In the News 2024

This page lists IU Libraries media mentions from 2024. Looking for more recent media mentions? Check out In the News 2026.

December 2024

12/17/2024: Snopes dispelled the Internet myth that Hoosier author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. said, " "We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost-effective." However, citing sources, the fact-checking site confirmed that he said a few things that were very close to his supposed quote. Being a credible source, Snopes cited its sources, including the Lilly Library where Vonnegut's papers reside: No Evidence Kurt Vonnegut Said Society 'Wouldn't Save Itself Because It Wasn't Cost-Effective'

 

12/12/2024: Indiana Public Media explores the Ukraine Nonresidential Scholars Program, interviewing Sarah Phillips, the coordinator of the program. The program is expanding to several other Big Ten Universities. One of the recent scholars, Natalia Shlikhta, is impressed with the access to IU Libraries: IU program for Ukrainian scholars expands to 8 Big Ten schools  (link expired)

  • Related: Inside Indiana Business reports that IU Bloomington's successful Ukraine Nonresidential Scholars Program run through the IU Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute is being expanded to 8 other Big Ten Universities. The scholars in the program get full access to the IU Libraries' resources: IU expands Ukrainian scholars program (subscription required)

 

12/3/2024: The Library of Congress announced IU Libraries Moving Image Archive Director Rachael Stoeltje as the new chief of the Library’s National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. She will oversee the state-of-the-art facility doing what she does best -- preserving films, television programs, radio broadcasts, and sound recordings: Library of Congress Appoints Rachael Stoeltje as New Chief for National Audio-Visual Conservation Center

 

12/2/2024: The Bloomington Herald-Times tells the story of General Headquarters, a board game by Kurt Vonnegut that was never published. Devoted game enthusiast Geoff Engelstein searched for the game, finding his way to the Lilly Library. Along with the Vonnegut family, Engelstein created the first physical edition of the board game. This article goes into detail about the discovery: How Kurt Vonnegut's board game was revived from IU's Lilly Library to store shelves (subscription required)

 

November 2024

11/19/2024: Inside IU Research noted the one millionth item requested from IU Libraries Auxiliary Library Facility (ALF). The request was made on October 24. The brief commentary includes information about the many ways IU students, staff, and faculty can request materials from IU Libraries: Researcher requests 1,000,000 item from Auxiliary Library Facility (link expired)

 

11/8/2024: The Journal of Academic Leadership published a qualitative study by IU Libraries Co-Curricular Research and Engagement Librarian Meredith Knoff. The study looked at 300 one-to-one interactions between research professionals and undergraduate students. Knoff looked at the students' subject areas, the language students used, and other factors to make recommendations for a better research consultation: Evaluating undergraduate research needs in one-on-one research consultation requests: A qualitative study

 

11/6/2024: The Office of Student Life blog has a list of resources for those with post-election blues. IU is providing a lot of opportunities for reaching out and discussing the contentious election: Pre-election and post-election events at IU

 

11/06/2024: UITS Monitor explains that printers can sense one's fear and offers knowledge as a way to tame such printer beasts. One tip is that the UITS help-desk in Wells Library has moved temporarily to the second floor of the West Tower while the 4th floor undergoes renovation: Printing made easy

 

11/4/2024: Samvera news announced that IU Libraries’ programmer/analyst Daniel Pierce is the 2024 recipient of the Julie Allinson Award. Samvera is a community of technologists who create and maintain repository software. Daniel is the tech lead on Hyrax, which he is helping make compatible with Fedora 6. In other words, Daniel is making it easier for digitized photos to be viewed in a consistent, quality manner over one platform: The 2024 Julie Allinson Award recipient is Daniel Pierce

 

October 2024

10/30/2024: For Halloween, the Indiana Daily Student (IDS) listed all the wonderful and engaging spooktacular fun activities on campus and around town. The Wylie House Museum was on the list. Its annual ghost-stories and museum tours make for a spooky evening: Halloween festivities to check out in Bloomington on Thursday

 

10/29/2024: The Luddy Department of Information & Library Science Blog summarized at length Dr. Martin Halbert's keynote lecture at this year's IU Libraries' Open Access Week. A Professor and Research Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Halbert talked about the changes in digital media and opportunities within open access: Dr. Martin Halbert lectures on Open Access

 

10/28/2024: The Bloomington Herald-Times features Heather Ray, author of 100 Things to Do in Bloomington Before You Die. Ray whittles her list down to nine, suggesting the Friday puzzle tour at Lilly if it's raining. The puzzle collection is one of the largest in the world: 9 things to do this fall in southern Indiana, according to a local author

 

