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January 2019
1/22/2019: KATHRYN DE LA ROSA is a columnist with the Indiana Daily Student who knows her way around Wells Library: Get witchy in Wells Library with its collection of astrology books
1/22/2019: We are really for our closeup! Student film shot at Wells Library: Media School, Jacobs film collaboration features ballet dancers, original choreography
1/17/2019>AUDIO: HarperCollins Calling podcast interviews Lilly Library's Head of Public Services, Rebecca Baumann, about an upcoming publication of short story by Sylvia Plath: MARY VENTURA AND THE NINTH KINGDOM
1/16/2019>VIDEO: WTIU Public Television filmed Journey Indiana at the Lilly Library and Maureen Maryanski, Outreach Librarian, tells viewers about our Gutenberg Bible and miniature book collections. Watch the video (Maureen is at minute 8).
1/12/2019: IU Libraries Wylie House Outdoor Interpreter, Sherry Wise, shares her seed secrets with The Herald Times: Savvy seed sources (log-in required outside of Wells Library)
1/11/2019: The Indy Star is a fan of Lilly Library twitter account: 'The opposite of lost': IU library claps back at The New Yorker over Sylvia Plath story
1/11/2019: Lilly Library is once again host to a Vonnegut academic conference as part of the groundbreaking Granfalloon Festival, and The Herald Times has all the details (subscription required outside the Library): Dave Eggers, Neko Case coming to Bloomington in May
- Related: IU News Room release describes the Vonnegut collection at Lilly Library: Singer Neko Case and author Dave Eggers will headline second annual Granfalloon festival
1/10/2019: The Chronicle of Higher Education publishes a daily email briefing, which featured Indiana University on January 8, 2019.
Excerpt Headline: A Sylvia Plath story "lost" in a university library.
Next month HarperCollins will publish a book version of a short story that Sylvia Plath wrote in 1952, Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom. As a 20-year-old undergraduate at Smith College, Plath had submitted the story to Mademoiselle magazine, which rejected it. According to The New Yorker, Plath's estate didn't know about the story until years later when Judith Glazer-Raymo, an academic and critic, found it while digging through the archives at Indiana University's rare book and manuscript library. But the Lilly Library posted yesterday on Twitter that the story was not "lost," as The New Yorker reported. It was kept in the library's collection complete with a description in the finding aid. The library tweeted, "(whispers) You know when materials are in libraries and archives, they are actually the opposite of "lost."
December 2018
December 2018: The end-of-year issue of ARTFORUM, an international magazine focused on film, offers a year in review. A film shown at IU Libraries' Screening Room is featured as one of the year's best. J. HOBERMAN's Best of 2018.
12/6/2018: Bloomington's The Herald Times goes behind the scenes as IU Libraries' Wylie House prepared for its annual open house: A taste of the holidays in the 1800s
12/5/2018: VARDA HE is an Indiana Daily Student columnist who has a favorite Wells library snack: A brief guide to some of Bloomington’s best fries
12/4/2018: The Indiana Daily Student Editorial Board helps students get ready for finals by sharing favorite study spaces: EDITORIAL: How Editorial Board prepares for finals week
12/4/2018: Unique Photovoice research program, and IU Libraries' own Julie Marie Frye (Head of the Education Library), are featured news on the IU Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs: Hudson & Holland First-Year Scholars Embrace Photography, Research in Unique Course
November 2018
11/17/2018: Brand Equity, a initiative of The Economic Times, covers the international Film Preservation & Restoration workshop,supported in part by IU Libraries' Moving Image Archives: Viacom18 and Film Heritage Foundation bring the 4th Film Preservation & Restoration Workshop to Kolkata
11/9/2018: IU's Arts and Humanities Council is featuring an IU Libraries' collection: Diminutive but Distinguished Discoveries at the Lilly Library
11/8/2018: National publication, Library Journal, features four special holdings that catch the public’s imagination, including one at Lilly Library: Novel Collections
11/7/2018: IU Communications features many photos from IU Archives in an online story package: IU AND WORLD WAR I
11/7/2018: The news center for the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center at IU's SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES announces funding of library collection for preservation and research: IAUNRC Funds Microfilming of Fierman Newspaper Archive
11/7/2018: IDS features IU Libraries' popular screening room: Filmmaker Michael Schultz to celebrate birthday at IU
11/5/2018: The Indiana Daily Student visits IU Libraries' Screening Room: IU Media School students screen films in the Moving Image Archive
11/1/2018: IU Newsroom helps celebrate new grant-funding work at IU Libraries. IU Libraries receives $1.2 million grant to develop ability to search digitized audiovisual files
- Related: Inside INdiana Business coverage: IU Tapping Tech For Audiovisual Archive Project
11/1/2018: Lilly Library's Rebecca Baumann talks about her personal book collecting on the Behind the Bookshelves podcast by AbeBooks.
October 2018
10/30/2018: It's the 80th anniversary of "The War of the Worlds." IU Newsroom tells us how to celebrate by listening to a digitized version: IU Lilly Library celebrates 80th anniversary of 'The War of the Worlds' broadcast
- Related: Hear Lilly Library's Erika Dowell describe the recording on the Your Online Coffee Break Podcast. MARS INVASION: 80th Anniversary of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio broadcast – interview with Erika Dowell
- Related: Coverage of this story in the Library Journal InfoDocket.
