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Inspired explorations: New website connects the curious to Lilly Library

August 11th, 2019

For the last 12 months, a vision for online connection has inspired an intensive effort to completely reimagine the Lilly Library’s internet offerings. Featuring tremendously increased use of visual information, the new website launched in July, 2019.
Undergraduate Research Presented at Recent Academic Conference

June 11th, 2018

By Allie Hitchcock, recent Indiana University graduate Indiana University undergraduate students Allie Hitchcock and Sara Miller began their research on Samuel McClure and McClure…
Lilly Library adding 700 EAD finding aids to Archives Online

May 22nd, 2018

Years ago, when the IU Bloomington Libraries first started using Encoded Archival Description (EAD) to describe archival and manuscript collections, staff at the Lilly Library…
The Kid’s Pajamas: John Boorman’s Knight’s Castle

April 30th, 2018

By Ava Dickerson, Lilly Library Manuscripts Archivist Known for his 1981 film Excalibur–a retelling of the legend of King Arthur starring Helen Mirren, Nigel Terry, Liam Neeson,…
More Than Meets the Eye: Conservation Treatment of Chinese Export Paintings

January 9th, 2018

By Doug Sanders, Paper Conservator, IU Libraries Preservation The Paper Conservation unit of the IU Libraries E. Lingle Craig Preservation Lab recently treated a series of…

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