10/26/2024: News 14 out of Evansville announced the passing of Jeri Taylor into the final frontier. Taylor, an IU alum, was one of the primary writers for Star Trek. Her scripts, notes, outlines, and other materials dealing with Star Trek and several other shows she wrote for are housed in the Lilly Library: Evansville native known for work on ‘Star Trek’ dies at 86

  • Related: Gizmodo, an online tech blog, had a tribute to Jeri Taylor. IU alumnus Aaron Waltke who writes for Star Trek Prodigy states that he learned to write by studying Taylor's scripts at the Lilly Library: Jeri Taylor, Co-Creator of Star Trek: Voyager, Dies at 86
  • Related: Popculture.com summarizes the late Jeri Taylor's career, noting that she mostly devoted her skills and passion to Star Trek Voyager. It was during her writing for the show that Taylor gave scripts, notes, and outlines to the Lilly Library at her alma mater: Another ‘Star Trek’ Legend Has Died: Jeri Taylor Was 86

 

10/25/2024: Radiolab, the award-winning radio show and podcast out of New York City, explores the last time the electoral college was almost abolished. Indiana University Political Papers archivist Sara Stefani helped the researchers dig for the story. IU Libraries is the home of former Senator Birch Bayh's papers: The Unpopular Vote

 

10/24/2024: The Indiana Daily Student (IDS) addresses why scary stories haunt us, using both materials from University Archives and interviews of two members of the Bloomington Storytellers Guild, one of whom is the Head Education Librarian. Find out why we are still telling ghost stories: What is there to learn from IU’s ghost stories?

 

10/22/2024:The Luddy Department of Information & Library Science Blog discusses the many ways information and library science students find employment. Topping the list are the seven libraries and multiple archives that make up IU Libraries. The article features a handful of grads and their experiential learning work experiences at IUL: Always Learning: ILS Students on the Job

 

10/20/2024: Dr. Devan Donaldson, Library Science Program Director at Luddy, posted his enthusiasm for partnering with University Archives and the African American Arts Institute (AAAI) to engage his students with real-world work. Not only does the work benefit AAAI and the Archives, it is experience students take with them into their careers: De Van is at Herman B Wells Library (link expired)

 

10/17/2024: Indiana Daily Student (IDS) presents four resources to help students figure out what classes to schedule.  Under-graduate Advising Services in the Herman B Wells Library is the first choice, but if you cannot find time to visit an advisor, these resources will put you on the path to success.  Undergraduate Advising Services is just one of the helpful partners who share the Wells Library: Four resources to help pick classes for next semester

 

10/11/2024: News at IU described some of IU's most special collections, including the costumes of actress Glenn Close, items at the Lilly Library, and the Ray Bradbury Center and Museum. IU Collections at McCalla showcases many collections. When not on display, IU's precious collections are in the climate controlled Auxiliary Library Facility (ALF) operated by IU Libraries:  From Gutenberg Bible to Glenn Close costumes, IU’s collections protect precious objects

 

10/7/2024: ACRL Insider, the newsletter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), features an interview with IU Public Outreach and Engagement Librarian Michael Courtney. Looking after the "whole student," Courtney describes his outreach to international students and building community to achieve student success. He forever sees himself as that child with a book in hand from the local library: ACRL Member of the Week: Michael Courtney

 

September 2024

9/24/2024: Reference Services Review released a literature review by IU Teaching and Learning librarians Meggan Press and James Henry Smith. The article made the case for Universal Design Learning to be used with professionals as well as students. They wrote, "Treating professionals at all points in their careers as people whose educational preferences and needs continue past formal education, demonstrates a profound respect for the desire and ability of all to learn:" Applying Universal Design for Learning to library peer professional development: a case study acknowledging adults as learners

 

9/24/2024: The Monroe County History Club hosted University Archives Director Dina Kellams to speak at their September luncheon. Kellams not only explained what the Archives holds, she detailed the history of the University School, a laboratory for education: A History of the University School, 1939-1972

 

9/23/2024: Oxford University Press published an article tracing the frustrating transformation of Jane Austen's novel Susan which eventually transformed into Northanger Abbey. The title page from the latter, obtained from Lilly Library, is the image used for the piece: Before Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen and “Susan”

 

9/22/2024: Indiana Daily Student (IDS) reporter Sydney Weber lists the favored spots of IU (Libraries being one), and the least favored, and then initiates a list of rarely mentioned gems. The IU Libraries MakerSpace is the first little-known spot. Located on the first floor of the Learning Commons in Wells, it's the perfect place to jazz up just about anything: Three underrated spots at IU 

 

9/18/2024: Indiana Daily Student (IDS) wants to lure students into the Lilly Library by sharing some of the priceless materials in the rare books and manuscripts library. Besides the first printed Bible in America and Jefferson's own copy of the Bill of Rights, the library has a few locks of Edgar Allen Poe's hair: A dive into the history and culture at Lilly Library

 

