Social media happens so fast. I mean, just a couple weeks ago, none of us had ever imagined what 12 tons of KitKats looked like. So in between the monthly “Recently in Academic Libraries” posts, I pull together regular updates on what AcadLibs are doing on social. Please enjoy these recent highlights.
The Bass Library at Yale created (appropriately) a bass-based wayfinding strategy. The libraries at the University of Georgia was forcing students to compete in Beast Games to reduce late fees. While Drexel went all digital and emptied their shelves. At Beinecke Library, there is now a pool open to registered researchers. William & Mary was offering students the opportunity to check out library narrators.
Fondren Libraries wants us to think the library whiteboards are all empty during finals. UCSB replaced all its furniture with its famous red booths. The University of Albany Libraries has a new intern. And in what is perhaps my favorite post, Clemson Libraries did a reverse Uno on its noise levels.
🌏🗺️ The University of Michigan Library is posting a 3-part history about its copy of Abraham Ortelius’s “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.” The library’s copy is rare, being one of the first forty ever printed. It’s also in need of extensive conservation and repair, the process of which UM is documenting through its news blog and on video. The book will be completely disbound and washed, old “fixes” will be unfixed and repaired, then it will be rebound in new material. It’s great to see the library documenting the entire process.
📻🎙️ Self-archiving is one of the greatest kindnesses you can give to future researchers. Carolyn Armenta Davis recently donated her collection of self-taped radio broadcasts featuring Black classical composers to Northwestern Libraries. Davis is a polymath whose curiosities extend to architecture, health research, and television news writing. This sentence encapsulates the impact of Davis’s decision: “Davis asked WEFM to her record her show, and she was able to retain the tapes because she was an independent writer-producer who had secured her own sponsor, Commonwealth Edison. Without that effort, this piece of radio history would have been lost.”
🤖💬 Brown University Libraries has created a critical AI learning community for students, faculty, and staff to explore and critique artificial intelligence technology and its implications for learners and researchers. It aims to center issues relating to justice and power, and is open to folks of various experience levels, covering conversations on practical skills, critical thinking, ethical issues, and social impact. Personally, I find these communities of practice to be more helpful than AI task forces that rush too quickly to codify policies and best practices– like building the ship while sailing rather than stopping to examine why we’re even on these ships in the first place.
📷 Washington State University Libraries is participating in a series of events highlighting the history of farm workers in the Yakima Valley by creating a display of photographs from its collections for National Farmworker Awareness Week. NFAW is a week of action for university students and community members to honor farmworkers’ important contributions and to raise awareness about the issues they face. The library is working in collaboration with WSU CAMP, a federally funded program that helps first-year students from migrant and seasonal farm-working backgrounds transition to college each year.
Notable mentions
Two pages from Matthew Paris OSB, Chronica maiora I, (ca. 1240 – 1255). The Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge.
Indiana University Bloomington Libraries provides step by step instruction for creating a Japanese accounting ledger.
The Robert Van Houten Library at NJIT is challenging students to race a librarian (at search).
Parker Library on the Web, a collaboration between Stanford University Libraries and University of Cambridge, is celebrating 15 years of digital collections.
Blending art and research, the J. Willard Marriott Library is hosting its inaugural “Image of Research” competition.
Also from Marriott Library, they’ve expanded their “ProtoSpace” with some additional audio production equipment and software.
BYU Library has refurbished a card catalog cabinet into a seed library.
“Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls was one of my favorite songs growing up (as a teen, I was a massive Meg Ryan fan and the City of Angels soundtrack is nothing but bangers). So when the “Mom, what were you like in the 90s” trend started last month, I watched every single iteration. AcadLibs really took to this trend, using it as an opportunity to promote university archives and photos of really old tech (i.e., desktop PCs). Kansas State, Utah Valley University, Claremont Colleges Library, Loyola Marymount University, University of San Diego, Cal Sate LA, and Kenyon College, just to name a few. This meme was a perfect opportunity for university archivists to parter with the central university MarComm teams to collab over institutional history.
Purdue Libraries hosted a video contest that challenged students to answer the question: “What do incoming students most need to know about Purdue Libraries to succeed?” The winning video does not disappoint, showcasing real student anxieties and successes. You can also explore the other winners as well as past videos on Purdue’s website.
