News & Events

Parchment: Medieval Material Made in the Modern Age - Date: October 20 Hours: 5:00-7:00 PM Location: Lilly Library Description: Jesse Meyer, proprietor of Pergamena Parchment, demonstrates the preparation, stretching, scraping and finishing of parchment skins. Free and open to the public Contact: Cherry Williams...
Release Date: 09/17/2010

RBMS Regional Workshop: Latin for Rare Materials Catalogers - Friday, October 22, 2010, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  Indiana University Bloomington Herman B Wells Library, Room E174 1320 E. 10th Street Bloomington, Indiana, 47405   This workshop is intended for rare materials catalogers with little or no familiarity with...
Release Date: 09/17/2010

The Fifteen Sign of Doomsday - Date: September 22 Hours: 4:30-6:00 PM Location: Lilly Library Slocum Room Description: Dr. Lorenzo DiTommaso, associate professor of religion at Concordia University in Montréal, presents the “Fifteen Signs of Doomsday,” a simple list of the...
Release Date: 09/17/2010

The Gutenberg Bible in America - Date: October 11 Hours: 5:00-7:00 PM Location: Lilly Library Description: Presented by Paul Needham, Princeton University. Reception to follow: sponsored by the Friends of the Lilly Library Free and open to the public Contact: Cherry Williams...
Release Date: 09/17/2010

The Rule and the Book: Manuscripts for Monks, Nuns, and Friars in the Lilly Library Collection - Date: October 21 Hours: 5:00-7:00 PM Location: Lilly Library Description: Presented by Professor Diane Reilly, Indiana University Department of History of Art. Reception to follow: co-sponsored by the Lilly Library and MEST. Free and open to the public Contact:...
Release Date: 09/17/2010

TechFest! - TechFest, your fall IT resource fair, will take place this September:   * IU Bloomington: September 15 in the Herman B Wells Library Lobby * IUPUI: September 22, in the lobby of the ICTC (IT building)   Swing by and take it all in: IT experts from UITS,...
Release Date: 09/15/2010

Join us for Congress Week from Sept 13-17! - Congress Week and Constitution Day are a series of events on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington meant to raise critical awareness of the Constitution and Congress and the ways in which they shape our society.   All the events encourage us to think about the role of...
Release Date: 09/13/2010

Bloomington's Lotus World Music Festival - Bloomington's Lotus World Music & Art Festival is being celebrated in 2010 from September 17th to 19th.     The festival is named after Indiana songwriter and musician Lotus Dickey. You can find information about him, and about the festival through their...
Release Date: 09/02/2010

NHPRC Grant Enables IU Libraries to Process Birch Bayh Collection - The IU Libraries will be able to finish processing former Indiana Senator Birch Bayh's donated political papers thanks to a $60,000 matching grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. View the IU news release.
Release Date: 08/31/2010

IU Libraries Named Nation's Best - In January 2010, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) named the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries winner of its Excellence in Academic Libraries Award in the university division. The annual award, conceived as a team honor, recognizes the...
Release Date: 08/27/2010

Zotero users take note! - Due to increasing interest in Zotero at Indiana University, the IU Libraries have created a Zotero listserv to build an online community for Zotero users at IU. Zotero, a free Firefox extension, allow users to manage bibliographic citations and easily save journal and book information...
Release Date: 08/26/2010

Building Bloomington's Broadway: The Development of Theatre at Indiana University - This new exhibit at the Indiana University Archives features visual highlights from the Department of Speech and Theatre records. Materials on display illustrate the cultivation of a diverse performance repertoire during a pivotal period in the department’s development and expansion from...
Release Date: 08/12/2010

I-69 Evansville to Indianapolis Tier 2 Studies - As the Herald Times announced August 2, the Environmental Protection Administration has released Section 4 of the I-69 Evansville to Indianapolis Indiana Tier 2 Draft Environmental Impact Study which covers Crane NSWC to Bloomington. The report was deposited, in print and on...
Release Date: 08/12/2010

IU Libraries, American Folklore Society partner for Open Folklore digitization project - An innovative and mutually beneficial partnership between Indiana University Libraries and the American Folklore Society (AFS) will liberate much of the world's previously inaccessible folklore materials. The multifaceted project, titled Open Folklore, combines digitization and...
Release Date: 08/09/2010

"A Scrapbook Look at John Ruskin" -   The Lilly has a new exhibition called “A Scrapbook Look at John Ruskin,” on display July 26th through August 27th, 2010. This exhibition is created around two scrapbooks made by John Ruskin and held by the Lilly. These scrapbooks are not only a unique index into...
Release Date: 08/06/2010

STAT-USA to Discontinue Services - After more than 25 years of operation, STAT-USA is closing its doors. This was not an easy decision, but the world of access to government information has evolved to the point that STAT-USA’s business model, as a fee for service office, is no longer viable. In its early years,...
Release Date: 08/06/2010

"Of Cabbages and Kings: Unexpected Treasures of the Lilly Library" - May 24–September 4, 2010   "The time has come," the Walrus said, 'To talk of many things: Of shoes–and ships–and sealing wax– Of cabbages–and kings– And why the sea is boiling hot– And whether pigs have wings.'" —Lewis...
Release Date: 07/27/2010

Celebrating 150 Years - HAPPY BIRTHDAY GPO - June 23, 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the day that President James Buchanan signed into law the act that established the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). GPO is honoring this occasion with remarks by the Public Printer and the Archivist of the United States. Afterward, GPO will be...
Release Date: 06/23/2010

Indiana State Document Digitization -  Soon historians, students, and citizens will have a large part of the documentary record of Indiana State Government available to them online.  The IUB Digital Library Program, through support of a grant from the Indiana State Library in 2005, has completed the digitization and...
Release Date: 06/14/2010

Happy Birthday, Herman Wells - Join employees of the IU Libraries for a piece of cake to celebrate the birthday (June 7, 1902) of Herman B Wells. Monday, June 7, at 3:00 p.m. Wells Library Lobby Herman B Wells was a university leader, visionary, and legend. As president of Indiana University from 1938 to 1962 and university...
Release Date: 05/27/2010