News & Events

Join 10th Annual Library Evening Extravaganza - Join the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library in celebrating its Tenth Annual Library Evening Extravaganza on Thursday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. At this event, two faculty members will share lively presentations on African American culture: Professor Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe of the...
Release Date: 03/26/2007

IU Libraries Partner to Strengthen Federal Depository Library - A joint effort of four of Indiana's leading libraries will create a single comprehensive archive to safeguard and provide access to U.S. federal documents for Indiana residents. The Indiana State Library, Indiana University Libraries, Purdue University Libraries and the University Libraries of...
Release Date: 03/20/2007

Join Lecture and Book Signing with Dr. Jill Taylor - Join the Undergraduate Library Services and the Center for Disability Information & Referral on March 23, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Wells Library E174 for an evening with Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor in honor of Women's History and Disability Awareness Month. Dr. Taylor is a member of the Kinesiology...
Release Date: 03/12/2007

West Tower Now Open 24/5 - Early birds and night owls, work when you're at your best. Beginning March 19 and continuing through May 4, the second through fifth floors of the Wells Library west tower will remain open 24 hours a day, five days a week. The floors will close only on Saturdays (midnight to 10 a.m.)and Sundays...
Release Date: 03/08/2007

Take Advantage of Presentation Practice Rooms - Need a place to practice those mid-term and final presentations? Take advantage of one of the four presentation practice rooms available on the 4th floor of the West Tower in Wells Library. These rooms allow you to practice your presentation, record it, and burn the recording to DVD. To...
Release Date: 03/07/2007

Join Artsweek 2007 Exhibit at Wells Library - Create your own virtual artwork using the IU Cyclotron Facility's Rapid Prototyping Color 3-D Printer! As part of Bloomington's Artsweek 2007, the IUB Libraries are hosting an exhibition and demonstration of artworks created in virtual space. Participants will first be able to view a...
Release Date: 02/22/2007

Libraries Receive Gift of Mongolian Newspapers - In celebration of the Mongolian New Year, the Mongolia Society at Indiana University presented the IU Libraries with a gift of microfilmed newspapers that rivals any in the United States. Only the Library of Congress and Harvard University include among their holdings Unen, the newspaper of...
Release Date: 02/20/2007

Lilly Library to Host Reading and Book Signing by Margaret Coyle Irsay - Margaret Coyle Irsay will read from her book, Messages to Me:  Words Collected on the Road to Silence, at the Lilly Library on March 1 at 6:30 p.m.  The reading will be followed by a book signing and reception.  Messages to Me is a collection of poems, prayers, and photographic...
Release Date: 02/19/2007

What's a Hoosier? We Can Tell You. - As Super Bowl XLI approaches, Chicagoans are asking, "What the heck is a Hoosier?"  Jeffrey Graf, reference systems coordinator at IUB Libraries, can tell you.  As our resident expert on the mysterious nickname, Graf was recently quoted in both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago...
Release Date: 01/31/2007

The Art of Leadership: Birch Bayh Papers Now on Exhibit - The Art of Leadership: A Legacy of Honor: An Exhibition from the Senatorial Papers of Birch Bayh, U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1963 to 1980 is currently on display at the Lilly Library Main Gallery. "The Art of Leadership" documents the many legislative accomplishments of Birch...
Release Date: 01/30/2007

What's a Library? - What's a library? The answer varies, depending on who you are. Now more than ever, the needs of the Indiana University community are diverse and far-reaching. Students and faculty have many different needs. Our goal, always, is to provide the resources, services, and environments that all IU...
Release Date: 01/26/2007

Trustees of Indiana University Meeting Minutes Now Online - Minutes of the meetings of the Trustees of Indiana University dating to 1980 can now be accessed via the World Wide Web, thanks to a cooperative project of the Office of University Archives and Records Management, the Office of the Board of Trustees, and the Indiana University Digital Library...
Release Date: 01/23/2007

Access EndNote Anytime, Anywhere - Access your EndNote libraries anywhere, thanks to a new subscription to the popular citation management software. The new EndNote Web allows you to manage your citation libraries online, anytime. With EndNote Web, you can: ·Share libraries with colleagues ·Upload records...
Release Date: 01/22/2007

Students, Apply Now for Undergraduate Research Award - Want to earn more than a good grade for your hard work? Apply now for our annual undergraduate research award, and you could win $500 or $1,000! The Sam Burgess Undergraduate Research Award recognizes two students who incorporate extraordinary skill and creativity in the application of the...
Release Date: 01/22/2007

Artist James McGarrell to Present Lecture for Fine Arts Library Benefit - Internationally known artist and former IU faculty member James McGarrell will present a lecture "Rules of the Game" on Saturday, January 27, at 5 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium (FA 015). McGarrell was a painting professor at Indiana University from 1959 until 1981, where he pioneered...
Release Date: 01/17/2007

News for Faculty and Instructors - 1) Nominate Undergraduates for Research Award 2) Library Research Materials Now Integrated Into OnCourse CL3) New Look, Features for IUCAT 4) Increase the Impact of Your Research 5) EndNote Now Web-Based6) You Spoke, We're Responding 7) 125 years of Federal Documents 8) ALF Advantage9) Help...
Release Date: 01/16/2007

New Look, New Features for IUCAT - IUCAT, the university's online catalog with more than 5.6 million titles, has a new look and new features. Upgraded in December, the catalog now features a streamlined interface to help reduce search errors. You can now also search for DVDs/videos, sound recordings, and E-books, and sort any of...
Release Date: 01/09/2007

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Native American Film Festival - Please join us on Monday, January 15th in the Wells Library Media Showing Room E174 for our annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Film Festival.  This year we will be exploring the Native American Civil Rights Movement and Native American identity by viewing the following films:  ...
Release Date: 01/08/2007