News & Events

Join Lilly Library Discussion on July 14 - Friends of Lilly Library Host Reception on July 14 Please join the Friends of the Lilly Library at 5:00 on Friday, July 14, 2006, in the Lounge of the Lilly Library. Christopher Harter will give a talk entitled, FICTION OR FACT: CELEBRATING THE DUALITY OF IMAGINED PLACES. Mr. Harter is...
Release Date: 07/07/2006

HPER Library Closed for Renovations - On Monday, June 26, the HPER Library will close for a few weeks for re-carpeting, re-painting, and the installation of new light fixtures. The library is expected to reopen in early August. *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * Please note the following changes in...
Release Date: 06/26/2006

Celebrate July Fourth by Brushing Up on American History - Learn more about the United States’ struggle for independence by viewing important documents at the IU Libraries. An online exhibition features American history documents housed at the Lilly Library. As the university’s library for rare books and manuscripts, the Lilly Library...
Release Date: 06/23/2006

IUB Libraries Can Help You Through the Summer - IUB Libraries are here to help you with summer classes and research.  * The Information Commons is open 24/7. Check your preferred campus library for its summer hours. * Access many library services from practically anywhere, including outside and off-campus. * Summer may also...
Release Date: 06/23/2006

Explore Places of the Imagination - Lilly Library Exhibition Will Capture Your Imagination June 12 to September 2, 2006 Lilly Library Main Gallery Make-believe worlds, islands, and realms capture our collective imagination--places that, by name alone, conjure up an immediate sense of familiarity for many. Materials displayed...
Release Date: 06/02/2006

We Deliver History Any Way You Like - IUB Libraries have added two new ways for you to get the information you need. American Periodicals Series Online (APS Online) is a database of American magazines and journals from 1740-1900, allowing full-text searches of more than 1,000 titles. Periodicals Archive Online (formerly known...
Release Date: 05/12/2006

Register Now for May Research Seminars - Library Research Seminars in May: The Herman B Wells Library is offering free, one-hour seminars on research-related topics of special interest to faculty and graduate students. These sessions will be offered throughout the month of May. Seminar topics are: * Finding Scholarly Information on...
Release Date: 05/11/2006

Winners of Undergraduate Research Award Announced - The IUB Libraries are pleased to announce the winners of the 2005-2006 Undergraduate Library Research Award. Jordan Pickett will receive $1,000 for his paper Iconography of the Virgin's Dormition: New Images and Interpretations, and Jeremy Watt will receive $500 for The Incongruous Bull: "In...
Release Date: 05/09/2006

Comment on Library Trials and Demos - Currently available under Trials & Demos is the database C19: The Nineteenth Century Index provided by the vendor Proquest. C19: The Nineteenth Century Index is an all-inclusive bibliographic spine for 19th-century research, providing records for more than 11 million...
Release Date: 04/24/2006

Find a Spot for Studying in the Wells Library - Remember that the Information Commons on the first floor of the Herman B Wells Library is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But as the IC faces higher demand at the end of the semester, be aware of additional areas in the Wells Library to study or finish papers and group projects: * The...
Release Date: 04/17/2006

Break Away to GIMSS for Little 500 Research - Find race history and related information on the Little 500 at the Government Information, Microforms & Statistical Services (GIMSS) department on the 2nd floor of the Herman B Wells Library. GIMSS has mounted a small exhibit on researching the "worl'd greatest college weekend." A poster,...
Release Date: 04/11/2006

Writer Gives Book Talk and Signing at Wells Library - Award-winning novelist Kendra Norman-Bellamy makes her way to IU as part of the 2006 Grace Book Tour. On Friday, April 14, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. she will have a book talk and signing at Herman B Wells Library, featuring her latest novel, More Than Grace. Her visit is presented...
Release Date: 04/11/2006

Connections: An Exhibition of Collaborative Design - An exhibit curated by an IU graduate student in graphic design is on display at the Lilly Library. Connections: An Exhibition of Collaborative Design explores the collaborative efforts of bookmakers, designers, artists, printers, and publishers in producing some of the books found in...
Release Date: 04/10/2006

Leaf Books on Display at Lilly Library - Disbound and Dispersed: The Leaf Book Considered is on display at the Lilly Library from April 14 to May 26. It is the first exhibition to examine the history of the leaf book. A panel discussion will be held in the Lounge of the Lilly Library on Friday, April 14, at 4:00 p.m. It is...
Release Date: 04/05/2006

Information Commons Introduces Print Release Stations - Effective Thursday, March 30, there will be print release stations for black-and-white printing on the first floor of the Information Commons in the Herman B Wells Library. Benefits include: *  More convenient - Pick up your print job at any IC printer. One B&W print queue serves...
Release Date: 03/23/2006

Check out the March eBook of the Month - Through NetLibrary, you can access digital versions of books, journals, and databases in the IUB Libraries eContent Collection 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The March eBook of the Month is Bad: Infamy, Darkness, Evil, and Slime on Screen, which examines the long line of thieves, rapists,...
Release Date: 03/21/2006

Exhibition Celebrates Nobel Peace Prize Winners - An exhibition at the Herman B Wells Library featuring Nobel Prize Laureates will be on display until May 2006 before traveling to the United Nations in New York.  A complementary exhibition is currently on display at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland.  Created jointly...
Release Date: 03/13/2006

Wylie House Is Open for Tours - The Wylie House Museum, located at 307 E. 2nd Street , is open for guided tours Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m or by appointment. Built by Andrew Wylie in 1835, the house is now owned and operated by Indiana University. Wylie House contains an outstanding collection of early...
Release Date: 03/13/2006

Lee Hamilton To Give Talk at Public Library - American Foreign Policy and You: A Public Talk by Lee Hamilton The Honorable Lee H. Hamilton will give a free public talk entitled "American Foreign Policy and You" at the Monroe County Public Library on Monday, March 27, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Lee Hamilton, U.S. Representative of Indiana's...
Release Date: 02/28/2006

Library Survey Is Underway - Beginning this week, the IUB Libraries are joining other libraries in the nation to measure the quality of library services. Forty percent of IU students and faculty, as part of a randomly selected group, are being invited to participate in an online survey. Results will inform the IUB...
Release Date: 02/15/2006