-up and destruction of Black wealth in the United States: Digital timeline tracks 'Making and Unmaking of Black Wealth' to aid racial justice conversations
- Related: The Indiana Daily Student celebrates the introduction of the Black wealth digital resource. Reporter Carter DeJong interviews several of the key players, including librarians Willa Tavernier and Ursula Romero: New digital resource focuses on the history of Black wealth in America
- Related: Black Enterprise applauds the new IU Libraries digital resource Land, Wealth, Liberation: The Making and Unmaking of Black Wealth in the United States. The article reports on the details of the resource: Indiana University's Lilly Library is Launching a New Digital Resource Collection Focusing on Black Wealth in the US
- Related: Ebony shares the new resource on Black wealth with its readers. Quoting Willa Tavernier, the article stresses that the resources address the gap between Black and white wealth: Indiana University Launches New Digital Collection Focusing on the History of Black Wealth in America
- Related: Finurah, an online magazine devoted to building Black wealth, describes Land, Wealth, Liberation: The Making and Unmaking of Black Wealth in the United States: ‘Amplifying the Experiences of Black People’: New Digital Resource Focuses on History of Black Wealth In America
- Related: Indiana Public Media interviewed librarians Willa Tavernier, Ursula Romero, and DeLoice Holliday about the new "Land, Wealth, Liberation" digital resource: IU libraries create first-of-its-kind African-American digital resource collection
- Related: Indiana Newsdesk on WTIU explored the Land, Wealth, Liberation digital resource with interviews of Willa Tavernier and DeLoice Holliday. The video shows primary sources as well as clips from the actual resource: IU libraries create first of its kind African American digital resource collection
- Related: The Indiana Daily Student dug deeper with an expose on the digital resource Land, Wealth, Liberation: The Making and Unmaking of Black Wealth in the United States. Reporter Meghana Rachamadugu asked Willa Tavernier questions about the wealth gap between Blacks and Whites and the history of threatening language and voilence against Blacks amassing wealth: University librarians create digital timeline about Black wealth
3/23/2022: Library Journal's InfoDocket announced the appointment of Diane Dallis-Comentale as the new Ruth Lilly Dean of Indiana University Libraries, pending IU Trustee approval. The new dean says, "It is an honor to lead the librarians and staff of this exceptional organization who have demonstrated a positive impact on the teaching and research mission of the university:" Diane Dallis-Comentale Named Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries at Indiana University
3/9/2022: IU Jacobs School of Music Entrepreneurship and Career Development features Sarah Ward, IU graduate with a dual master's in musicology and library science and currently the Performing and Visual Arts Librarian at Butler University, in their "How I Got Here" video series. (She also briefly served as visiting subject liaison for anthropology, folklore, and sociology in the Wells Library during her time at IU.) Ward explains what a music librarian does and shouts out several IU libraries for their role in her career development, including the Archives of Traditional Music and the Cook Music Library: How I Got Here: Sarah Ward
3/4/2022: Bloomington Herald-Times showcased Dr. Carissa Carman's course Intensive Fibers Quilt and Dye course, which is currently on display through March 12 at Wylie House Museum. The H-T interviewed Carman and student David Sloma along with Museum Director Carey Champion: Wylie House displays IU students’ quilts (subscription required)
3/3/2022: IU Bloomington Today reported that IU's Center for Learning Analytics and Student Success announced the recipients of its From Insights to Action Collaborative (FIAC) grants. Assessment librarian Andrew Asher and head of Cook Music Library's public services and outreach, librarian Misti Shaw received a grant to explore their research project: Recipients of learning analytics grants announced
March 2022: The Association for Asian American Studies published its list of book award winners in its March Newsletter and on its website. Author Sean Metzger's The Chinese Atlantic: Seascapes and the Theatricality of Globalization, published by the IU Press, earned a book award for Humanities and Cultural Studies: Interdisciplinary/Media Studies: Association for Asian American Studies Award Winners
February 2022
2/28/2022: Reporters from the Indiana Daily Student interviewed key members of the upcoming seed savers event this weekend at the Wylie House Museum. The event marks a new approach to engaging the community: Wylie House Museum to lead Indiana Heirloom Seed Savers Showcase and Exchange March 5
2/28/2022: IU Bloomington Today introduces Wylie House Museum's new Museum Services Generalist and Outdoor Interpreter Melania Majowicz. With the reopening of the museum, Majowicz plans on refurbishing the garden and expanding the current educational programming: Museum reopens with new interpreter
