University of Chicago Library

A student-led quest to map the hidden history of Chicago's neighborhoods

In the Chicago Urban Heritage Project, College students are turning century-old insurance atlases into interactive digital archives of the city's built environment

During Year of Games, UChicago invites everyone to play

Year-long celebration of games launches with library exhibition and three-day symposium featuring game makers, writers and scholars

Discovering gems in the Library archives

Students highlight historical collections from around the world through digitization and innovative research

Records reveal hidden history of female astronomers at Yerkes Observatory

UChicago team chronicles dozens of women who worked and made discoveries in early 20th century

UChicago Library expands access to banned books amid national debate over censorship

UChicago marks Banned Books Week by launching effort to collect more than 1,500 books banned in U.S., make them broadly available

What makes a book a book?

UChicago’s curator of rare books challenges visitors to decide in new choose-your-own-path exhibition

UChicago Library awarded grant to digitize Chicagoland’s historical maps

UChicago to partner with Newberry Library and Chicago History Museum to make maps openly available online