This photo carousel format from UC Santa Barbara is elegant and simple, utilizing high-quality photography and the experience of receiving an AirDropped photo. I could easily see other libraries using this format to highlight specific materials (e.g. “UCSB Libraries would like to share a book”). It might also work with silly, BTS photography (e.g. students doing weird things in library spaces), with each photo getting progressively weirder; or, posted chronologically to tell the story of a recent library event.
Copley Library at University of San Diego took the “my boss left me a voice memo” format to promote a list of updates for their library, including spring break hours, an upcoming game night, and National Library Week. I hadn’t seen this meme in a few months, but it reminded me how useful it can be to highlight multiple announcements or CTAs in one video, even when those things may not have a single throughline.
Promoting VR creation services in a 2D medium like video is difficult, not just because you don’t get the full experience, but because the learning curve for creating and utilizing VR is steep. But I love how Virginia Tech told a very human story of one student’s project. The video is just the right balance of enticing and informative, without being overwhelming.
banner image: page from UM’s copy of Abraham Ortelius’s “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum”
Social media happens so fast. I mean, just a couple weeks ago, none of us had ever considered posting all our staff’s baby photos online. So in between the monthly “Recently in Academic Libraries” posts, I pull together regular updates on what AcadLibs are doing on social. Please enjoy these recent highlights.
Good video = good vibes
I’ll admit that I’m a sucker for a well-thought out video. It doesn’t need to be complicated or even that “cinematic,” but if it’s obvious that someone put some thought into it, I’m impressed. Two videos recently caught my attention, one from Grand Valley State University Libraries and the other from Temple University Libraries. The GVSU video is just a simple exploration of colors in library spaces, but charmingly executed. The Temple video is more complex, but does a good job of keeping the viewer’s attention with a mix of close up and medium shots, with regular cuts.
I think this trend started with university level accounts, but this is one from Pollack Library at CSUF of the better ones I’ve seen. It’s fairly easy to execute with invisible wipes/cuts between each shot, and an easy way both to highlight library study rooms and (in a kind way) poke fun at some of the ridiculous ways in which students use them. We did one at my library as well last month.
Want better study rooms? We do too! Support us during TitansGive on March 11th and help us upgrade our study spaces for all students. The donation link will be in our Linktree! Disclaimer: Please don’t try any of these activities in the study rooms lol
I’ve said it before: If you’re not having fun creating social content, you’re not doing it right. Butler Libraries is obviously having fun with their latest Day of Giving videos. Though I guess if you have a giant pool in your library, you’re already having fun. (See also the follow up.)
🎤🎵 Stanford’s East Asia Library hosted a Love Data Week event exploring how data shapes K‑pop. Attendees explored Stanford’s K‑pop collection, learned how fan engagement and music metrics are analyzed, and enjoyed games, snacks, and song sharing. Organized by librarians and staff, the program highlighted data’s role in global music trends. The event featured a performance by XTRM, Stanford’s competitive K‑pop dance team, exploring community through shared musical interests. There was “enough K-Pop data to seal the Honmoon” said the libraries’ social media coordinator, Carrie Gao.
🤖🤔 Last fall, Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco convened a taskforce to consider how AI is impacting higher education and library work at their institution. They’ve issued their final report. They offer a set of values to support ethical, responsible, and transparent use of AI in library contexts, as well as links to what other AJCU schools are doing around AI. One thing that makes the AJCU’s distinct (aside from the obvious Jesuit connection) is their dedication to “discernment.” Reading this report suggests to me that the ACJUs collectively could lead the way in developing a more critical AI literacy framework.
🎮💻 The University of Chicago Library has opened a Steam PC Cafe pilot as part of its “year of games” initiative. Students can play games like Portal, Terraria, Subnautica, God of War, Half-Life, and more. There are also inclusive titles for patrons with visual impairments; and students can recommend titles to be added.
🚧📢 The Carrier Library at James Madison University is going through a massive renovation. The new building is scheduled to open later this year. The communications in and around the construction work has been a master class in effective storytelling, community engagement, and external marketing (psst: there will be an article about this in the next issue of Public Services Quarterly).
📚☕️ The UC Boulder University Libraries is partnering with local independent bookstores to build a more community-centric collection. “The Boulder Bookstore has excellent expertise for curating books for the Boulder community. Every time I visit, I see things that I think we should have in the library collection” said Literature and Humanities Librarian Rybin Koob. In addition to bringing in diverse perspectives, this partnership enables the library to provide titles that connect to the specific interests of the local community— some of which may not be accessible through traditional acquisitions workflows. See also: Clarivate phasing out print book purchases and the closure of Baker & Taylor.
