The Illinois State University Textbook Affordability Committee is pleased to announce a new website related to issues in textbook affordability. The website provides information about available campus resources and strategies faculty and students can utilize to reduce textbook costs. For students, the website provides suggestions for managing textbook costs, responses to some frequently asked questions
Unit: Milner Library
March 1-5 is Open Education Week
This annual event celebrates the efforts of educators and other stakeholders who are making and sharing quality course materials that are free for students. Milner librarians are available to help faculty who want to incorporate open educational resources and more affordable course materials in their classes.
Integrating Wikipedia with scholarly communication
The Wiki Journal Project is intended to both make Wikipedia more scholarly and provide Open Access to peer-reviewed journal articles.
Milner Library signs first-ever read and publish agreement
Milner Library is pleased to announce a three-year open access agreement with Cambridge University Press.
Endless opportunities at the library for Milner scholarship recipient
Learn more about junior sociology major Tenaya Muhammad, Milner Library’s first receipient of the Dr. Thomas D. Wilson Student Assistant Scholarship.
Call for speaker series ideas
The Office of Research and Graduate Studies (ORGS) is accepting proposals for the 2021–2022 academic year Research Lecture Series.
Milner Library’s physical building reopens
Milner Library’s physical building reopens for current ISU students, faculty, staff, and retirees, beginning February 1.
Bridging barriers with Primary Resources
Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest, typically serves 17 states in the heart of the US, recently helped the United Arab Emirates train educators on using primary sources.
Milner Library is here to help for the spring semester!
While Milner Library’s building access remains limited at this time, we are here to help through curbside pickup, virtual research help, electronic resources, and more.
Happy Public Domain Day 2021!
On January 1, 2021, U.S. copyright protections expired for thousands of works published in 1925. These materials have now joined Americans’ shared inheritance of creative expression known as the public domain.