- Related: From ABCnews.com: It's been 80 years since Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast terrified the nation
10/18/2018: Indiana Daily Student gives readers the inside scoop on getting hired: HIRE ED program helps students prepare for interviews
10/18/2018: IU Libraries and IU Network Science Institute are leading a public-private partnership to create the Shared BigData Gateway for Research Libraries, and the IU Newsroom has all the details: IU will lead $2 million partnership to expand access to research data
10/11/2018: The IU Newsroom previews an exciting Arts and Humanities kickoff, IU Libraries is part of the celebration: Mexico Remixed will be IU Bloomington's third annual Global Arts and Humanities Festival
10/10/2018: InsideIU is the source for news for IU Faculty and Staff. This week, editors tell us about an exciting project that involved our University Archives: New Indy escape room honors IU bicentennial
10/8/2018: Of, by, and for IU alumni and friends, Pride of IU stories are shared through a collaboration of the Indiana University Alumni Association and the Indiana University Foundation. Don't miss this focus on IU Libraries Lilly Library: In Care of IU.
10/6/2018: The Washington TImes Herald of Washington Indiana reports a visit by Lilly Library's resident Frankenstein expert, Rebecca Baumann: Stitched and Bound
10/4/2018: Indiana Daily Student gets to know our film collection. Q&A: IU Libraries Moving Image Archive talks film preservation, education
10/03/2018: In the second episode of The Sample, student podcasters take a jog through the IU Lilly Library's Slocum Puzzle Collection. We work from Rubik's Cubes to Hot Miso Soup on a tour of the interdisciplinary fun of puzzles with Lilly Library's Andrew Rhoda. Episode 2: Puzzles
September 2018
9/25/2018: Indiana Daily Student drops in Wells Library for our Maker Monday series. Frame-by-Frame: Stop-motion animation workshop at Wells Library
9/24/2018: Lilly Library care of Vonnegut collection is praised by author's daughter as reported in the IDS: Nanette Vonnegut reflects on life with her father
9/21/18: California news KSBY-6 features Lilly Library conservator: Original scroll by American author Jack Kerouac on display in SLO library
9/19/2018: From dead plant to download. The IU Herbarium has a collection of over 150,000 unique plant specimens dating back to 1885 and ScienceNode shares how IU Libraries helped them along the digitization journey: When plants go digital
(Photo credit: It takes a village. Scientists, librarians, and over 70 curatorial assistants have been working for five years to complete the digitization of the IU Herbarium collection. Courtesy Emily Sterneman.)
9/18/2018: The Indiana Daily Student looks into the "The Early Modern Thing" graduate seminar in Puzzled out at the Lilly Library
- Additional content by the IDS (VIDEO): Lilly Library’s wonderful world of puzzles: an inside look
Check out the Office of the Provost’s podcast, featuring Somewhere West of Lonely by IU Libraries' IU Press author Steve Raymer. Steve, a former National Geographic photographer and Professor Emeritus of the Media School, showcases in the book his globe-spanning, colorful, award-winning career as a photojournalist. The video podcast offers an engaging, thoughtful interview with Steve along with selections from his book.
9/11/2018: College Magazine points out the love of art at Indiana University, and why the Lilly Library is part of that: Top 10 Midwestern Art History Universities to Crack the Da Vinci Code
9/10/2018: IU Newsroom is celebrating a new IU Press collaboration: IU center aims to strengthen scholarly, cultural exchange with Israel
9/6/2018: Among the booths of food and crafts at this month's First Thursdays festival, find IU Libraries Moving Image Archive and a projector. Read more with the Indiana Daily Student: IU Cinema joins First Thursdays festival
August 2018
8/27/2018: It's 1882 and IU's first African-American student is at home at IU Libraries' Wylie House. Join Director Carey Beam as she explores this story through journals and newspapers of the time in the recent issue of IU's 200: The Bicentennial Magazine.
8/26/2018: Lilly Library's Erika Dowell talks about an early form of social media with The Herald Times: A glimpse across time through postcards
8/24/2018: Fall Screenings announced at IU Cinema and IU Libraries' Screening room: Guest filmmakers and directors including Michael Schultz are highlights of IU Cinema's fall season
8/15/2018: IU Newsroom spends time with the Bloomington Libraries Professional Council as they revitalize the library/community room at the Middle Way House: IU library professionals create a warm and welcoming space at The Rise
8/8/2018: The Visit Bloomington Blog points muggles to Lilly Library: HOW TO EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF HARRY POTTER IN BLOOMINGTON
8/8/2018: An October visit by Lilly Library's Rebecca Baumann is already big news in Washington Indiana: Library transformed into French countryside
8/3/2018: It's the first Ernie Pyle Day and you can celebrate with a visit to the Lilly Library.