📜👩🏻🎓 The special collections team at WashU Libraries is soliciting nominations for a student public historian internship. Interns work with university archival collections “to assist with reparative description in finding aids and contribute to the WashU & Slavery Project digital archive.” There is also the possibility of developing a small exhibition. What a great opportunity!
🏛️💰 I did not have “Pam Bondi” and “Epstein” on my bingo card of announcements about library funding. But at Long Beach State, U.S. Congressman Robert Garcia presented the library with a $2.1 million check to fund their new Research Center and Special Collections Archives. The funding will help develop an expanded facility with an improved reading room and exhibition space.
Notable mentions
UTA Libraries is trying to stop bots slowing down its websites.
I first saw the “This is who…” trend going around among coffee shops in early February. This is where you post baby photos of your staff with captions like, “This is who manages the money.” Academic libraries started picking it up in the last week, with prominent examples being University of Wyoming, Stockton, Fondren Library, Utah Valley U, and the J. Willard Marriott Library.
UC Santa Barbara took the lead from Wimbledon to do their own version of the “mic’ed up” series here and here and here. They’re doing it with their service desk staff to highlight the variety of questions folks ask at the library.
If you’re looking for a fun way to highlight the University Archives, take a cue from UF Libraries and create a video walking tour. Especially fun if you have some niche campus lore to share.
If you’re going to host a film competition, you best make sure the call for proposals is solid piece of video work. William & Mary Libraries read the assignment.
Here’s a motif I think I might ask my student workers to try out: playing hide and seek in the library as a means to promote various library spaces. I could see this working for any size library, from single-room to multi-floor! From Wayne State Libraries:
Finally, I thought this video from FSU Libraries promoting the library’s impact on student employees was extremely well done. Good lighting, voice over, talent, and editing. Obviously a social-first approach, one that I don’t always see in university fundraising videos.
Social media happens so fast. I mean, in just over a week, we went from simply touching grass to being grass. So in between the monthly “Recently in Academic Libraries” posts, I pull together regular updates on what AcadLibs are doing on social. Please enjoy these recent highlights.
Bad Bunny memes
Moments of mass- /mono-culture are few and farther between these days, but leave it to libraries to take advantage of the ones that remain! A number of academic libraries, including Bass Library at Yale, UVU, University of Florida, Clemson, and Florida State University (seen above) used photography and stills from the Super Bowl to promote library services and collections. This year’s half time show did not disappoint and provided plenty of fodder for the meme cannons.
If your campus has an annual tradition with decades of photos behind it (the more raucous the better), check out what Dartmouth Libraries did to highlight their annual Polar Swim. I love the scrapbook vibe (easily pulled off with a little background remove magic). Be sure to connect with your campus alumni organization or the main uni social for the collab opportunity (and remember: let the bigger account initiate the collab).
Honestly, I’m surprised I hadn’t seen this format used by a library before now. So many academic libraries have golf carts for moving books around campus. It’s the perfect opportunity to create short, fast-paced content, provided you’ve got a witty host. The sound effects are fun. Very “Cash Cab” vibes. From University of Florida Libraries.
Currently, I’m working on a presentation about social media in academic libraries and one of my top recommendations is to “become your own main character.” Too many libraries treat their social like bulletin boards with no clear or consistent voice. Instead, I suggest they embrace the serial approach and feature a regular occurring cast. I think Emerson College Library is doing this well by featuring the same folks (Molly) in all their recent content. See also: University of Wyoming Libraries and William and Mary Libraries.
🍊☀️ The University of Florida Libraries gave us a peek into the design process for their current centennial campaign. Utilizing the university’s primary brand but combining it with imagery that was reflective of the library (e.g. the facade window of Smathers Library), the UF Library Comms team created a look that was immediately recognizable. Moreover, they dove into their Jerry Chicone Jr. Citrus Label Collection to identify Florida-specific imagery that could highlight their six on-campus branches (as seen above). I love getting to see behind the curtain!
🚌🐎 Eight study rooms. Eight different themes. UC Davis Library recently remodeled its group study rooms to include more art, mostly utilizing recycled and reclaimed materials. All this was done through donations and less than $8,000. Some of the themes include: university traditions and athletics; animals and the university farm; bikes; buses; water towers; and the history of the library itself.
