Alex Hodges to deliver Bryant Jackson Lecture

glass sculpture of ISU seal

Illinois State University’s Milner Library will host Alex Hodges as the Bryant Jackson lecturer on Tuesday, April 18, at 10 a.m. on the library’s sixth floor. A reception will follow the lecture. The lecture and reception are free and open to the public.

Women’s History Month online

A black and white vintage photo of a woman sitting in a chair surrounded by books.

As Women’s History Month winds down, we would like to take this opportunity to highlight some of the many resources documenting the critical role women have played in history, society, and the creation of scholarly and creative works.

Q&A with Angela Yon: Digital exhibit spotlights humanity of circus performers

A poster excerpt showing circus performers presented onstage as part of The Barnum & Bailey Show, circa 1899. (Image/Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.)

In this Redbird Scholar Q-and-A, Angela Yon, assistant professor and cataloging and metadata librarian at Milner Library, discusses the interactive digital exhibit, Agency Through Otherness: Portraits of Performers in Circus Route Books, 1875–1925, which is based on the library’s circus route books digital collection.