- video content WTHR-13: IU celebrates first ever National Ernie Pyle Day
- Indiana Public Media: How To Celebrate The First National Ernie Pyle Day
- News at IU: Five ways to celebrate the inaugural National Ernie Pyle Day
8/2/2018: IU has a collection of Russian maps made between 1883 and 1947, and they were never meant to be seen by outsiders, says IU map librarian Theresa Quill in a just-published article by National Geographic: See the Classified Russian Maps That Fell Into Enemy Hands
July 2018
7/30/2018: Local writer Susan Brackney digs with us at Wylie House and tells her story in Bloom magazine: A Dig at Wylie House Museum Unearthing 1859 Greenhouses
7/23/2018: USA Today is talking about a new book published by IU Press: Book traces Mike Pence's 'path to power'
7/13/2018: Local radio station, WBIW, reports on IU Libraries Wylie House Museum dig: IU Students Get Hands Dirty Uncovering Buried Wylie House Greenhouse
7/12/2018: Chicago-area views are invited to Lilly Library Frankenstein exhibition by WGN-9: Howl with wolves, explore caves and see Santa year-round on Indiana’s back roads
7/12/2018: IU Newsroom tells readers Wylie House Museum is site for immersive learning: Students got their hands dirty to uncover buried Wylie House greenhouses
June 2018
6/30/2018: The Daily Hoosier Blog explores the history of Assembly Hall with help from IU Libraries University Archives: Retracing Glory: The Original Assembly Hall
6/21/2018: Chicago-area residents are encouraged to explore Bloomington this summer by local news station WGN-9. See what they had to say about Lilly Library and the Archives of Traditional Music. Video content: Bloomington booming with good times
6/21/2018: Wylie House featured by The Herald Times Summer sampler: First weekend of summer in Bloomington pulls out all the stops
6/20/2018: IU Libraries holds native american recordings 90 years old, now digitized. InfoDocket by Library Journal shares the news in a round-up: Reports: Two Projects from Research Libraries Working to Save Audio Recordings of Native Americans
- RELATED: 6/20/2018 Native News Online reports: INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESERVES 90 YEAR OLD STANDING ROCK RECORDINGS; NOW ADDED TO US NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY
6/16/2018: London News Company The Sun shines a light on an IU Libraries collection: COR BLIMEY Incredible colour photos reveal what life in London was like in the 1950s and 60s
6/8/2018: The Herald Times visits IU Libraries Wylie House Museum to dig into our summer project: Digging into history: Community invited to work at archaeological site
May 2018
5/24/2018: Dr. Julie Marie Frye, Head of the Education Library, receives Carnegie-Whitney grant in partnership with doctoral candidate Arnell Hammond, read all the details here: Education Library receives American Library Association Grant
5/18/2018: WTHR covers the Royal Wedding in England and features a Lilly Library connection: James Bond manuscripts housed in Indiana University's Lilly Library
5/14/2018: Granfalloon is grand success and the Indiana Daily Student has all the details: Kurt Vonnegut's work celebrated with activities and panels
5/10/2018: Thanks to Joe Hiland of the Arts and Humanities Council at IU for a shout out to the Lilly Library in this IDS article about the exciting Granfalloon happening now: Lilly Library shows off Kurt Vonnegut manuscript collection for festival
5/8/2018: The staff at InsideIU Bloomington sit down with IU Libraries' Rachael Stoeltje to talk about her new position as the 2018 Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations board chair: Moving Image Archive director gains international attention
5/7/2018: Emily Abshire, student reporter at the IDS, tell readers all about a new festival that features Lilly Library: How a Kurt Vonnegut festival was born to Bloomington
5/5/2018: The Herald Times is talking about IU's Granfalloon and details how the Lilly Library is involved: Conference celebrates Indianapolis author Kurt Vonnegut
5/1/2018: Learn more about IU Libraries historic house museum in this Inside IU look at our impact: Wylie House education center offers students a hands-on look at history
April 2018
4/30/2018: The Indiana Daily Student offers an in-depth profile of Lilly Library expert Jim Canary: The Conservator
4/30/2018: Congratulations to our own Robert McDonald, as CU Boulder Today announces new dean at Boulder: Provost names Robert H. McDonald dean of University Libraries
4/23/2018: Lilly Library is part of a new festival and The Indiana Daily Student is there: Kurt Vonnegut festival coming to Bloomington
4/20/2018: A blog from the American Archives of Public Broadcasting is talking about how IU Libraries is helping them ingest, manage and provide access to 70+ years of digitized public broadcasting content. WGBH, AVP, and Indiana University to Enhance and Configure Avalon for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
4/18/2018: How well do you know your IU trivia? IU Libraries took their knowledge on the road and The Herald Times was there to ride along: Campus bus becomes 'cash cab' to celebrate IU Libraries, IU Day
- Related: The Indiana Daily Student covers the bus event, complete with YouTube video of the trivia game: 'We love IU': University celebrated worldwide
4/13/2018: Blogger based in England covers IU Libraries' University Archives collection: Charles W. Cushman’s London
4/6/2018: Indiana Public Media offers sneak peek of new exhibition: Lilly Library Opens Frankenstein Exhibit Featuring First Edition
4/3/2018: Indiana University's Inside IU newsletter shines a spotlight on a library expansion: IU's state-of-the-art Ruth Lilly Auxiliary Library Facility protects university treasures
4/1/2018: In the April/May issue of Homes & Lifestyles of Southern Indiana, historical photos make an IU Libraries' connection: See page 54 of the online issue to read: Set in Stone. Exceptional limestone photo collection discovered in empty building.