📚🤝 One of North Carolina’s oldest Black-led nonprofits, the Durham Colored Library, will merge with the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University. Even though the DCL’s branches were integrated into the county library system following desegregation, the non-profit continued to organize events and literacy programs. This merger builds upon a pre-existing relationship between DCL and Duke and is additionally bolstered by a grant from the Mellon Foundation to build new events, storytelling, and training programs.
👩🏫🔍 Kate Carter and Natalia Kapacinskas are the 2025 recipients of the Rooks Early Career Librarian Fellowship at University of Houston Libraries. Carter will be exploring the lived experiences of open education librarians. Kapacinskas will be looking at autoethnographies published by librarians living with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
❤️📊 Love Data Week is coming soon! Folks at RIT Libraries have a suite of events lined up, including one that will discuss AI poisoning, or the act of inserting code that disables (or at least hobbles) unwanted data scraping. See also: plans from other AcadLibs, including Fresno State and Wayne State.
📺🎞️ USC Libraries has an amazing TV program, Lost LA, that is co-produced with its local PBS station. Episodes frequently feature the collections of the USC Libraries (though, they also feature other regional libraries as well). The show is now in its 8th season. The current season, which just dropped in January, has episodes about auto racing, science fiction, true crime, and colorful plants.
🎉🚀 The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in celebration of its 80th anniversary, is inviting undergraduate students to imagine (and share) their vision for the future of academic research libraries. Students can submit artwork, videos, music, and creative writing projects (among other formats) and have the chance to win cash prizes. What I love about this the most is that one day (say at its centennial event in 20 years), the library can look back on these predictions and see what students of the past thought the future would look like.
Notable mentions
Northeastern University is back with a third year of reading challenges to promote its Libby collection.
Washington Statue University is removing its reference stacks. Related: they also have a new Synth Lab! (Seen above)
Explaining academic librarianship to 3rd graders, from the University of Cincinnati Libraries.
The University of Georgia Libraries has an exhibit on the Olympics in Atlanta.
University of Mississippiteaches ukulele (and there’s a LibGuide!).
Stony Brook continues to build out its AI staffing.
On social
Honestly, the best luck I’ve had with getting students to fill out surveys is still the old fashion way: set up a table and catch people as they walk by. But I do like how the University of Illinois threw in a little whimsy to encourage students to fill out their surveys.
Perhaps this is only relatable to people who live perpetually online (or who follow beauty industry content creators), but this makeup haul-inspired special collections highlight from Boston College Library is a delight.
New goals for 2026? Ohio State University Libraries can help. This mix of gentle background music and b-roll footage, combined with the occasional library staffer smiling and waving is a perfect timeline cleanser.
This was actually the first time I saw this trend. I suspected something was up, but I’ll be honest, it still caught me by surprise when the fourth wall was reversed. From Hampden-Sydney College Library (who is regularly putting out fun content. Give them a follow!)
Social media happens so fast. I mean, just over a week ago, we were still talking about #ConformityGate (aside: How are y’all doing? You ok? 🧇) and none of us were talking about the cottage. So in between the monthly “Recently in Academic Libraries” posts, I pull together regular updates on what AcadLibs are doing on social. Please enjoy these recent highlights.
I love exhibitions about discarded objects: left-behind water bottles, items left in the return bin, and in the case of UNC Library, objects found in library books. The gentle soundtrack and collage aesthetic is perfect for this time of year: cozy and comforting. For libraries that save found objects, this would be an easy post to replicate and one that might find a happy audience among college alumni. (But wait, did that say “send feet pix?”)
According to some cultural weathervanes, analog is cool again. As a librarian, older formats never lost their charm for me, but I’m delighted to see younger generations discovering the joys of physical media. Fresno State Library is highlighting its Media Lab with this post, as well as its collections of CDs and LPs. It looks like the students/staff in this carousel had some fun doing the photoshoot as well. Man, I had that Lauryn Hill album and I wore it out.