9/13/2024: National Public Radio's Morning Edition scared up the info on Friday the 13th from IU Libraries Librarian for Anthropology, Folklore, and Sociology Moira Marsh. Surprisingly, the terror-filled day is a fairly new superstition and other countries have taboos associated with other numbers: Beware: It's Friday the 13th. Don't say we didn't warn you

 

9/5/2024: News from the State University of New York at Fredonia spotlighted professor Christina Jarvis's Vonnegut-filled summer, focusing primarily on the scholar's visit to this summer's Granfalloon. Jarvis, a Vonnegut expert who has spent a lot of time with his collection at the Lilly Library, was a key speaker at the festival: Jarvis’s Vonnegut scholarship continues

 

9/3/2024: American Libraries, which does a Library Design Showcase each fall, features IU's Education Library as one of the twelve highlighted libraries this year. The recently renovated space replaced traditional library shelving and structures with an open, collaborative space filled with both gathering zones and single study areas: 2024 Library Design Showcase

 

9/3/2024: American Libraries, the magazine of the American Library Association, featured music libraries by the numbers. The Cook Music Library here on campus provided the number "21." The music library contains 21 pieces of furniture from Leonard Bernstein's studio: By the Numbers: Music Libraries and Collections

 

9/2/2024: Catalogue and Index reprinted an article on the Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (RDA version) authored by Lilly Library Head Cataloger Amy Tims, along with colleagues kalan Knudson Davis (University of Minnesota), Jessica Grzegorski (Northwestern University), and Elizabeth Hobart (Pennsylvania State University). The article promotes the open sourced, sustainable, and community created standards for rare books cataloging: Community forward : developing an open and free cataloguing standard for rare materials

 

August 2024

8/29/2024: Indiana Public Media interviewed alum Michael Uslan, creator and executive producer of the Batman franchise. IU Cinema held a screening of the original film, followed by a Q-n-A with Uslan, who is also a professor of practice at the Media School. It was the franchise's 35th anniversary. Uslan's collection of comics and memorabilia can be found at Lilly Library: 'Batman' at 35: An executive producer’s journey from IU to Hollywood

 

8/27/2024: IU Research provided researchers with links to grants, events, and helpful tips. One section noted IU Libraries research guides, databases, and recent acquisitions: New Digital Resources for Bloomington Campus Users (link expired)

 

8/25/2024: Indiana Daily Student (IDS) offers information about the Eskenazi Museum of Art's exhibitions this fall. One of the exhibitions, Portraits of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna: An Exploration of Roman Imperial Identity and Power, reflects on the interplay of a person's identity versus how they are perceived; however, as the title would suggest, it is through the lens a Roman emperor and his wife's lens. The book, the IDS notes, is available at Wells Library: Eskenazi Museum of Art to welcome 3 new exhibitions this fall semester

 

8/24/2024: The Bloomington Herald-Times reports on the community movement to rename the section of 17th Street in front of Assembly Hall  “Bob Knight Way.” A petition was started by Harold Mauro, who worked with Knight. Among Knight's contributions to Indiana University, Mauro cites Knight's philanthropy to IU Libraries: "Bob Knight Way"? How IU could rename 17th Street after the basketball legend (subscription required)

 

8/16/2024: The Washington Post Book Club Newsletter features Lilly Library's Rebecca Baumann, Head of Curatorial Services and Modern Books and also curator of the latest exhibit Love in the Library. Baumann explains that Lilly Library is the first rare books and manuscript library to take romance novels seriously: Serious Passion (available only with mobile sign-up to Book Club)

  • Related: Indiana Public Media interviews librarian Rebecca Baumann, curator of Love in the Library. She discusses the sexism keeping the romance genre from special collections and how the exhibition intentionally sought out marginalized voices to add: 'The joy of a happily ever after': Lilly Library debuts rare romance collection
  • Related: News at IU goes into depth sharing details of what makes Love in the Library: The Roman Novel in English special. From the crushed velvet to novel selections, the exhibit is designed for everyone who desires love: Lilly Library takes romance seriously with new ‘Love in the Library’ exhibition
  • Related: The Indiana Daily Student (IDS) interviewed curator Rebecca Baumann and Jenny Mack, museum exhibition specialist, for Love in the Library. Baumann stressed the importance of including marginalized or invisible voices. Everyone deserves to be loved:  The Lilly Library gives romance the spotlight in new exhibit

 

8/14/2024: News at IU interviews history professor Jonathan Schlesinger about his work researching the history of the ivory trade. Schlesinger's work has created connections all over the university and world. One of the surprising connections he made is with former IU Libraries conservator Doug Sanders: Research Impact: History professor tracks ivory trade by drawing on campus and global experts

 