4/1/2018: Meggan Press is an undergraduate education librarian at Indiana University Bloomington, published in the April edition of College and Research Library News: Words Matter. The power of language to create community
4/1/2018: Bloom Magazine gives readers a front row seat to five decades of change at IU Libraries: Ron Hafft: Librarian
March 2018
3/21/2018: Buzzfeed news highlights an Indiana University collection: 22 Beautiful Color Snapshots From America's Past
3/22/2018: Indiana University released the news that Lilly Library is kicking off the summer Vonnegut style as part of the Arts & Humanities Council festival: Kurt Vonnegut is the inspiration for IU Bloomington's first summer kickoff festival
Related:
- Tiny Mix Tapes - Indiana University announces festival dedicated to author Kurt Vonnegut, feat. Thee Oh Sees, Father John Misty, Shabazz Palaces, and more
- Fox 59 - IU to host Kurt Vonnegut-themed festival this summer, Father John Misty will headline
3/21/2018: Rebecca Baumann, Lilly Library, is spotlighted by Fine Books and Collections as a Bright Young Librarian.
3/21/2018: "We should be grateful to attend an institution with such wonderful libraries," says Maddy Klein, IDS columnist. We could not agree more! Please read her excellent overview of our offerings: COLUMN: Take advantage of IU’s libraries
3/14/2018: Isabel Planton, Lilly Library, is spotlighted by Fine Books and Collections as a Bright Young Librarian.
3/12/2018: Fodor's wants everyone to know that the Lilly Library is a worthy travel destination, especially for Vonnegut fans. Check out no. 7 in: 11 Great Manuscripts and Where to See Them
3/9/2018: Learn more about how the Lilly Library played a key role in a newly published book as the IDS explores: Anthology about Orson Welles developed with help from IU resources
3/8/2018: Gone to the dogs: IU Libraries and four-legged friends help campus de-stress - and we thank the IDS for coming! Stress relief event in Herman B Wells Library features dogs, snacks
3/1/2018: The IDS continues its explorations of our Lilly Library: Lilly Library offers rare books, puzzles, exhibits
February 2018
2/28/2018: Fine Books and Collections profile discusses learning about rare books at IU Libraries' Lilly Library: Bright Young Librarians: Matt Bird
2/27/2018: Bloomington's excellent bi-monthly magazine, BLOOM, discusses diversity through donation: IU Lecturer Donates His Spock Ears To Lilly Library Star Trek Collection
2/19/2018: Global festival taking over IU's Bloomington campus, and IU Libraries joins in the celebration. Read what the IDS has to say in: IU launches India Remixed in February
2/19/2018: Inside IU is a weekly newletter covering topics of interest to IU's faculty and staff. This week, Jamie Wittenberg of IU Libraries' Department of Scholarly Communications shares what Open Access looks like at IU. From the Desk: Head of Department of Scholarly Communication discusses one year of open access
2/18/2018: An IU Media School project puts a spotlight on comic books at the Lilly Library: The boy behind the bat
2/16/2018: Big appreciation to IDS columnist Audrey Lee for telling her readers about how to love your library this Valentine's season: Libraries in Bloomington and on campus have resources for 'Love Your Library' month
2/14/18: National publications love IU collections and this Valentine's Day American Libraries is celebrating the Kinsey Institute: Researching Sex. Kinsey Institute Library marks 71 years of collections.
2/13/2018: The Indiana Daily Student talks to our own film archivist Andy Uhrich about a recent donation to the Moving Image Archive: Film historian preserves film reels that inspired "Hoosiers"
2/12/2018: The IU Newsroom is helping faculty and staff celebrate Valentine's Day: Lilly Library exhibition analyzes dating etiquette over time.
2/12/2018: The American Library Association loves libraries and is excited to share it through ilovelibraries.org. Right now, they are sharing a story about IU's Lilly (kudos to student reporter Katie Chrisco for this national syndication of her IDS article): IU's Lilly Library home to famous authors' hair
2/9/2018: Exhibition at Lilly Library offers look at transformative time, and an in-depth IDS story tells readers more about it : "Poetry is in the streets" in 1968
2/5/2018: Berkley Library news is talking to Robert McDonald, IU Libraries Associate Dean for Research and Technology Strategies: HTRC UnCamp 2018 comes to Moffitt, highlights power of digital humanities
January 2018
1/31/2018: IU's technology teams are reading about our Auxiliary Library Facility: The Computing Behind the Costumes
1/31/2018: Library film screening, exhibition highlighted in Wounded Galaxies event round up in the IDS: Fifty years of revolution coming to Bloomington
1/26/2018: Student reporter gets personal with Edgar Allen Poe : IU's Lilly Library home to famous authors' hair
1/25/2018: Meg Meiman and Dina Kellams - two Primary Sources Immersion experts here at IU Libraries - are featured authors in the nationally celebrated Library Journal: Teaching the Teachers: Primary Sources Immersion Program | Peer to Peer Review
1/23/2018: Article at Indystar.com includes digital footage of 1955 state basketball championship game and upcoming screening of restored film: Here's your chance to see the film of 1954 basketball championship that inspired 'Hoosiers'
- Related: FOX 59 tells viewers: Restored film of Milan '54 miracle win released
- Related: Bloomington's own The Herald Times talks to Eric Greyson, film preservationist: Preserved 'Milan Miracle' game films to be screened Sunday
- Related: The IU Newsroom is talking about the Auxiliary Library Facility as long-term home for restored MIlan film: Preserved film of 1954 basketball games that inspired 'Hoosiers' to be stored at IU archive
1/18/2018: Our campus newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student, tells readers about Lilly Library programs and people in its Weekend section.