This is a perfect start-of-the-year format for any library. If you’ve only got one library building, find 12 spaces or services to highlight. If you’ve got multiple campus libraries, even better. If you’re not an expert in astrology, consider consulting someone who knows a little more about the culture and practice around it. From Yale Library:
This is your annual reminder to save all your b-roll this year so you can create recaps like this one from Kansas State University Libraries.
banner image: detail from the “The Cottage of Content, or, The Right Roads and Wrong Ways,” an 1848 board game published in London by William Spooner (source)
✈️🎧 Emory University’s Rose Library is hosting an exhibit (seen above) at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. “Beyond the 50: Continuing Hip Hop’s Legacy” is a two-year exhibit honoring Atlanta’s EarWax Records and its role in hip hop history. The exhibit features a replica storefront, posters, stickers, studio equipment, and other archival materials from Emory and EarWax founder Darryl “Jasz” Smith. According to the post, Emory Libraries and the Atlanta airport may work together again on future exhibitions. Love this!
💰📚 In its 5 years, the e-textbook program at Illinois State University’s Milner Library has saved its students more than $10 million. By providing free, accessible e-books for course use, the program reduces students’ financial burden and improves learning outcomes and equity. Faculty praised its impact, calling it “a godsend.” This sentence in particular caught my attention: “We found that an investment of $10,000-$14,000 a semester yields a total potential student savings of around $200,000 to $260,000.” Now that’s ROI.
😆✍️ The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University now house the Roy Blount Jr. Papers, a collection of correspondence, writings, and research from the acclaimed humorist and 1963 Vanderbilt graduate. The archive offers insight into Blount’s career as an author, journalist, and cultural commentator (and frequent panelist on “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!”). These materials will provide a unique resource for exploring American humor, language, and identity from someone who has been around to write about some of the most notable moments in recent history.
🛠️💡 Binghamton University Library has a new MakerLab, equipped with 3D printers and scanners, laser cutters, vinyl cutters, and VR tech. The lab supports academic projects across disciplines from art to engineering. MakerLab Coordinator Chungmin Park aims to expand partnerships and foster creativity, helping students turn ideas into tangible designs. Open since August, the lab encourages innovation through technology-driven coursework and student-led projects.
🪕💿 Indiana University Bloomington’s Archives of Traditional Music team honored folk music legend and IU alumnus Joe Hickerson with an exhibition and a lively folk sing-along celebrating his life and work. The Joseph C. Hickerson collection houses treasures like Camp Woodland and Catskill Folk Festival recordings, some featuring Pete Seeger and Hickerson’s own “Drive Dull Care Away,” alongside stories of his role in shaping “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” into a peace anthem. The exhibit remains on view at Cook Music Library through fall.
Notable mentions
The University of Florida Libraries reviewed some of its best fall semester events, including a makerspace night (seen above), open house, and daytime concert.
If you find a hidden horse in the stacks of Southern Methodist University Libraries, you’ve stumbled upon a scavenger hunt.
For those one-of-a-kind materials in special collections, UW Libraries has created an “out of scope” exhibit.
NC State University Libraries received a grant to support a game development contest (plus another grant to develop data training for grad students).
Stony Brook University Libraries has launched an AI steering committee (this follows their creation of a “Director of Artificial Intelligence” position)
On social
The University of Oklahoma Libraries is sending nothing but good vibes in this Instagram post. This type of affirmative post would be easy for any university library to create; just substitute your own high quality photography!
Instagram has fed me this post by William & Mary Libraries more than once and I stop to look at it every time. The use of b-roll video with the color filter and minimal movement is absolutely gorgeous. To say nothing of all the fun events for finals week.
Need a sentimental, hand-made gift just in time for the holidays? The folks at ASU Libraries have you covered. The close-up, step-by-step video style showcases how easy and accessible the library’s makerspace is.
The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature at the University of Florida is one of the largest collections of children’s books in the world. Last month, they announced that they had received a donation of books from the family of Ed Young, a notable children’s book author and illustrator. Young, who passed away in 2023, illustrated some 100 books of fairy tales, poetry and memoirs, and won a Caldecott Medal and two Caldecott Honors. The donation to UF Libraries includes books from his personal collection.
The University of Delaware Library recently announced the winners of its inaugural Open Data Impact Awards. These awards “celebrate UD students, faculty and staff whose openly shared datasets continue to make meaningful contributions to research, teaching and public engagement.” One of the winners pulled together attendee-level datasets for 33 years of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties. Another created a global dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas for 23 crop classes over 15 years.
