Ange Milner

Milner Library celebrates National Library Week, April 3-9

Corner of Milner Library's exterior building with blue sky and wispy clouds in the backgroud

Join Milner Library April 3-9 for a variety of ways to celebrate National Library Week 2022.

A welcoming library, then and now

A black and white photograph of three rows of people, The Vidette staff including Ange MIlner, in 1900.

April 9 marks Ange Milner’s 165th birthday. Learn more about the University’s first library and her indefatigable legacy.

National Library Week 2021: Welcome to Your Library

Black and white photograph of students standing at the card catalog of Milner Library when it was located in Williams Hall

In honor of National Library Week, take a step back in time and learn about all of the different places on campus the University’s library has welcomed students, faculty, and staff.

ISU ReD marks its 10,000th item

Black and white photograph of Angeline (Ange) V. Milner, first librarian at Illinois State Normal University. Milner is shown sitting at her office desk. Date unknown.

ISU ReD, Illinois State University’s institutional repository, recently marked an important milestone: its 10,000th addition

Celebrate National Library Week 2020 with Milner Library

Join Milner Library in celebrating National Library Week from April 19 to 25.

Ange V. Milner: A 125-Year Legacy of Student Service

image of Ange V. Milner, former librarian of Illinois State University

Famed university librarian Ange Milner will be the topic of a talk by Milner Library’s Angela Bonnell on Friday, August 28.

April Fools: ISU police finally arrest Ange Milner’s ghost

STATEside teamed up with Illinois State University Police to finally apprehend the ghost of former librarian Ange Milner, who faces several trespassing charges.