News & Events

Server downtime scheduled - Online services supported by the Indiana University Digital Library Program--including IUScholarWorks, Archives of Institutional Memory, Variations, and other collections--will be unavailable on Monday, December 28 from approximately 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to allow servers to be...
Release Date: 12/18/2009

From Indiana Daily Student - "IUCAT available on Facebook" -- Former IU President Herman B Wells is still friends with several IU students, at least online. His Facebook profile, created by IU librarians, is just one of the many approaches Wells Library employees are using to reach out and connect with the...
Release Date: 12/16/2009

From Indiana Daily Student - "Libraries get technological touch" -- Next fall one campus library will add features that administrators hope will be popular with students – but it will be sacrificing the books. The Business/School of Public and Environmental Affairs Information Commons will close for...
Release Date: 12/14/2009

De-Stress Fest at Wells Library, Dec. 9 and 10 - Stressed out? We can help!   Learn about healthy ways to manage stress, free seated chair massages, make-your-own stress ball, 15 minute relaxation sessions, stress managment information, and free screenings for depression, anxiety, substance abuse and eating disorders. ...
Release Date: 12/09/2009

Take a tour of the Wylie House Museum through WFIU - Artworks is a production of WFIU Arts examining the local arts and culture scene in southern and central Indiana.   This week's radio show features a tour inside the Wylie House Museum.   To have a listen, click here.   Built by Andrew Wylie,...
Release Date: 12/09/2009

IUScholarWorks Provides New Digital Home for The Medieval Review - Preserving Online Publications    The full archives of The Medieval Review, a groundbreaking publication recognized as one of the first scholarly humanities publications to be made freely available online, are now preserved in IUScholarWorks.    ...
Release Date: 12/07/2009

New "IU Finding Aids" site launched - An improved "IU Finding Aids" site now includes descriptions and inventories of:   *collections from the IU Center for the Study of History and Memory *political papers *Liberian collections *folklore collections   Previously the site...
Release Date: 12/07/2009

Business/SPEA Information Commons Renovations Spring/Summer 2010 - The Business/SPEA Information Commons (SPEA 150) will be renovated during the spring and summer of 2010. As a consequence, the Business/SPEA IC will close at 5:00 p.m. on December 23, 2009, and not reopen until the end of August 2010, in time for the fall semester.   After the renovation,...
Release Date: 12/04/2009

Digital Library Brown Bag: An Overview of Sakai 3 - Sakai 3 will eventually mean a major change in IU's Oncourse. This talk will provide an overview of Sakai 3 current plans and directions. A demo will illustrate some of the major changes coming in Sakai, including a new emphasis on content authoring and social media. There will also be...
Release Date: 12/04/2009

Noon Concert at the Wylie House - The students of Professor Michael McCraw of the IU Jacobs School of Music will present a free noon time concert at the Wylie House featuring classical wind chamber music.    Saturday, December 5, 2009   12 p.m.   Wylie House -- 307 East 2nd Street
Release Date: 11/25/2009

From Library Journal - Open source ILS alternative aimed at research libraries Library Journal, November 19, 2009 -- The Open Library Environment (OLE) project, a fledging effort to build an open source ILS alternative for research libraries, has a new home at the Kuali Foundation. The attachment of this...
Release Date: 11/23/2009

Brenda Johnson Named New Dean of IU Libraries - Brenda Johnson, who currently serves as University Librarian at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been named Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries, Provost and Executive Vice President Karen Hanson announced today (Nov. 18).   "The Indiana University Libraries are...
Release Date: 11/19/2009

HathiTrust Offers Full-Text Search - HathiTrust offers full-text search of millions of digitized books and journals Just a year after its launch by 25 leading U.S. research libraries, HathiTrust Digital Library today announces a service that will transform how researchers use the more than 1.6 billion pages (4.6 million volumes) in...
Release Date: 11/19/2009

USA Today E-Edition Now Available - Students, faculty, and staff: You can now access USA Today's e-Edition from any on-campus location or opt-in to receive a morning Campus Buzz email notification alerting you of your e-Edition delivery. Try both of these services free of charge, and let USA Today know what you think. ...
Release Date: 11/19/2009

Community of Libraries to Create Library Software - The Kuali Foundation, Inc., is pleased to announce that a group of leading academic research libraries is partnering in the Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE) (pronounced Oh-LAY) project to develop software created specifically for the complex business management and workflow...
Release Date: 11/16/2009

IUCAT on Facebook - Facebook users can now use IUCAT, the statewide online catalog of the IU Libraries, within the popular social networking site. Find books and electronic books, print and online journals, DVDs, CDs, class reserve items, and more.  http://apps.facebook.com/iub_iucat ...
Release Date: 11/11/2009

Honoring Veterans - To celebrate Veterans Day, observed as a federal holiday on November 11, Government Information and Kent Cooper Services honors the U.S. military with displays that will run through the end of the month.   A hanging display in the Wells Library (second floor, east tower)...
Release Date: 11/09/2009

Sustainability Intern Fair in Wells Library - Learn how the campus is going green. Interns from the IU Office of Sustainability will display results of their research projects  in the Wells Library lobby on Wednesday, November 11, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.  Interns have studied areas including native landscaping and...
Release Date: 10/30/2009

IU information scientists receive $1.8 million in ARRA funding - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University has received more than $1.8 million from the National Institutes of Health to collaborate on a $12.2 million, seven-university project designed to network researchers around the country.   While the proposed new networking system will...
Release Date: 10/26/2009

Media and Reserve Services Announces Films on Demand Health Care Collection - Media and Reserve Services has announced their newest media acqusition: Films On Demand Health Care Collection . Containing 1000 full titles made up of 9000 clips, the database's state-of-the-art video streaming technology allows improved access to educational programs from the Films Media Group...
Release Date: 10/23/2009