Special Libraries News

Special Libraries Report Exciting Year-end Purchases

Northwestern's Special Libraries—Africana, Art, Digital Collections, Music, Special Collections, Transportation, and University Archives—invest about $2 million annually in their collections, buying books, subscribing to thousands of journals, and acquiring the occasional rare manuscript, map, score, or photo collection. As our fiscal year comes to a close now at the end of August and our recurring obligations have all been met, we sometimes have unexpended funds which allow us to buy especially unusual, rare, even unique items. The last several weeks have been uncommonly busy and exciting!

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