Stories included:
- IU librarians share tips on how to get a job at the Lilly Library
- Artist's books at the Lilly Library revel in nuance
- Puzzle curator reflects on the power of puzzles
1/17/2018: University Archives Director, Dina Kellams, is photo-featured by the IU Newsroom: IU students boost presence of Hoosier women in STEM through Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
1/12/18: Altas Obscura points to the Lilly LIbrary and its world-famous puzzle collection in, The Fashion and Mystery of Ancient Roman Puzzle Locks
1/11/2018: A tweet from University Archives leads to an Indy Star article: That time Bob Knight helped Indiana basketball fans win free McDonalds.
1/10/2018: The IDS features the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive and its new collection of TV commercials: New equipment, commercials at IU's Moving Image Archive open portals into history
December 2017
12/17/2017: The Herald Times offers a historical look at holiday happenings with help from the Wylie House: Old-fashioned entertaining
12/16/2017: Clio submissions collection, now at IU Libraries' Moving Image Archive, is celebrated by the IndyStar: IU is putting 1970s beer and ice cream commercials online, and they're hilarious
- Read the related release from the IU Newsroom: IU Libraries Moving Image Archive is the new home for decades of Clio Award-winning commercials
- Related: American Libraries weekly newsletter covers new collection at IU, encouraging national readers to Watch Vintage Ads
- Related: 1340 AM WBIW, tells listeners about the new collection.
- Related: Library Journal fills in readers through their weekly InfoDocket report
12/13/2017: Recently two senators, Republican Todd Young and Democrat Joe Donnelly, introduced Senate Resolution 345 which aims to make Aug. 3, 2018, National Ernie Pyle Day. Owen Johnson, the author of “At Home With Ernie Pyle,” sits down in the Lilly Library to share our Ernie Pyle archive with WISH-TV viewers: Push for ‘National Ernie Pyle Day’ underway
12/12/2017: For five decades Ron Hafft has been serving IU students through his many roles with IU Libraries. Read more in an Inside IU profile: From card catalogs to computers, 50-year IU Libraries employee has changed with the times
12/8/2017: Akram Khabibullaev is responsible for IU’s materials in Arab, Persian, Turkish and Central Asian studies, and now an International organization. The IDS tells us more: IU librarian named president of global organization
12/7/2017: Radio scholars are praising newly launched Lilly Library digitization project: Indiana University’s ‘Orson Welles On the Air’ website exceeds expectations
- Related: Wellesnet comments full of praise for Orson Welles On the Air project
12/5/2017: Today faculty and staff are hearing about a new collection at the Moving Image Archive through our weekly newsletter, Inside IU: Capturing History
12/5/2017: Outreach librarian Mike Courtney tells us what to buy the book lover on your holiday list: Holiday Gift Guide
12/1/2017: Homes and Lifestyles of South-Central Indiana has a multi-page features story about the Wylie House by Candlelight event, see page 8 to get started reading Night Lights.
November 2017
11/16/2017: University Archives collections used to reflect on campus history: Looking back on the Cuban Missile Crisis, 55 years later
11/14/2017: IU Bloomington Provost, Lauren Robel, describes a recent Lilly Library project as "a truly profound contribution" in her Inside IU From the Desk message.
11/08/2017: An international English-language newspaper describes the Ian Fleming collection at Lilly Library, highlights current exhibition: 007s Early Manuscripts at Indiana University
11/2/2017: Domenica Bongiovanni of the IndyStar tells Indiana how the Lilly Library became home to Ian Fleming's collections and manuscripts: Why this James Bond collection is in Indiana and the secrets you'll find
11/2/2017: A home-run celebration - a 1922 baseball game in Japan is the basis for a University Archives story and a Presidential celebration, in: Strengthening and renewing ties in Tokyo
11/1/2017: Hear our own Erika Dowell describe the time when Orson Welles' personal copy of The War of the Worlds radio drama was sitting in someone's garage: Through the Gates podcast, episode 68.