2/18/2022: Thrillist gives readers a menu of reasons to visit Bloomington with campus being one of the highlights. Visiting Lilly Library is recommended after seeing the idyllic buildings and their surroundings: 12 Reasons to Drive to Bloomington, Indiana
2/15/2022: News at IU Bloomington announced the return of Granfalloon, a celebration inspired by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. IU Libraries is a proud supporter of the festivities, and Lilly Library, which holds Vonnegut's papers, is an integral partner to the Arts and Humanities Council's festival: Granfalloon returns this summer with headliners Japanese Breakfast and Car Seat Headrest
2/14/2022: The IU Newsroom takes a look at a University Archives collection just in time for Valentines Day: Make Wells recipe collection sweets for your sweetheart
2/3/2022: The non-profit Lyrasis supports access to the world's information legacies with collaborative, digital solutions. They announced they're partnering with IU's Collaborative Archive & Data Research Environment (CADRE) on data visualization and computation. IU Data Services Librarian Ethan Fridmanski will be teaching the class: Visualization Tools for Science of Science Queries
2/3/2022: Copyright Clearance Center, an innovator in information sharing, announced a town hall for February 9, 2022. Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian Willa Tavernier is one of the panelists. She will speak on issues of "equitable scholarly communication, governance, and sustainability:" Changes and Choices Ahead for Researchers and Librarians
2/2/2022: IU School of Education News recognizes the hard work of choosing just the right material for the Education Library's children's collection. Education Librarian Christina Jones offers her wisdom in creating a foundation for children's all-important learning: The importance of curating a rich children’s book collection at the Education Library
January 2022
1/31/2022: IU Bloomington Today praises the work of IU Libraries' Visual Literacy and Resources Librarian Jackie Fleming and clinical associate professor Julia Rademacher. Helping her to embrace her stutter, Rademacher has helped Fleming change her perspective on stuttering: ‘How to stutter better’: IU speech therapist gives librarian strategies to manage speech disorder
1/28/2022 IUBNews from the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs gives an overview of events scheudled for Black History Month. The theme is the role, both culturally and historically, Black churches have played in the Black experience. At the end of the article the IU Libraries Black History Month webpage is noted: IU Bloomington Celebrates Black History Month with a Variety of Events
1/26/2022 Pride of IU, an alumni online publication, shares the steps University Archives Photograph Curator Brad Cook took with alumnus Maureen Young Johnston to discover who made the very first IU trident in 1898: The Woman Behind The IU Trident
January 2022: Chronicles explores the military life of the famous filmmaker John Ford. With an extensive and far-reaching collection of John Ford, the Lilly Library provided the picture for the article: The Admiral of American Movies
1/20/2022: In The People of IU, Sankalp Sharma highlights retired librarian and generous donor Jo Burgess on all the standard social media spots. Find out about her work experience along with the delightful personality behind the remarkable Burgess Undergraduate Research Award: People of IU: Jo Burgess
1/12/2022: Forbes India has published a whimsical article about actress Tilda Swinton's stylish clothes and libraries. Author, journalist, and designer Jude Atwood created a Twitter thread on the subject, and libraries picked up where he left off. Thanks to Art, Architecture and Design Librarian Sarah Carter, the Herman B Wells Library joined with Swinton in limestone chic: When outfits become an art form
1/12/2022: IU News brings us the latest details on the annual Arts and Humanities Council's global remixed festivals. This year Korea is in the spotlight, and IU Libraries Interim Dean Dallis-Comentale shares with readers the first of several Libraries' events -- Remixing Our Collections in January: Grammy nominee Michelle Zauner, journalist Juju Chang among Korea Remixed Festival headliners
1/7/2022: Tri-State Public Media WNIN interviews IU Press authors Chris Hochwender and Bill Hemminger on the podcast Two Main Street. The two helped create IU Press book Growing Good, which empowers regular people to make a difference. A book of essays, Hochwender's contribution focuses on restoring native ecology : TMS- Growing Good
1/6/2022: The Society for Scholarly Publishing's podcast talks to Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian Willa Tavernier about how she got her start in librarianship, how libraries support research & scholarship, and what libraries mean to the scholarly communications ecosystem. Listen to Willa beginning at about the 11:30 mark: Libraries in the Scholarly Communications Ecosystem, SSP Early Career Development Podcast Ep. 9
1/4/2022: Community radio WFHB is featuring author Tom Roston on their podcast Interchange. Roston's new book The Writer’s Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five delves into Vonnegut's life and its reflection in his work. The Lilly Library played a substantial role in Roston's research: Interchange – Vonnegut on Tralfamadore: Billy Pilgrim and PTSD