Discover the hidden art of fore-edge painting—images tucked into the gilded edges of books, usually invisible until pages are fanned. The J. Willard Marriott Library’s “The Business of Books” exhibition showcases these secret masterpieces, including works by 20th century California artist Vera Dutter and historic English binders. The exhibit reveals how books can simultaneously be objects of beauty, mystery, and commerce. (My parents definitely had books with gilded edges. I wonder…)
I’ve always said that if I ever got a tattoo, it would be a memento mori (pictured above).Illinois State University Libraries highlights one of its notable holdings, a 1590s publication of the Booke of Christian Prayers, which includes various depictions of death, “the great leveler for all.”
A simple announcement but a notable one. Brown University Library has created a new faculty publications collection. This circulating collection consists of print books authored by Brown faculty members as well as digital publications, which can be accessed via QR codes within the display. On the one hand, I’m surprised more academic libraries don’t have collections like these. On the other hand, I know the difficulty of having to keep a collection like this up to date (and heaven forbid you leave someone out).
Notable mentions
The new collections archivist at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library reflects on processing a collection from start to finish.
This spend the day with me video from University of South Carolina Libraries has to be one of the best pieces of academic library content I’ve seen in a while. Not only is it totes adorbs, but someone really put some thought into the script. The modified voice is chef’s kiss.
Make a collage for each of your different campus libraries. Just like how University of Illinois did it here. Don’t have multiple libraries? Do one for different spaces, floors, or collections.
This format from the B.D. Owens Library at Northwest Missouri State University seems easily replicable at any college. Just throw in a few bulleted item specific to your institution.
This remix was living in my head rent free for days after SNL and Sabrina Carpenter posted it. My team hopped on the meme and it outperformed our usual content. But I loved the twist the UVU Library put on it.
We know social media can be humerus, but it’s time to bone up on your anatomy homework! You can borrow skeletons, models, and more at Fulton Library’s first-floor Circulation Desk for free. #BeezInTheTrap#Trending#Library#CollegeLife#StudyTok
Finally, I’m going to self promote a little bit. Every semester at the William H. Hannon Library, we unveil a new set of stickers. Before we had even made the stickers this year, I knew how I wanted to premiere them.
✨🖥️ 🖼 The AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library secured a $500,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation to boost its ongoing HBCU digitization initiative. This two-year funding will expand the library’s capacity to digitize, preserve, and share archives from Historically Black Colleges and Universities via the HBCU Digital Library Trust. Partnering with HBCUs, the AUC library hosts a growing portal that already features collections from over 30 institutions.
🎶🎙️🌍 The Archives of Traditional Music (ATM) at Indiana University preserves more than 250,000 hours of recordings in formats from wax cylinders to vinyl and VHS. Many materials are now digitally accessible via streaming. ATM’s collections are shaped by donor gifts, shifting research emphases, and archival vision, and today they support work in language revitalization, ethnomusicology, and cultural memory.
🔍💾🤝 The University of Chicago Libraries launched “SHARED” (Secure Hub for Access, Reliability, and Exchange of Data), a new data platform backed by NSF funding to support research collaboration and discovery. It offers scalable, secure storage and integrates with UChicago’s Knowledge@UChicago repository as well as national networks like the Open Science Grid. This project will support the full research data lifecycle and enable faculty to comply with federal data-sharing mandates.
🧠📄⚖️ Berkeley Library created an FAQ to help ensure compliance when scraping or using AI with its electronic collections. Which is good because violating license terms could risk campus-wide access to critical resources and lead to legal liabilities.
📚🏛️🎉 Knight at Night at the University of Oregon is a late-evening event for first-year and transfer students with live music, games, DIY crafts, trivia, mini-gold, and social space in the library. What an amazing open house style event!
🗞️🧱✍️ Northwestern University Libraries’s conservation lab treated 22 tightly folded 18th-century parchment documents (1705–1730), from a collection that included deeds, wills, and seals from the 14th through 20th century. Damage included creases, tears, and wax flaking, and conservators worked to safely unfold and stabilize these fragile legal records. (pictured above)
📖🌐👩🏫 Gonzaga University welcomed Katia Passerini as its 27th president back in July and celebrated her scholarly contributions via a new research guide. The LibGuide showcases her publications, honors, and interdisciplinary impact across education, global development, and innovation. This is a pretty cool way to celebrate university leadership.
This was a trend for a hot minute, and FSU Libraries jumped on it with a perfect iteration, showing how to fix a common frustration students have entering the library. (FSU also jumped on the Alexander sneaking out meme)
