This semester, Milner Library added a unique looking set of furniture to the northeast corner of the fourth floor, which is designated as the quiet floor. This “sensory pod” combines adaptive chairs, low lighting, and a circular partition to minimize visual distractions.
While the University Archives at Milner Library works toward preserving Illinois State University’s past, the Milner Library University Archives’ internship program aims to change the future of students’ lives by providing them with opportunities to learn and discover new skills and careers.
Dr. John McHale of the School of Communications recently authored an acclaimed feature film script, Blood Brothers, based on the one-of-a-kind story of the 33rd Illinois Infantry.
From the origins of the women’s Sapphonian Society on campus nearly 140 years ago, to the University’s first Homecoming celebration, historian Tom Emery explores this month in Illinois State University history.
Join Digitization Center Coordinator Karmine Beecroft and Metadata Librarian Emily Baldoni at Milner Library’s 6th Floor Southwest Learning Space on November 12 from noon to 1 p.m. for “Voices From the Trenches: Digitizing and Visualizing the World War I ISNU Service Records.”
Our copy of the novel Zézette is part of the Circus & Allied Arts Collection and is unique in the most incredible ways, including page after page of marginalia in the form of original watercolor illustrations—96 in total.
Bring friends (or make new ones) while taking a study break with tabletop games, video games, snacks, and more.
A total of 395 issues of internal and public-facing newsletters created by Milner Library between 1967 and today have been added to Illinois State University’s institutional repository, ISU ReD.
Images can grip us with differing stories of people, places, and events depending on their content, but also depending on their context and placement. This is a particularly appropriate moment to look at parallels from the past.
Thanks to the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Illinois State University now has access to over 280 hours of structured online learning in the teaching and learning of research methods.
