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Jerry Slocum, puzzle master, visits Bloomington
Jerry Slocum and his family visited Bloomington on April 8, 2024, for the eclipse and to visit the Slocum room and Jerry's collection of puzzles at the Lilly Library. - Blog
2024 graduate uses Safer Together video contest to focus on alcohol misuse
IU Media School undergraduate Audra Sapp is the 2024 winner of IU Libraries Moving Image Archive Safer Together contest. - Blog
A Glossary of Ape
Edgar Rice Burroughs was not a lexicographer but an author of pulp fiction, dozens of adventure and science fiction novels. He was also an ardent proponent of eugenics. Nowadays… - Blog
Enjoying Spring with Tunes and Oral Histories from the Folklore Institute Student Papers Collection
The following is a guest post from Emily Paulson (MLS Candidate in the Luddy School of Informatics pursuing the music librarianship specialization) as part of the spring course ILS… - News
Students seek wellness at Wells Library
In a student-focused partnership between IU Libraries and the IU School of Social Work, private wellness sessions led by advanced social work students use peer coaching methods to address issues of social isolation, stress, sleeping habits, time management, budgeting, and more. - Blog
What Happens Now: Four Films to Watch if You’re a Graduating Senior
As finals week quickly approaches, I find myself terrified of the prospect of graduating. It’s something all graduating seniors can relate to in one way or another; the existential… - Blog
Still Unpacking the Kripke Collection
At the beginning of 2023, I wrote that I’d pull interesting dictionaries and occasionally other language books and items from boxes of the late Madeline Kripke’s collection of 20… - News
IU is safeguard for America's Black history
Personal papers and recordings from both well-known and unsung African Americans are being digitally preserved at IU, under an agreement between IU Libraries, University Information Technology Services (UITS) and The HistoryMakers, a national non-profit organization dedicated to documenting African Americans’ significant contributions to American life, history and culture. - Blog
Meet the 2024 Open Educator of the Year
Gabrielle Stecher, Ph.D. was named the 2024 Open Educator of the Year, an honor bestowed annually to an IU Bloomington faculty member for their outstanding contributions to open… - Blog
Students Participate in Open Education Resources at Friday Finish
Scholarly Communications spent the day making creative buttons with students at Friday Finish at Herman B Wells Library. Friday Finish is a weekly event held on Fridays in Wells…