August 2024: The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) welcomes four new universities into its academic cohort: University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), the University of Oregon, and the University of Washington. In 1958, President Herman B Wells helped establish the BTAA (then the CIC), making Indiana University one of the original members of the alliance. A proud partner of BTAA, IU Libraries’ flagship building is named after Wells: Welcome UCLA, USC, Oregon, and Washington

 

July 2024

7/30/2024: In a stirring opinion in the Indiana Daily Student (IDS), Danny Williams expresses concern over the recent attacks to libraries through book banning and budget cuts. Williams writes, "Libraries are more than just books. They’re community centers and safe havens." Williams lists software and resources like Kanopy and Makerspace that both Monroe County Public Library and IU Libraries have: OPINION: The incredible institution of the public library  

 

7/24/2024: Pride of IU Stories describes key spots on the Bloomington's beautiful campus. The Lilly Library, IU's rare books and manuscripts library, ends the article: Tour IU’s Iconic Campus

 

7/24/2024: The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) announced a partnership with the Next Generation Library Publishing (NGLP) project. This collaboration aims to test and enhance infrastructure solutions for academy-owned scholarly publishing programs that are open source, community-led, and rooted in academic values. Penn State University Libraries and Indiana University Libraries will work with the NGLP team to implement the Meru display layer, enhancing infrastructure and service models specifically for the BTAA: Big Ten Academic Alliance + Next Generation Library Publishing Announce the Launch of a Pilot Project 

 

7/20/2024:  Magicana; Sharing Wonder, a Canadian organization devoted to the art of magic, shared on its website some changes to the 25 year old, continuously published magical journal. David Ben, one of the magazine's founders, is stepping into a more humble role and preparing his personal collection of magical ephemera to be transferred to the Lilly Library: Remembering the Future: Exciting News to Report (link expired)

 

7/19/2024: News at IU picked up IU Libraries' stories about this year's two Burgess Award winners: Christina Westbrook and Eva Hernandez. The Sam Burgess Undergraduate Research Award is an honor given to those who have researched rigorously, utilizing library resources, and woven the research expertly into their project: Students honored for outstanding research skills  

 

7/18/2024: News at IU features Crafternoons at Wylie House Museum. Cleverly named, Crafternoons are a family friendly activity each Saturday afternoon at IU's first family's home. Learn about the Wylie family and arts from the 19th and early 20th centuries: Crafternoons at Wylie House Museum connect visitors with history

 

7/11/2024: Dam Right: Winning at Digital Asset Management podcast with Chris Lacinak interviewed IU Libraries Head of Digital Media Software Development, Emily Lynema, and Assistant Dean for Library Technologies Jon Dunn about the AMP project. AMP, which stands for Audiovisual Metadata Platform, strives to incorporate the thousands of various digital assets into one workflow resulting in discovery by a student: AMPlify your digital assets with Jon Dunn & Emily Lynema (Also available on Youtube)

 

July 2024: Indy Shorts International Film Festival selected the music video from Stargazing, a presentation that invites the audience into the shoes of Lizzie Breckenridge of Wylie House,for the short documentary/Indiana spotlight genre. Directed by Ethan Gill, now with the Indianapolis Children's Museum. The festival starts July 23: Indiana Spotlight 2 (link expired)

 

June 2024

6/20/2024: The Bloomington Herald -Times tells the story of Lori Frye, senior lecturer in fashion design, who is in search of information about Ida Belle Kenney Brown. The 1879 graduate wore a wool and satin dress of cream and crimson that now lives in the Sage Collection. To find out more about Kenney Brown and the dress, Frye consulted the University Archives and Wylie House Museum: Four women graduated from Indiana University in 1879. This is what Ida Kenney wore (subscription required)

 

6/14/2024: Journal of Map & Geography Librariesis up-to-date after Map and Spatial Data Librarian Theresa Quill and OSU co-editor Josh Sadvari inherited the publication. The two librarians pushed out three issues in record time to get the neglected tome on track. Being new editors, Theresa and Josh also have their editorials that give overviews of each issue: Finding Our Way & Spatial Humanities: Perspectives from the Library

 

6/13/2024: The online newsletter The Conversation, an open access journal, published the inner workings of dad jokes for Father's Day. Co-written by IU Libraries own expert on practical jokes, Moira Marsh, Librarian for Anthropology, Folklore, and Sociology, the article explores the history and usage of the groan-inducing dad joke: An homage to the dad joke, one of the great traditions of fatherhood

 

6/10/2024: The Bloomington Herald-Times describes the Indiana Landmarks’ 17th "Back to the Future" tour. Hosted by Indiana Modern, the mid-century architecture tour of campus includes the Lilly Library. According to Indiana Landmarks, buildings on the IU campus display some of the best examples of 20th century architecture: 5 examples of mid-century architecture on the Indiana University Bloomington campus (subscription required)

