Preparing for the future means first understanding the past. Indiana University's collections are vast and various, found across multiple campuses and venues, and encompassing more than 30 million objects that provide endless opportunities for new discoveries. To ensure these objects remain available to future generations, IU also invests deeply in preservation through programs such as its Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative and IU Libraries Moving Image Archive and through leadership provided by the university’s first executive director for university collections.
Caring for our history
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New exhibit from longtime Herron partnership now hanging in University Library atrium
A senior in the Herron School of Art and Design created a piece everyone at IUPUI can enjoy -- just look up in the library's atrium.
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Everyday impressions during extraordinary times: Historians, archivists document the pandemic
University Archives and Department of History professionals are soliciting volunteers to chronicle life through the pandemic.
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IU Press digitization project gives open access for over 160 books
The academic press used a grant to digitize out-of-print books and get scholarship into the hands of those who need it.
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Summon the Halloween spirit with spooky campus tales from IU Archives
Halloween is a time of goblins, werewolves and vampires -- a time when legends about spooky sightings get us all in the holiday spirit.
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IU Libraries named Library of the Year for connecting people with government information
The library's efforts to help people become more engaged with their government was cited as one of the reasons for the award.
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Tented spaces created for outdoor dining and studying on IU Bloomington campus
The six new areas across campus provide places for students, staff and faculty to safely study, dine and relax.
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Read about Big Ten football resuming, the United Way kickoff, the IU Rural Conference, the Ostrom Workshop and more.
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IU Libraries helps inform voters ahead of November election with virtual resources, events
IU Libraries offers help with voter registration or candidate research, and is hosting several discussions on civic engagement.
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'Art of the Character': Exhibition will celebrate Glenn Close costume collection
Costumes from some of the actress's most famous roles will be highlighted in an exhibition opening May 4 at IU's Eskenazi Museum of Art.
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IU Libraries expands titles on race, ethnicity, justice
Indiana University Libraries purchased more than 50 titles related to those topics through the Herman B Wells Professorship.