Google teams with library to digitize book collections
The U of C Library has teamed up with Google to digitize select collections for the Google Book Search Library Project, an online card catalog of several of the world’s major libraries and collections....
View ArticleLibrary slow to digitize books for Google project
Scanning and digitizing one book costs $60. Scanning and digitizing the University’s 7.7 million printed works would cost $462 million. A price as steep as that makes it easy to understand why the...
View ArticleAd hoc group forms in response to arrest
An ad hoc group of nine students and one faculty member will advise protocol changes in response to the February 24 arrest of a student in the Reg’s A-level, Vice President for Campus Life Kim...
View ArticlePrepping for the A-Level
The University requires almost every first-year to pass the swim test or, if that doesn’t pan out, to take a swim class, presumably so they won’t sink the next time they find themselves hanging out in...
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Special Collections opens with new space, old books
Photo: Darren Leow/The Chicago MaroonThe new Exhibition Gallery of the Special Collections Research Center, which will showcase the Special Collection's archive of artifacts and publications, opens May...
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Mansueto set for Monday debut
Photo: Darren Leow/The Chicago MaroonThe Grand Reading Room of the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, which seats 180, will finally open to students, faculty and staff on Monday. The Grand Reading Room of...
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Reg to get makeover this year
Photo: Jamie Manley/The Chicago MaroonNew construction in the Regenstein Library replaces 42-year-old metal cubicles with new wooden carrels. The Reg is branching out with a new look. Twenty-seven new...
View ArticleNew library catalog in the works
Staff members at the University of Chicago Library are in the midst of designing a new library catalog, which could go live as early as this summer. According to the Library website, the revamped...
View ArticleThe lights are on but nobody’s home
As the Maroon reported today, work began on March 25 to replace light switches in the Regenstein Library book stacks with automatic occupancy sensors that will turn on overhead lights locally as long...
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Underneath the glass bubble
Photo: Johnny Hung/The Chicago MaroonTours of Mansueto Library give students and faculty an opportunity to see the library's innovative robotic book storage and retrieval system.Approaching the...
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Multiple Chicago sites vie for Obama library
Photo: Tiffany Tan/The Chicago MaroonThe Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, located in Bronzeville and abandoned since 2008, is one of the locations being considered for the location of Obama's...
View ArticleLost in documentation
One day my friend Harriett and I decided to go to the Archiginnasio, a library repurposed from the original building for the University of Bologna. Upon entering the 500-year old structure, we check in...
View ArticleLibrary links to Ivies
UChicago faculty, staff, and students are now eligible to borrow from the libraries of the eight Ivy League universities, MIT, and the Center for Research Libraries through Borrow Direct, a sharing...
View ArticleUniversity publicly pushing for Obama library
The University for the first time has openly expressed interest in the Obama presidential library as the University of Illinois at Chicago and Chicago State University launch public campaigns to try to...
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Eckhart Library reopens after renovation
Photo: Peter Tang/The Chicago MaroonThe Eckhart library reopens with a new modern feel after exactly six months of renovations.Following major renovations that began in July and continued until...
View ArticleNew library catalog open for student testing
The forthcoming Library Catalog, slated to replace the existing catalog and Lens search, has entered open beta testing. In a blog post, the UChicago Library cites “the end of vendor support” this...
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Nadler retiring after 50 years on job
Photo: Courtesy of Jonathan LaiAfter almost five decades with the school, Director of the University Library Judith Nadler (right) will retire at the end of this June.Judith Nadler, library director...
View ArticleLibrary system launches new catalog and printing system
The University library system switched up its catalog and printing services, toning up its offerings for the new academic year. The new catalog, which went live August 20, displays the availability of...
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New library director to turn new page
Photo: Courtesy of UChicago News OfficeCurrent Indiana University-Bloomington Dean of University Libraries Brenda Johnson will become Library Director for the University of Chicago next January. Brenda...
View ArticleWomen in University history highlighted by Special Collections
The University of Chicago Special Collections hosted More Than Lore, a lecture and archive-based event that highlighted women’s roles in founding the University, held on Wednesday in the Regenstein...
View ArticleNew Poetic Associations exhibit highlights rare poetry from 1800s
In the hallway between Regenstein and Mansueto Libraries, those who pass by find a window into the past. Poetic Associations is an exhibition featuring 104 of the items the University has acquired this...
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A-level to be renovated and remodeled
Photo: Courtesy of Andy TinucciPartial view of the north side of the redesigned A-Level; rendering by Woodhouse Tinucci Architects. The University of Chicago Library recently announced a major...
View ArticleI-House forum considers impact of Obama Library
A forum at I-House this Saturday discussed issues including the transfer of parkland to build the Obama Presidential library and changes to the Chicago public schools system. The talk centered on the...
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Vita Ex Libris: When and Where We Study
The University of Chicago Library keeps track of the number of students and faculty in their buildings over the course of the day. The graphs below show the population of Regenstein and Crerar...
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Pozen Center Hosts Second Annual Human Rights Symposium
Photo: Christina CanoDr. Rohini Haar, a University of Chicago alumna, delivers the keynote address. On Friday, January 22, the University of Chicago Pozen Family Center for Human Rights held its second...
View ArticleRegenstein Library Pilots Undergraduate Exhibit Program
Beginning spring quarter, the Regenstein Library will be piloting an undergraduate exhibit program for students and RSOs. The Library will select one student-curated collection for display on the first...
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