With the help of the largest grant in the history of Milner Library, more than 300 circus route books have been digitized to preserve the rich history of one of the most important forms of American entertainment.
Explore the practice of taking public domain materials and using them to generate new creative works.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has required every person in the ISU community to be flexible, creative, and understanding, but that response looks different depending on a person’s role at the University.
While the library’s physical building remains closed, curbside pickup and on campus delivery of items are now available.
Read more about Milner Library’s adjusted services, and resources in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more about the Open Library of Humanities (OLH), just one example of an organization dedicated to supporting journals which publish as open access.
Milner Library’s library catalog and other Search Milner Library search tools will be updated this summer, affecting online search results for a period of time.
Open Access is a means of dramatically lowering barriers to reading many publications; however, it can sometimes be difficult to determine if a publication has also undergone peer or editorial review. Here are resources to help.
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.
Open access does not mean the creator has surrendered their copyright, but some creators want to see what others do with their creations.
