Milner Library loves working with creators to lower barriers to the access of their scholarly and creative works through ISU ReD and other resources like the Smithsonian.
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Milner Library introduces Digital Discussions event series
Digital Discussions is a new event series featuring scholar lectures, workshops, and informal gatherings for faculty and students to talk about their interest in digital humanities and digital scholarship.
Donor Spotlight: Milner Library Interim Dean Shari Zeck
Dr. Shari Zeck’s mom, Doris Grube, didn’t have the opportunity to go to college, but she made sure her four children had all the educational opportunities they wanted. To honor her mother’s commitment to education and leave a lasting mark on Illinois State, Zeck pledged a major gift during the Redbirds Rising campaign. The gift establishes the Doris Grube Zeck Library Outreach Restricted Fund.
Explore culture through student art with FOOD for THOUGHT exhibit
As part of their coursework students created information design posters about one dish from their ancestral country and traced its history, ingredients and relevance culminating in the FOOD for THOUGHT exhibit.
Ange’s Keepers giving society honors University’s first librarian
Ange’s Keepers is a giving society that honors the University’s first librarian and the proud tradition of service to students that she established.
Open Access Digital Theological Library
Collections of open access materials often have different focuses, such as Open Access Digital Theological Library which collects materials about religious studies and related disciplines.
Keeping it 100! Celebrating Milner’s Contributions to ISU ReD
What do librarians write about? Find out in this review of the 100 items that Milner faculty and staff have submitted to ISU ReD.
Finding a future at the library
Sometimes, students find more than books and information at the library. In Maddi Loiselle’s case, she found her calling.
How do you make a book free for everyone? Unglue.It
Unglue.It is a nonprofit program that works with authors and publishers to place books into the public domain by agreeing on a price and then crowdsourcing the funds to pay the rights holder to issue the book under a Creative Commons license.
Open access publishing options
Authors wishing to make their materials digitally available can often place pre-prints or even published articles on institutional repositories such as ISU ReD, but where does the software and tools used in open access publishing come from?
