In Spring 2018, the Textbook Affordability Task Force began purchasing high-priced textbooks for high-enrollment courses as part of a pilot program. The Textbook Purchase Program has now acquired more than 120 titles for courses from six colleges and more than 20 departments—putting those materials on two-hour Reserve for student use
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Once again, the University Libraries and the Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships (RIPS) are teaming up to offer awards covering the costs of open access publishing. NIU faculty and graduate students seeking to publish a scholarly, peer-reviewed article in an academic journal are welcome to submit an application to
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Since the start of the pandemic, Founders Memorial Library’s Reference Librarians have been providing reference services fully online. Beginning on Monday, October 18th, librarians will once again be available for in-person reference and research assistance at the Reference Desk on the first floor. In-person services will be available Monday through
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NIU’s Founder’s Memorial Library recently acquired new equipment to increase the quality and productivity of our scanning output on major digitization projects. FML worked with Digital Transitions to purchase the DT Atom and Phase One iXG camera system, a highly modular table-top digitization platform that is FADGI 4 Star ready
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The Libraries have made five collaboration stations available for use by the NIU community on the first floor of Founders Memorial Library. The tables are located in the South-east corner of the first floor next to the Scholars Den. They are made up of a large table, six chairs and
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This summer, the University Libraries decided to remember two dear friends, TJ Lusher and Carla Montgomery, through the creation of pollinator pocket gardens next to the Founders Memorial Library on Normal Road. The gardens are filled with native plants which feed butterflies, bees and other pollinators that are so crucial
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Sarah Holmes and I have been busy since the fall of 2019, and we are excited to share a few updates that have taken place inside the Music Library. We had the pleasure of working with Sophia Varcados from the Office of Marketing and Creative Services. Together we were able
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The rising cost of textbooks has made education inaccessible for many and has impacted the grades of many more. In alignment with NIU’s goals of addressing student recruitment and retention, student success, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, the Course Material Affordability Task Force was launched in spring 2021 to advocate
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Saturday, October 23, 10 AM – 4 PM, Founders Library Lower Level STEMFest 2021 Join us for free family fun celebrating science, technology, engineering and math. Science demo shows, hands-on activities and expert speakers help you learn about everything from weather to chemistry, electricity to biology. Explore robots, witness a
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