 

June 2024: Rare Book Hub announces Sotheby's June 26th auction of Dr. Rodney P. Swantko's rare book collection. Swantko, an IU alumnus, donated many rare books to the Lilly Library during his lifetime: Sotheby's is Offering Some Serious Material

 

May 2024

5/28/2024: News at IU celebrates the work of Elise Suarez, a Master of Library Science student, who has built a website for Indiana University Legends. Done for a course, Suarez used the University Archives and worked with Carrie Schwier, Outreach and Public Services Archivist: ‘IU Birdman’ and other urban legends: Grad student digitizes Bloomington campus folklore

 

5/22/2024: News at IU outlined a special documentary class, Facing the Facade in the 21st Century,  an advanced course  in the Media School. Partnering with the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive, Jared Harkness, alumnus and director of the original "Facing the Facade," helped students document "overlooked perspectives." Director of the Moving Image Archive, Rachael Stoeltje, was instrumental in creating the unique opportunity: Documentary students tackle 21st-century issues in ‘Facing the Façade’ workshop with alumnus

 

5/20/2024: The IDS printed a helpful guide to the many ways students may find books for their classes. Besides local bookstores, including the IU Bookstore, libraries are an excellent source of class material. The IU Libraries often has the book or eBook a student may need for a class. The article gives online catalog links: Your guide to buying textbooks at IU 

 

5/13/2024: News from the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion celebrates the work of IU employees who create a more inclusive environment.  Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian Willa Tavernier is one of the 2024 recipients of the Inclusive Excellence Award. Willa's research concentrates on equitability in scholarly communication especially from a labor and systems' point of view. She is nationally known for her open access platform on Black Wealth in America: 2024 Inclusive Excellence Award Winners Honored for Commitment to DEI (link expired)

 

5/9/2024: News at IU summarizes past IU Arts and Humanities Council's Granfalloon Celebrations. Vonnegut's term for “a proud and meaningless collection of human beings" has come to mean a festival of all things art and contemplation in Bloomington. Lilly Library's exhibition of Vonnegut's papers in 2018, the first year of the festival, was listed as one of the memorable events of past Granfalloons: Celebrating the 5th Granfalloon, the eclectic arts festival honoring Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

 

5/2/2024: Indiana Public Media's Bente Bouthier reports on how Dunn Meadow was set aside as a free speech zone by interviewing two alumni involved in student government: Paul Helmke, professor at O'Neill and Director of IU Civic Center LC and Guy Lofton, a retired Bloomington lawyer. The Indiana University Archives provided pictures for the article. Check out the Archives for more information on the protests of the past: Two Former IU Student Government Presidents Reflect on Turbulent Time for the Protests in 60s

 

May 2024: Indiana University Information and Library Science 2023-2024Annual Report details a recent visit of ILS staff to the Lilly Library hosted by Maureen Maryanski, Head of Lilly's Teaching & Research. The newsletter features Dr. Devan Donaldson’s students  working with archives at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, and the class Folklore Archives in the Digital Age that uses archival repositories around campus. Of course, an end of the year summation, wouldn't be appropriate without a list and accomplishments of graduates, many of whom worked at IU Libraries while earning their degree : Treasures of the Lilly Library

 

April 2024

4/30/2024: The Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper interviewed graduate student Jo Otremba, who won the Indiana Humanities Wilma Gibbs Moore Fellowship. The article tells Otremba's story of discovering seven 1940s Black students who were forced to find transportation to a Black school in Indianapolis instead of doing their field experience in Bloomington. Otremba is pursuing their master’s degree in library science with a specialization in archives and records management while working in the University Archives: IU graduate student uncovers segregation in student teaching in 1930s

 

4/24/2024: WBIW of South Central Indiana applauds professor Gabrielle Stecher, Open Educator of the Year for 2024. Stecher, Associate Director of Undergraduate Teaching and English faculty, won the award from IU Libraries Scholarly Communication department for her extensive use of Open Education Resources in her classes: Meet the IU Bloomington 2024 Open Education of the Year

 

4/23/2024: Library Journal's InfoDocket informed its academic audience that IU is now a backup for HistoryMakers, a who's who of Black American leaders in all realms of life. Working with UITS, IU Libraries is stewarding the data that can also be found on the HistoryMakers' database:  IU (Indiana University) is Safeguard For America’s Black History

 

4/17/2024: Salon Prive Magazine introduced the rare book collection of Indiana Dr. Rodney P. Swantko, who passed in the fall of 2022. His collection, which holds many first editions, will be auctioned off in June at Sotheby's. The Lilly Library houses some of his collection that he donated before he died: The Library of Dr Rodney P. Swantko To Go On Auction

 

4/12/2024: IU Libraries' IU Day crowdfunding project made it into Indiana University Foundation's In the News as an example of an opportunity to give to on Wednesday, April 17. Digitizing the IDS for University Archives is the IU Libraries campaign. Fran and Don Jackson started the Mary Brown Craig Fund, which is the project fund supporting the project: Indiana University prepares to celebrate IU Day on April 17

 

4/11/2024: Indiana Public Media announces a  scavenger hunt brought to you by WTIU. Designed for IU Day, the scavenger hunt requires participants to seek out six locations, each linked to a PBS kids' show. One of the locations is, of course, the Lilly Library: Join the Adventure: WTIU's IU Day Scavenger Hunt!

