OK, how can I get a Lego library like this one from Swem Library at William & Mary? 📚

Volunteer ‘Corner Doctor’ Repairs Books at U of A Libraries 📚 librariesblog.uark.edu/volunteer-co...

"Twin Peaks walked so Riverdale could… jog for a bit and collapse suddenly." Falvey Library makes the case for a Twin Peaks rewatch blog.library.villanova.edu/2026/04/08/c... 📚

National Library Week x UMBC BookFest Schedule of Events The Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, Dresher Center for the Humanities, and UMBC Department of English invite you to celebrate National Library Week and UMBC BookFest, April 19-25, 2026...

University of Maryland BC Libraries has a full schedule of events for National Library Week, including a panel on libraries and democracy, a read-in, and maker event 📚 my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/libra...

Seattle University Libraries offers travel awards to undergraduate students who have been accepted to present at professional conferences 📚 library.seattleu.edu/blogs/system...

Villanova Library has put together a deep dive on Jesse Jackson: blog.library.villanova.edu/2026/04/01/d... 📚

They say libraries have a LibGuide for everything. Well, Wayne State does not disappoint. May I present to you: Doors, a LibGuide. guides.lib.wayne.edu/sotm/2026/04 📚

Thanks for the shout out! 🥰

Glad to hear. It was a good day. The convos were were having in the sessions were far more nuanced and critical than the ones we're having at my uni right now. It was refreshing.

Ha! I said the exact same thing about your presentation! I hope it went well 😁

Recently in Academic Libraries: March 2026 - john, from the library This month, academic libraries have been repairing rare books, forming critical AI learning communities, and revisiting the 1990s.

Next month it will be all finals stress busting events, but this March academic libraries are:

🤖 forming critical AI learning communities
🗺️ repairing rare maps
🥕 starting seed libraries
👁️ revisiting the 1990s
📚 promoting collections for Women's History Month

www.johnxlibris.com/2026/03/rece...

Indiana University Libraries Research help, resources, and information from the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.

I think Indiana University Libraries' website has to be one of my favorite academic library homepages. So clean and easy to navigate: libraries.indiana.edu 📚

Tisch Library at Tufts U. offers a “workshop by request” catalog for faculty, research teams, and departments: tischlibrary.tufts.edu/whats-happen... 📚

Seed Library Launch In collaboration with the Horticulture Club, Clemson Libraries is piloting a seed library located in the Learning Commons (3rd floor of Cooper Libr...

Clemson Libraries is piloting a seed library events.clemson.edu/event/23823-...
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Winter 2026 Finals Week Stress Relief at the UCR Library The UCR Library's Finals Week Stress Relief event series is back, Monday, March 9 - Thursday, March 19. Special thanks to our partners this quarter Academic Resource Center, ASUCR, Basic Needs, and Th...

Check out all the activities UC Riverside has panned for Finals Week! 📚 library.ucr.edu/news/2026/02...

Mindfulness Moment at Bobst “What we practice in the quiet of meditation, we can hopefully find more easily in the heat of the moment.” - Jeff Warren Take a mindfulness moment and join us in community...

NYU Libraries offers regular mediation sessions in the library nyu.libcal.com/event/16154988 📚

The fire that transformed Johns Hopkins' libraries, part one Special Collections First-Year Fellow Nandini Rastogi, who's majoring in public health and minoring in business and environmental studies, explores the impact of a disastrous fire on the university's ...

The fire that transformed Johns Hopkins’ libraries, part one www.library.jhu.edu/news/2026/02...
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Explore the Treasures of Deering Library YouTube video by Northwestern University Alumni Association

Clara Drummond, the new director of the McCormick Library at Northwestern, promotes some of the library's treasures youtu.be/uNuiQ9hQ_yo?...
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LibGuides: UMass Amherst Libraries Outreach Series: Home Come here to learn about offerings to connect with others on campus! UMass Amherst Libraries Outreach Series 2025-26

Pokemon terrariums, drag bingo, and more! Check out all these amazing outreach-y events from UMass Amherst Libraries 📚 guides.library.umass.edu/fun

The University of Oregon Libraries discusses how they recently repaired a Qur’an manuscript blogs.uoregon.edu/scua/2026/01... 📚

Recently in Academic Libraries: February 2026 - john, from the library This month, academic libraries are exploring K-pop data, developing AI policies, partnering with local bookstores, and sharing baby photos.

What are academic libraries up to this month? In February we saw:

👹 k-pop data hunters
📚 local bookstore partnerships
🎮 games spaces, tech spaces, and maker spaces
🤖 AI task forces
👶🏼 lots of baby photos

Read about this and more! www.johnxlibris.com/2026/03/rece...

Meet the K-Pop Data Hunters | University Libraries The Stanford community and the XTRM dance team unite to celebrate K-Pop at the East Asia Library during Love Data Week.

From Stanford Libraries: "enough K-Pop data to seal the Honmoon” 📚 library.stanford.edu/news/meet-k-...

UChicago Library is celebrating a "Year of Games" and has added Steam PC Cafés to its library 📚 www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/s...

Evaluating and expanding collections through the Decolonizing Collections Committee

From Binghamton University Library: Evaluating and expanding collections through the Decolonizing Collections Committee libnews.binghamton.edu/news/2026/02... 📚

Recently in Academic Libraries: January 2026 - john, from the library This January, academic libraries made plans for the future, established new partnerships, fell in love with data, and went to the cottage.

What were academic libraries up to this past month? Making plans for the future, that’s what! We saw things like:

♻️ Upcycled art in study rooms
❤️ Love Data Week plans
💡Planner and vision board workshops
📚 Reading challenges
🏒 And many trips to the cottage

www.johnxlibris.com/2026/02/rece...

Ukulele Funshop - Running Up That Hill (ST Kate Bush) With the finale for Stranger Things, I think we've gotta learn Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush. We provide ukuleles. We'll show you how to form the chords and then slowly walk...

The University of Mississippi offers ukulele classes. And yes there's a LibGuide: calendar.lib.olemiss.edu/event/162102... 📚

Love seeing art in library study rooms! From UC Davis Libraries: library.ucdavis.edu/news/aggie-t...
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From the University of Cincinnati Libraries: Explaining academic librarianship to 3rd and 4th graders libapps.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2026/... 📚

If I had had this in college, I would have never left the lab! Wash U has a new Synth Lab: libraries.wsu.edu/blog/2026/01... 📚