October 2017
10/27/2017: Sixth grade graduation present finds its way to our Lilly Library, and WTIU is here to take a look: Where No Ear Has Gone Before: Star Trek At The IU Lilly Library
10/30/2017: International film organization announces it will store its historical audio tapes at IU Libraries: Digitization of FIAF's Collection of Audio Tapes
10/25/2017: Wellesnet is widely regarded by Welles scholars as the leading online source of information about the life, career and work of Orson Welles and this online community is celebrating our web project launch: ‘Orson Welles on the Air’ website launched at Indiana University
10/24/2017: IU Libraries' Lilly Library is nearly ready to share Orson Welles's personal copy of The War of the Worlds with the world: Cutting-edge technology helps Lilly Library digitize original 'War of the Worlds' recording
10/24/2017: Nobody covers Seymour, Indiana and the surrounding areas like The Tribune, and they are sending readers to our Wylie House: Barn Tour set for Monroe County
10/23/2017: Bloomington's The Herald Times is talking about a current exhibit inside the Wylie House Education Center: Historic Monroe County barns on tour, October 28
10/19/2017: Trekkies alert! The IU Newsroom has the scoop: Lilly Library is the final frontier for authentic set of Spock ears donated by IU faculty member
10/18/2017: The Wylie House is included in IU's latest round of bicentennial grants to support heritage programs (from Inside IU)
10/18/2017: Indiana University's student newspaper explores IU Libraries' historic house museum: Wylie House Museum is home to hidden IU history
10/18/2017: Inside IU details events sponsored by the Libraries, IU Press, and the Office of Scholarly Publishing: IU to celebrate Open Access Week 2017
10/16/2017: The Washington Post spotlights the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive as they acquire cameras and projectors owned by D.C. film archivist Alan Lewis: Lights! Camera! Memories! A D.C. film archivist is donating his collection.
10/16/2017: The IDS tells the story of how the IU Archives helped a student reconnect with the long-lost voice of her grandfather: Hearing home
10/16/2017: The IU Cinema blog offers "A Conversation About Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive"
10/11/2017: IU President Michael McRobbie recently outlined his vision for IU in the annual State of the University address. The IDS covered key point, including the importance of collections throughout the university: Five things you need to know from the State of the University address
September 2017
9/22/2017: Lilly Library find discussed by the Indiana Daily Student in: Five 'new' Kurt Vonnegut stories to be published
9/16/2017: The Herald Times features barn restoration, exhibit offered at Wylie House Education Center: Historic barns can be home to many, maybe even ghosts
9/14/2017: IU Libraries offers mapping workshop to help hurrican victims, and the IDS is talking about it: IU students from Florida share stories of Hurricane Irma's effects
9/13/2017: A new archives project, Pop-Up Exhibits, is included in this IU Newsroom round-up: IU's La Casa celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month with variety of cultural activities
9/11/2017: The IU Newsroom shares an update on former Moving Image Archive archivist: Film digitization specialist prepares for second phase of IU's ambitious preservation project
9/10/2017: A find in the Lilly Library will be part of a new book, and is the topic of national press. See more in these two articles:
- Huffington Post reports: Previously Unpublished Kurt Vonnegut Stories Arrive In The Nick Of Time
- While The Atlantic shares one of the new short stories: Kurt Vonnegut's The Drone
9/10/2017: New co-directors of IDAH featured in The Herald Times Art Watch column: Kalani Craig, Michelle Dalmau named co-directors of IU's Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities . (read the related release in the IU News Room)
9/7/2017: Our student newspaper invites everyone at Indiana University to "check out" the world's largest mechanical puzzle collection: Meet Lilly Library's curator of puzzles
9/4/2017: The IU Newsroom puts a spotlight on Primary Source Immersion: Digging Deeper; IU Libraries offer tips to faculty for introducing primary sources into course work
9/3/2017: Bloomington is enjoying multiple Peter Pan productions, but The Herald Times reports that Lilly Library has a star of its own: Original manuscript adds another stop on this semester's 'Peter Pan' tour
- View the digitized version of the manuscript: Lilly Library Collections, Peter Pan
August 2017
8/24/2017: A national publication for libraries features our own archivist, Carrie Schwier, in: IU Professor’s Archives Inspire Cross-Discipline Projects
- Related: 'Lineage as Legacy' exhibit connects fine arts students to program's past; and Finding Aid, Alma Eikerman papers
8/17/2017: Over 2,000 students kick off the Fall 2017 semester at Wells Library, and the IDS was there: Herman B House Party brings new students together
8/10/2017: The Lilly Library's Max Eastman collection is featured in a new book and discussed by the Vineyard Gazette: Vineyard Bookshelf: Max Eastman, A Life
8/8/2017: Inside INdiana Business celebrates new grant funds available to IU Faculty, including the Open Access Monograph Digital Publishing program: IU Launches Arts Funding Programs
- See also the full story in the IU Newsroom: Indiana University Bloomington launches new faculty funding programs for arts, humanities
8/1/2017: Mental Floss takes a look at Lilly Library materials now on display at National Portrait Gallery: A New Smithsonian Exhibition Highlights Sylvia Plath's Visual Artwork
July 2017
7/29/2017: IU Libraries' Cushman Collection is featured focus in San Francisco as local blog touts: Rare Photo Collection From 1967 Shows Haight Street Fashions In The Summer Of Love
"In the private photo collection of Charles W. Cushman, recently made available online through the Indiana University Archives, there's a group of photos that were all likely shot in the same month, March 1967, as Cushman played ethnographer and documented the hippie kids who were beginning to congregate in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood."