 

4/11/2024: News at IU gives us a glimpse of the Fifth Annual Granfalloon. With many musical performances, discussions, lectures, film, readings, and more, is it any wonder that IU Libraries is one of its sponsors? The festival is May 20 - June 9 and runs along with two other signature events in town: the Indiana University Writers’ Conference and the Bloomington Handmade Market: Femme-punk band Sleater-Kinney, journalist Carl Bernstein among 2024 Granfalloon events

 

4/8/2024: IU Today, Eclipse Day version, devoted its issue to campus-related Eclipse information and fun. Receding Horizons, Lilly Library's exhibition to celebrate the celestial ocurrance, was included. The exhibition captures the human connection to space from medieval times to the present: In the path of totality: The 2024 total solar eclipse

 

4/4/2024: The IDS recounts the history of the eclipses through the lens of Indiana University. Starting with Professor Theophilus Wylie's documented viewing in August 7, 1869, the article records IU faculty and scholars watching eclipses in Bloomington and elsewhere. Of course, the article could not have been written without the archives at Wylie House Museum and the University Archives: Dating back to 1869, IU’s campus, faculty and alumni have a rich history of eclipse viewings

 

4/4/2024: The Indiana Daily Student promotes Willkie Sprint: A Story of Friendship, Love and Winning the First Women’s Little 500 Race, the new IU Press book by IU alumna Kerry Hellmuth. Not only is it a story of the first women's team to win the Little 500, it's a coming of age story of an IU freshman: IU alumna details victory in first women's Little 500 in new book

 

4/3/2024: Engage IUB Newsletter interviewed Bob Noel, subject librarian for Astronomy, Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Mathematics and Physics. He offered insights about the Eclipse, a few of his favorite professors, and the upcoming book sale while explaining that IU Libraries are popping up everywhere: Cosmic Collections: 5 Questions (link expired)

 

4/1/2024: Reason, a monthly magazine of libertarian thought, explores the story of Lord George Sackville and the law named after him which gives military courts authority over civilian courts for those in service. The article on Sackville uses research from Lilly Library's documents of Sir Thomas Parker, Chief Baron of the Exchequer in England at the time, to shed light on the courtcase and the law: Advisory Opinions and Military Jurisdiction: New Light on Sackville's Case (1760)

 

March 2024

3/29/2024: Indiana Public Media highlights the Ruth Adomeit collection of miniature books at the Lilly Library. Sarah Mitchell, Curator of Religious Collections, explains that miniature books allowed for convenience in times when the prices of books were not affordable to the common person: Lilly Library home to 16,000 miniature books 

 

3/17/2024: News from the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design created a summary of guest artist Roos van Haaften, who, as the McKinney Visiting Artist, spent a six-week period with students and faculty. When reflecting on her visit, she shared her excitement working with Brad Cook of University Archives on IU's Astronomy Glass Photographic Plate Collection which contains images taken in Kirkwood observatory from around 1902 until the late ‘80s:  Reflections on a residency: Roos van Haaften at the Eskenazi School

 

3/27/2024: News at IU talks to an expert on folklore and mythology: Moira Marsh, Librarian for Anthropology, Folklore, and Sociology. She explains that before science, many cultures made sense of eclipses by attributing them to malicious monsters or uncanny creatures: Eclipse mythology: Celestial creatures try, fail to swallow sun

 

3/26/2024: Fox 59 Indianapolis invited Mike McAfee, executive director of Visit Bloomington, and Erin Chiparo, Silver-Norman Curator of Dermatology, General Medicine, and Science from Lilly Library, to share what's happening in Bloomington on April 8 for the Eclipse. Erin explained the marvelous exhibit Receding Horizons: Visit Bloomington Solar Eclipse

 

March 2024: One Ahead, an online newsletter for magicians, reports on the mastery of Ricky Jay and the Lilly Library. Unbeknownst to many, Jay was an avid historian. His research on magic and spiritualism along with photographs, including spiritual photos, book manuscripts, and other artifacts from his life were acquired by the Lilly Library, where he often spent his research time: Ricky Jay's Magic Archive Has a New Home: Full Story

 

