Huskie Commons, a service of the University Libraries, is the institutional repository for Northern Illinois University. It showcases and preserves the scholarly materials and creative works produced by NIU faculty, students and the NIU community, making the University’s research and scholarship freely available to the world. Huskie Commons includes more
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How do reading and writing technologies shape the way we think and write? With the rise of generative artificial intelligence, social media, and other changes in today’s media landscape, this question is more important than ever. It highlights the role technology plays in human thinking, argument, and the global exchange
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On November 7, 2025, the International Conference on Digital Preservation in Wellington, New Zealand recognized a paper written by members of the Digital POWRR Project team as the best paper presented at the event. Referees selected “Confidence, Community, and a Course of Action: Takeaways from Ten Years of Digital POWRR
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In 2024, Northern Illinois University’s Latino and Latin American Studies Center received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create the Midwest Latinx Oral History Digital Library. Most of the funding supported work at Northern Illinois University Libraries. In 2025, the new presidential administration withdrew this grant
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Have you ever wondered how researchers, students and lifelong learners find exactly what they need in a huge sea of information? The answer is metadata – the hidden framework that makes knowledge easy to find and use. Northern Illinois University Libraries will be welcoming a new Metadata Librarian, a role
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NIU is joining institutions around the world to celebrate Open Education Week, March 2-6, 2026, an annual event dedicated to promoting open educational resources (OER), open pedagogy, and initiatives that empower students and faculty while lowering barriers to learning. A key initiative at NIU is the implementation of ACM filters
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Finals week can be one of the most stressful times of the semester. To help students recharge and refocus, Founders Memorial Library held their semesterly “Stress Less” series December 1 –10. These events were designed to promote well-being and create a supportive environment for academic success. Throughout the week, the
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2025 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Lincoln/Net website hosted by Northern Illinois University Libraries. Originally funded by the Illinois State Library and the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services in 1998, the Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project brought together a wide variety of primary source materials related to
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The Booklab draws on a tradition of accomplishment in the humanities at Northern Illinois University. “Part of the story of the Booklab is a generations-old story of the collections that previous curators of the Rare Books Room and English department worked to build — and how they had already been
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