7/28/2017: Indiana University Cinema blog declares Libraries' online streaming film resources a "treasure trove" in Film Streaming at IU
7/13/2017: IU Libraries' Courtney Greene McDonald shares her users-first perspective with readers of Library Journal: Hit Refresh
7/8/2017: WFIU hosts a discussion between Dina Kellams, director of the IU Archives, and the son of Carrie Parker, the first African-American woman to attend Indiana University: Profiles interview of Leon Parker Taylor.
7/6/2017: The IU Newsroom celebrates an art exhibition based on primary sources held at our University Archives: 'Lineage as Legacy' exhibit connects fine arts students to program's past
7/5/2017: Our own Michelle Hahn is featured in the IU Newsroom: IU librarian's behind-the-scenes work makes thousands of music recordings accessible
7/3/2017: The IU Newsroom covers digitization project from IU Libraries: Recently launched home movie collection shows world through Herman B Wells' eyes
June 2017
6/30/2017: Vogue examines the National Portrait Gallery exhibition featuring Lilly Library materials: The Lighter Side of Sylvia Plath
6/29/2017: The Washington Post is talking about an exhibition featuring materials from IU's Lilly Library: The National Portrait Gallery explores the images Sylvia Plath held dear.
6/21/2017: IU, Memnon launch film phase of digitization, preservation project as an IU Bicentennial initiative. Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries Carolyn Walters said. "Once digitized and described, sharing these extremely valuable films with researchers becomes, in some cases, possible for the first time."
May 2017
May 2017: A campus profile on IU Libraries own Phil Ponella: The show must go on
5/26/2017: The Herald Times is talking about Wylie House Museum: BLEMF kicks off with intimate concert
5/25/2017: BBC Radio interviews Gail Crowther and Peter Steinburg about their Lilly Library Sylvia Plath find: Unseen poems by Sylvia Plath
5/24/2017: A remarkable find at IU Libraries' Lilly Library is discussed by the guardian : Unseen Sylvia Plath poems deciphered in carbon paper.
5/10/2017: Bertha Knight Landes is remembered by her alma mater, Indiana University. Why it matters now: 15 things you didn’t know about Seattle’s first female mayor
5/1/2017: Bloomington's Limestone Post is talking about the work of Alma Eikerman and how IU Libraries' University Archives is helping students use her work for inspiration: Alma Eikerman’s Legacy Still Inspires Metalsmiths, Jewelry Designers
(photo credit | University Archives image of Alma Eikerman)
April 2017
4/29/2017: The Hindu shares a commentary filled with incredible stories related to the Glenn Horowitz Collection of Indian Books and Manuscripts at Lilly Library: The uncollectables of India
4/21/2017: A commentary in The Korea Times shares the lifelong impact of a work experience at IU Libraries: Importance of public libraries to communities
4/18/2017: Many IU Libraries' destinations are highlighted by Visit Bloomington: Museums are Blooming in Bloomington
4/11/2017: A silk cloth at the Lilly Library leads to a literary adventure by The New Yorker: GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF A MICKEY HAHN MYSTERY (photo here from the Lilly Library collection shows The writer Emily (Mickey) Hahn posing in 1944 with her daughter Carola, following their return from occupied China.)
4/6/2017: The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is opening a visual biography of the author Sylvia Plath, including many pieces on loan from the Lilly Library: An Exhibition Offers a Visual Biography of Sylvia Plath, Including Her Little-Known Art
4/1/2017: International press is talking about the current exhibition at the Lilly Library. Don't miss what Predeep Sebastian has to say in THE HINDU: South Asian Showcase
March 2017
3/29/2017: IU Communications is covering the Carrie Parker Taylor portrait unveiling and the photos are amazing: IU honors first female African-American student with portrait in the IMU
3/28/2017: The Herald Times covers the March 27 Carrie Parker Taylor portrait unveiling by exploring how Dina Kellams, Director of IU Archives, recovered IU history. First black female IU student recognized with portrait, scholarship
3/28/2017: Along with other Indiana news stations picking up on the Associated Press story, Fort Wayne's WANE-TV 15 covered University Archives role in retelling the IU story: IU honors 1st black female student with picture, scholarship
3/22/2017: The Indiana Daily Student is talking about services at the Well's Library: IU Professor initiates gaming archive
3/21/2017: Learn about gardening with pollinators in this column in The Herald Times, featuring our own Sherry Wise: Gardening for pollinators
3/21/2017: Lucy the therapy dog visits Lilly Library and reports her experience in The Herald Times: Nassim: A dog's spring: smells, cheeky creatures and allergies
3/17/2017: IU's role in a new nationwide publishing initiative is a "Quick Take" with Inside Higher Ed: Higher Ed Groups Launch Open-Access Initiative
3/12/2017: Marci Creps at The Herald Times offers IU Libraries' Wylie House and Lilly Library as great options for spring and summer art adventures
(subscription required unless at Wells Library): Wylie House, Lilly Library to fill the gap left by temporary closure of Mathers, IU art museum
3/8/2017: Through the Gates is an excellent podcast coming from IU's Media School. And, this episode features our Faculty Immersion Program: Through the Gates Podcast
