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VOLUME 50 | NUMBER 1

Spring 2025

In this issue: making scholarship free and accessible, introducing a heroic historian, checking the syllabus for faculty archives, and more.

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Spring 2025

Like an open book

The important work of making scholarship free and accessible

The international scholarly movement for open access scholarship addresses the complicated economics of academic journal publishing. Library-led open scholarship initiatives are building a cost-effective, adaptable future for academic publishing. 

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Spring 2025

Holy historians, Batman!

New archivist makes a heroic effort on behalf of Northwestern history

The origin story of Northwestern University's new archivist: Matthew Richardson ’06, MS ’12 grew up hanging out and working in his family’s comics store, a cozy community space where his love of history and culture, including the preservation of it, took hold.  

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Spring 2025

Class never dismissed

Northwestern faculty can teach forever through the power of their archives

For the professors who deposit their papers in University Archives, educating never stops. Lectures, research notes, book manuscripts, and even exam answer keys— the evidence of entire careers resides in the Archives.

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