The University of Chicago Library has received the medals and academic papers of Nobel-winning physicist James Cronin, SM’53, PhD’55, the late UChicago scientist who made defining contributions to physics and...Read more

UChicago serves as host institution for Black Metropolis Research Consortium

Social scientists, humanists and business faculty across the University of Chicago campus are rapidly adopting and inventing new digital tools and techniques. As they do, Library staff members with expertise...Read more

Nearly 500 photographs to be available for research at Special Collections

On-site research, teaching services benefit doctors, lawyers and entrepreneurs

Renovations beginning this spring will provide a vibrant new home in the John Crerar Library building for the Department of Computer Science and the Computation Institute . Included as well...Read more

Materials provide look into author's life, creative process

UChicago Library’s bibliographer for Southern Asia discusses digital resources for research

An upcoming exhibition at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center will offer visitors a rare glimpse into the creative process of legendary cartoonist Daniel Clowes. The exhibition features...Read more

University of Chicago Library receives 16 boxes of cartoonist and Hyde Park native Daniel Clowes’ work

The University of Chicago Library has acquired the papers of cartoonist Daniel Clowes, giving researchers access to never-before-seen notes and sketches from the acclaimed comic book author . The materials...Read more

In 1941, T.H. Tsien risked his life to pack and ship thousands of Chinese rare books from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to the United States for safekeeping. But his devotion to Chinese...Read more

Brenda L. Johnson, an internationally respected leader in the field of library science, has been appointed Library Director and University Librarian, Provost Eric Isaacs announced Oct. 16. Her five-year term...Read more

New open-source, community-based software will meet faculty and student needs

Since the late 19th century, UChicago anthropologists, scientists and linguists have found in Mexico’s landscape and culture the opportunity to discover unique environments and populations. The University’s scholarly explorations of...Read more

Italian software engineer wins contest that generates worldwide response

University Library contest to decode handwritten annotations in 1504 edition of 'The Odyssey' attracts global attention

UChicago community to share in rapid access to more than 50 million volumes

The Chicagoan —a Jazz Age magazine fashioned after The New Yorker —entered a new era this week, after the University of Chicago Library launched a website that makes digitized copies...Read more

The University of Chicago has been awarded a grant from the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme , for the digitization and preservation of 60 rare and endangered Urdu language periodicals...Read more