3/1/2017: IU's Viewpoints blog is talking about a pioneering class supported by Libraries' Jay Literacy grant program: Service-learning class connects students to Bloomington’s homeless population through storytelling
February 2017
2/26/2017: Our local newspaper takes an inside look at the John Ford collection (subscription required if not viewing on a Wells Library computer): IU's Lilly Library home to 4 of John Ford's Oscars
2/24/2017: Indiana Public Media wants you to see the Oscars at IU: Get A Peek At The Four Academy Awards Housed In Bloomington
2/24/2017: Student employee is spotlighted in the Indiana Daily Student: Student works the night shift at Wells
2/23/2017: Inside Higher Ed is reporting: Indiana U Faculty Approve Open-Access Policy
2/22/2017: And the Oscar goes to... the Lilly Library! WRTV's Derrick Thomas visits the four Oscars at Lilly Library (plus one from the Archives of Traditional Music): Rare collection at Indiana University’s Lilly Library includes five Oscars
2/21/2017: Art at IU blog says you don't want to miss the current exhibition at IU Archives: ‘Sincerely Yours’ exhibit highlights the art of stationery found in University Archives’ collection
2/17/2017: Seriously good advice about how your library can take your work from good to great, and it features our Head Social Sciences Librarian Nicholas Wyant: 10 Ways Your College Library Can Get You a Kick-Ass Research Project
2/15/2017: The IDS is talking about the history of the Rose Well House and asked IU Archives for details: History of Rose Well House lives on through stories
2/12/2017: The front page of Sunday's The Herald-Times tells a history of housing for black IU students. University Archives helps with the facts: Westside woman offered housing for black IU students during segregation.
2/8/2017: Our own Anne Haines is spotlighted in this week's Inside IU: IU Libraries employee travels far and wide to hear Bruce Springsteen
2/6/2017: Round up of most beautiful campuses features photo of our iconic Wells Library: Travel + Leisure reports on America’s Most Beautiful College Campuses
January 2017
IU Libraries' Director of Scholars' Commons is featured on the Impact Blog, published by the London School of Economics and Political Science: Digital collections offer researchers opportunities to develop new skills and scholarly communications networks
1/30/2017: Indiana Daily Student shares a community puzzle event with campus; features Lilly Library Curator of Puzzles: Event includes jigsaw puzzle competition
1/27/2017: A standing-room only crowd is described in an article by IDS reporter Sanya Ali: Lilly Library opens latest exhibition of Indian historical literature
1/20/2017: Student reporter offers inside look at Libraries' Screening Room: IU Libraries open new screening room, show archived MLK footage
1/16/2017: The FilmStage reports a new find at Lilly Library as part of larger update for fans of Orson Welles: Editing on Orson Welles’ ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ Aiming for Spring Start
1/11/2017: The IDS highlights a new campus exhibition - a part of the Arts and Humanities Council's presentation of China Remixed > Wells launches photo exhibit organized by doctoral student, well-known feminist
1/9/2017: Popular blog discusses letter found inside a Lilly Library acquisition: Previously unknown Orson Welles letter describes planned projects: ‘Attila the Hun’ film, Laurence Olivier play, ‘Moby Dick’
December 2016
12/20/2016: New in COINWeek, Harvey Stacks, founder of Stack's Bowers Galleries, recounts his personal experience in the library of J.K. Lilly > Building a World Class Numismatic Gold Coin Collection: The Josiah K. Lilly Collection, Pt. 8
12/16/2016: WTIU's Weekly Special shares the beauty of Wylie by Candlelight, including caroling and an interview with Director Carey Beam > Five minutes at the Wylie House
November 2016
11/27/2016: Upcoming event at IU Libraries Wylie House featured in The Herald Times> IU's Wylie House glows in warmth of candlelight
11/17/2016: A relocation of fine arts materials is discussed on the front page of the IDS> Fine Arts Library relocation process to continue into summer
11/17/26: Maureen Hayden reports on how papers in University Archives reveal details of Sen. Birch Bayh's attempt to reform, and later topple, the Electoral College >Birch Bayh tried for years to make every vote equal
11/16/2016: Indiana Daily Student is at the Fine Arts Library> Final speaker covers typographical art career, book publishing
11/11/2/2016: WNDU16 in South Bend is talking about a University Archives' find and the powerful story of Carrie Parker Taylor (video)> IU's first African American female student has Michiana connection
October 2016
10/31/2016: Summer intern makes major find in IU Libraries' Moving Image Archive> New York Times: A Lost Snippet of Film History
10/28/2016 - IU Libraries Trick or Treat event featured in the IDS > Campus-wide Scream Fest
10/27/2016 - The Indiana Daily Student covers Artists' Books> Bea Nettles presents retrospective of work at Fine Arts Library
10/1/2016 - The Lilly Library's impressive mechanical puzzle collection is featured in this months GAMES magazine > Andrew Rhoda, The World's Only Curator of Puzzles
10/1/2016 - The Shakespeare forgeries at Lilly Library are featured in an excellent podcast by the College of Arts + Sciences as part of the Beauty Themester > A Thing of Beauty: Falsified Beauty