3/18/2024: News at IU featured Ph.D. candidate and Dhar India Studies' scholar Brock DeMark's journey abroad to Indian archives. DeMark is currently in Kanpur working on his Fulbright Nehru Student Research award, using primary resources. His archival research started in the Lilly Library on the Bloomington campus: From Arkansas to the streets of Kanpur: An IU Ph.D. student’s international journey

 

3/8/2024: News at IU reviewed Receding Horizons: A Celebration of Astronomy at the Lilly Library. The Lilly Libraryexhibition in honor of the upcoming solar eclipse is divided into sections representing the foundation of astronomy, eclipses through history, and an area for science fiction fans. The article includes interviews with the co-curators: Sarah McElroy Mitchell, Erin Chiparo, and Kristina Krasny: ‘Receding Horizons’ exhibition highlights humanity’s discoveries, stories inspired by the cosmos

 

3/6/2024: The Bloomington Herald-Times posted a neighborly update on Will Shortz, crossword puzzle editor for the New York Times and the NPR's Sunday Puzzlemaster. Shortz, who is the only person with a degree in puzzles, is recovering from a stroke. The article notes that Shortz hopes for his puzzle collection to join the Slocum mechanical puzzle collection in the Lilly Library one day:  Indiana University alumnus Will Shortz, 71, recovering from stroke (link expired)

 

3/3/2024: Huffpost revealed the seemingly true meaning of "Night, night, sleep tight." Commonly thought of as a reference to the ropes once used in beds, Huffpost writer Amy Glover relied on a 2018 blogpost from the Wylie House Museum. Docent and assistant Rebecca Karstensen used the Oxford Dictionary's etymology feature to reveal that "tightly" was a synonym of "safely." Of course, "tight" rhymes with "night," which makes a lovely bedtime saying: So THAT's Why We Say 'Night Night, Sleep Tight'

 

3/2/2024: The IDS features parkour on campus. Parkour, which means the art of motion, is a way of moving through the environment with jumps, tumbles, and agility. One of Bloomington Parkour's favorite spots is the Wells Library: ‘The art of motion’: The story of Bloomington Parkour

 

3/1/2024: The IDS describes Lilly Library, the rare books and manuscripts library of Indiana University. As part of their Source Visitor’s Guide, the reprint explains Lilly Library's accessibility, exhibitions, the secure reading room, and the Friday tours: Lilly Library -- an archival icon at IU

 

February 2024

2/29/2024: The Digital Preservation Coalition, an international charitable foundation which supports digital preservation, announces that IU Libraries has become its newest Associate Member, joining the DPC's new Americas Stakeholder Group. Assistant Dean for Library Technologies Jon Dunn notes that “Indiana University has a long history of work in digital preservation, particularly in the context of time-based media such as audio and video. Becoming a member of the DPC will allow us to better learn from and contribute to the broader global digital preservation community and to help advance the cause of digital preservation to sustain access to research and cultural heritage for future generations.” The DPC welcomes IU Libraries: Indiana University Libraries joins the Digital Preservation Coalition

 

2/29/2024: The Bloomington Herald-Times invites the community to participate in a myriad of events this weekend. One event is Wylie House Museum's Saturday Crafternoons. Every Saturday, the first home of IU is open for tours from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. In addition, join museum staff in a guided hands-on activity for all ages: This weekend in Bloomington: Quilt show, home show, Sundance film shorts, cigar box lamp (Subscription required)

 

2/23/2024: Indiana Humanities shared a video online of Wilma Gibbs Moore FellowJo Otremba and their experience. Jo, an IU graduate student in Library Science, has been working in the University Archives. The Gibbs Moore fellowship has helped their research for their project, "Indiana University Bloomington’s Segregated Student Teaching:" A chat with Jo Otremba (link expired)

 

2/17/2024: News Bureau, an online newsletter from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, shared news of information science professor Elizabeth Hoiem's book on mechanical literacy in children's literature of the late 18th century. A picture from the Lilly Library helps illustrate Hoiem's assessment that mechanical literacy was intended for the privileged: Children's education included 'mechanical literacy' in the industrial age 

 

2/15/2024: Engage IUB Newsletter interviewed Brian Forist, senior lecturer for the School of Public Health and outdoor lover and educator. When asked about his favorite things about IU, he listed IU Libraries and specifically the Wylie House Museum and University Archives: Outdoor Educator: 5 Questions with Brian Forist (link expired)

 

2/13/2024: The San Francisco Standard dips into the world of rare books and reveals some of the characters attending the California International Antiquarian Book Fair. Among the sellers and buyers was Lilly Library's Head of Curatorial Services & Curator of Modern Books Rebecca Baumann. She was looking for queer items to build up the collection at IU's rare books and manuscripts library: You won’t believe who’s collecting at San Francisco’s largest rare book fair

 

