Archive Year

Charles Deering McCormick University Librarian and Dean of Libraries Xuemao Wang will step down at the end of the 2026-27 academic year, Provost Kathleen Hagerty announced today. Wang has served in the role since 2022. Wang provided strategic vision and leadership during a time of transition as libraries around the world emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic and grappled with an evolution from traditional services and collections to increasingly digital hubs of knowledge and information.

Northwestern University Libraries is pleased to share that the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Center for Library Programs has secured an Open Publishing Agreement with Wiley that provides open publishing opportunities for affiliated corresponding authors through December 31, 2027, while maintaining full read access to Wiley’s journal portfolio.

Northwestern signs new contract with Elsevier unbundling previous package to provide more flexibility for subscriptions.

Nina Metz interviews Head of the Transportation Library Rachel Cole for the Chicago Tribune on the art of 20th century government reports.

Northwestern University Libraries are a founding signatory, joining eleven other cultural heritage institutions, in establishing shared standards for evaluating AI training requests. The Statement of Shared Practice is a community-driven framework following six core principles, derived from the University of Virginia Archival AI Protocol and its central rule: No access without control.

Northwestern University Libraries were awarded a two-year, $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the transformation of unique and extensive collection of environmental impact statements (EISs) into a dataset that can be explored through a digital exhibit platform and analyzed through a new AI agent framework pioneered at the University.

Northwestern University Libraries are pleased to share the winners of the 2026 Affordable Instructional Resources (AIR) Faculty Grants. These grants help instructors build free, openly licensed course materials that are tailored to their classrooms and can be shared more broadly with the academic community. 

Clara Drummond, director of the McCormick Library, walks through the Treasures of Deering exhibit currently in the lobby of Deering Library.

Upon retirement, libraries employee Vince McCoy looks back on more than 50 years as a part of the University community.

Ted Quiballo, instructional technologies librarian, has been named one of four winners of the annual Daniel I. Linzer Award for Faculty Excellence in Service

Recently completed renovations to Deering Library renew the landmark’s longtime status as a destination for students.