“Nobody loved the library more than Dan.” A meticulous list kept by Dan Pelzer from 1962-2025, cataloging all the books he borrowed and read from the Columbus Metropolitan Library, shared by his daughter. I could not could not love this more. Dan's book list (all 109 pages) at what-dan-read.com

Folks whose #NEH grants were terminated and have closeout costs to claim - go get your money ASAP!! Deadline is June 29, 2025.

Today the Newberry Digital Initiatives team relaunched one of our sites that had been on the fritz since a server migration: our Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey site flps.newberry.org

Orkney Library & Archive is a library AND an archive but did you know about the miniature library that is stored IN the archive? Read on to find out more about the incredible Minervian Library, created by a group of young children in #Orkney more than 160 years ago.

So excited to see work from our #NEH "Digitizing the Ayer Indigenous Linguistics Collection" grant getting out to the public. collections.newberry.org/asset-manage...

Photograph of Sojourner Truth with caption: I sell the shadow to support the substance. #DouglassDay At the Newberry Library

Portraits of William and Ellen Craft from The Underground Railroad by William Still, published in 1872.

Broadside with title The Black Law Champion printed in 1854. #DouglassDay collection presentation at Newberry Library

Collection presentation #DouglassDay

Taking a turn as room watcher for #DouglassDay collection presentation so our curator can attend demo re: Newberry Library’s soon-to-be re-launched Transcribe site.

Busy transcribing at Newberry Library #DouglassDay event!

#DouglassDay treats at Newberry Library Transcribathon

We have a full house for our Douglass Day Transcribathon here at the Newberry Library in Chicago, with the wonderful team at Library of Congress.