2/12/2024: SPARC, a non-profit advocacy group for open education, highlighted an impact story concerning two researchers at Indiana University who discovered "encouraging proof" that rotavirus could be utilized in combating COVID-19 in children. Knowing it would take a substantial amount of time for their accepted article to publish and wanting others to build upon their discoveries, they decided to go with a preprint using PubMed,  a service available at IU Libraries that publishes preprints and other open access scientific research: No Hesitancy at Indiana University to share vaccine research as a preprint

 

2/9/2024: TLS, the London Times literary supplement, remarked on one of Lilly Library's current exhibitions. In its review, TLS states Out of Africa: Nadine Gordimer and the "Live World"  contains "intriguing archival material." The review also describes some of the materials, Gordimer's longing for the world outside of Africa, and how the exhibit is a tribute to the author 100 years after her birth: Writing Lives (subscription required)

 

2/9/2024: The Wall Street Journal reviewed the IU Press book Death to Beauty: The Transformational History of Botox by Dr. Eugene M. Helveston. The review mostly focuses on the life of Alan Scott, the Californian ophthalmologist who figured out botulinum could aid in realigning the eyes. Though his work led to Botox as we know it today, he gets little credit: 'Death to Beauty' Review: The Birth of Botox; How an unheralded ophthalmologist created a drug with billions in annual sales (subscription required)

 

2/5/2024: The IDS reviews Good night, Indiana University by professional photographer and alumnus Joey Lax-Salinas. Published by IU Press, the IU version of the beloved children's book takes each reader on tour of IUB's cherished spots: Review: 'Good Night, Indiana University' by Joey Lax-Salinas is a sweet tribute to campus

 

2/2/2024: The IDS lists activities, events, and gatherings for Black History Month at IU and in Bloomington. The Black Film Center and Archive in the Wells Library started the festivities with a reception, screening, and later a luncheon with the Jesse Maple, the writer and director of the 1981 film Will, the first film directed by an African-American woman: Here's how to celebrate Black History Month in Bloomington

 

February 2024: The College, the online newsletter of the College of Arts and Sciences, features the story of Barbara Yasson, an alumna who is giving a collaborative gift in support of the College's ASURE program and the IU Libraries. The generous donation will strengthen the partnership between the two, focusing on undergraduate research:  A Collaborative Gift: A longtime donor helps IU Libraries work with the ASURE Program

 

January 2024

1/29/2024: IT News & Events at IU announced that several research units on campus are partnering with the Research Data Alliance-United States (RDA-US), a world-wide consortium working to break down barriers and promote open access standards. IU Libraries Associate Dean for Organizational Strategy, Diversity, and Inclusion Erin Ellis was instrumental in facilitating these partnerships:Indiana University joins forces with RDA-US to advance Open Science Standards

 

1/28/2024: The IDS interviewed the Dean of the Libraries, Diane Dallis-Comentale, for this semester's return of the dynamic Friday Finish, a program designed to encourage students to finish their homework before the weekend. Dallis-Comentale states, "It really helps to have a community of people who are there doing work with you. It makes it more tolerable and maybe more like what people expected college to be like:" IU Libraries’ The Friday Finish to return Feb. 2

 

1/26/2024: Conversations in Cultural Heritage, an Andrew W. Mellow Fellows podcast, follows Lilly Library Outreach Librarian Ursula Romero and Brown University librarian Jasmine Sykes-Kunk as they discuss what it’s like as special collections librarians focused on diversity, inclusion, and cultural heritage. It is fun and insightful to hear them discover ideas as they tell the stories of working in their respective libraries: Creating Accessible and Inclusive Spaces in Special Collections

 

1/24/2024: Library Journal interviewed IU Libraries' Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian Willa Liburd Tavernier after naming her one of 2023's Mover and Shakers in the education category. The project director of the Land, Wealth, and Liberation, a digital collection about the theft of Black wealth in America that received national acclaim, Willa explained classes have utilized the resource. She has also worked on teaching open education in multiple venues: Academic Movers Q&A: Willa Liburd Tavernier on Exploring and Expanding Open Access

 

1/23/2024: Indiana Public Media interviewed IU Libraries Moving Image Archive (IULMIA) Director Rachael Stoeltje and Caleb Allison, Jorgensen Fellowship recipient and 16mm expert, about working at the Archive. Besides the wide range of experiential learning, students learn about the importance of preserving film: Students gain experience inspecting film at the IU Moving Image Archive

 

1/16/2024: News at IU showcases the hard work IU Libraries has been doing to decrease the cost of books for students. Working with Follett Higher Education Group, IU’s new bookstore vendor, IU Libraries is able to provide e-books, saving current and future students money. Karen Stoll Farrell, head of Scholarly Communications, explains the details: Checking out a new way to save students money through e-book licensing