In the News

See many photos from IU Archives and more in this article highlighting the exhibit “Outfitting IU Athletics: Hoosier Champions” at McCalla.

Visit a display of the Dunlap Broadside at the Lilly Library from February - July 2026 as part of IUB's celebration of America's 250th anniversary.

Read more about "Outfitting IU Athletics: Hoosier Champions," a new exhibit opening at University Collections at McCalla featuring many photos and films from the University Archives and IUL Moving Image Archive.

A video recap of some of the unique Wizard of Oz artifacts housed at the Lilly Library, including a first edition of the 1900 book by L. Frank Baum, an original 1902 stage script, and a 1939 movie screenplay.

Learn more about the roughly 120 different Wizard of Oz artifacts housed at the Lilly Library and hear from the voices of Erika Dowell, the associate director and curator of modern books and manuscripts at the Lilly Library, and Michelle Crowe, the assistant dean of engagement, strategic partnerships and communication for IU Libraries.

Learn more about the various events held throughout IUB's campus in 2025 and early 2026 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birthday.

An article on the Rural Indiana Faculty Tour that Assistant Librarian Heather Sloan, Outreach and Public Services Archivist at the Archives of Traditional Music, attended.

IU Libraries participated in the new faculty newsletter series, Navigating IUB, to welcome the incoming faculty in Fall 2025, and the content is now published online.

Images and information from University Archives help ESPN tell a compelling story about IU's new mascot, Hoosier the Bison.

The New York Times reports on puzzle collector Jerry Slocum and the International Puzzle Party events he founded. The article notes that Slocum donated much of his vast collection to IU's Lilly Library in 2006.

A video recap of weekly event highlights includes a look at the popular Wylie House Museum and its Crafternoon series. 

A paper co-authored by Ilana Stonebraker, Head of the Business/SPEA Library, was featured in a presentation at the recent American Library Association 2025 Annual Conference in Philadelphia. 

Assistant Librarian Heather Sloan, Outreach and Public Services Archivist at the Archives of Traditional Music, was selected to attend.

This year's Information and Library Science Department newsletter featured an article about the people who make IU Libraries such a wonderful place. 

Three classes of 50 local kindergarteners and their teachers from Fairview Elementary School filled the new WORKshop space in the Education Library to hear stories, watch a puppet show, and learn from Early Childhood Education students.

Elise Calvi, head of Preservation, and Maddye Webb-Mitchell, media archivist, discuss the discovery and preservation of paper figures used in the production of the movie Hoosiers, directed by IU-alum David Anspaugh.

Meggan Press, Teaching and Learning Engagement Librarian, discusses her book, Get the Job: Academic Hiring For the New Librarian.

Director of University Archives and Special Collections Dina Kellams discusses the history of the bison as IU's (short-lived) mascot.

Map and Spatial Data Librarian Theresa Quill writes about the flowing name of the "river" on the IU campus. In addition to the multiple changes in the name of our beloved "river", the actual presence of the river has changed over time.