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Associate Dean Gwen Gregory and Head of Special Collections and Archives Brad Wiles attended the Northwest Illinois Library Legislative Meetup on November 29 in Rochelle. This event was sponsored by the Illinois Library Association and focused on legislative actions that will affect libraries of all types. State and federal legislators

Illinois college students are invited to participate in a study on college course material affordability and experiences during the current term. The “Illinois Course Materials Survey: Student Perspective” provides a way to share information about the cost of your textbooks and instructional materials, the impact that textbook costs are having

NIU Libraries are happy to announce that the 2024 “Wildlife from the NIU Campus and Along the Prairie Path” calendar is now available for purchase. A collaboration between NIU Libraries and local wildlife photographer/English Professor Emeritus Michael Day, the calendar features a “hyperlocal” selection of photographs of birds, animals, and

The NIU Office of Accreditation, Assessment and Evaluation (AAE) had recommended this book for the teaching faculty across campus:  Advancing Assessment for Student Success: Supporting Learning by Creating Connections Across Assessment, Teaching, Curriculum, and Cocurriculum in Collaboration with Our Colleagues and Our Students by Amy Driscoll, Swarup Wood, Dan Shapiro,

Join the NIU Library Special Collections and Archives Department and the Southeast Asia Library for our annual Fall Collections Colloquium featuring presentations on the impact of the Peace Corps on the NIU community. Southeast Asia Library Curator Hao Phan will present an overview of the Southeast Asia Library holdings and

Founders Memorial Library hosted the Stroke of GeNIUs Mini Golf event during Family Weekend at NIU. Over 300 people visited the library to learn about resources available to them. Our mini golf adventure was nothing short of amazing! We had a fantastic turnout, and the competition was fierce. It was

Hao Phan, Curator of the Southeast Asia collection, will read some of his poems and discuss his writing as an immigrant existing between two cultures and languages on Friday, October 6 at noon as part of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture Series. For more information see here. He is