1. In Studio With Ralph Gilbert (07:33)

Date:
2021
Main contributors:
American Muralist Ralph Gilbert
Summary:
A short interview with American Muralist Ralph Gilbert is captured in his studio. Gilbert describes his work to complete his commission by Indiana University to create an inspirational cycle of murals as a visual highlight of the Lilly Library 2020-2021 full-scale renovation. Gilbert is a figurative, narrative painter, draughtsman and muralist with a studio in Atlanta, Georgia. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute (now the California Institute of the Arts) in Los Angeles and received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara. In 2005 Gilbert was awarded the Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Fund Fellowship in mural painting at the National Academy of Design in New York. This video was produced by Ben Bowden Lee of Kennesaw, GA

2. Bricks, Sticks, and Straw: Bloomington’s Historical Maps in IU Classrooms (1:05:00)

Date:
2021-03-23
Main contributors:
Bernstein, Mara, Alford, Emily, Baeten, John, Champion, Carey, Sanders, Doug, Sloan, Heather, Quill, Theresa
Summary:
Join us for a collaboration between IU Libraries GIMMS and the Craig Preservation Lab for an introduction to the maps of IU Libraries. Maps are a unique primary resource for teaching and research. Maps help us translate a three-dimensional experience into a simpler to use two-dimensional representation. Once created, maps do not serve only a single purpose, rather they can easily take on a life of their own. The context in which they were created does not limit their uses in the future. However, maps are also complex in their creation and use. Often, what a mapmaker chooses to leave off of a map can be as substantial as what they choose to include. This is particularly true of historical maps that were created under potentially different contexts than the contexts in which they are currently used. The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps are an excellent example of this. The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps were made for the interests of fire insurance companies across the United States, but because they are detailed, building-by-building descriptions of urban areas, they are useful for many kinds of research. For the last several decades, these maps were carefully updated to demonstrate changes in space and building materials. They help researchers understand many aspects of urban development over time beyond the purpose for which they were created. During this online event, we will hear from GIMMS librarians, the Craig Preservation Lab paper conservator, and faculty who use the maps in the classroom.

3. Brian Watson and Michael Morrone on Open Access (15:27)

Date:
2019-01-16
Main contributors:
Brian M. Watson, Michael Morrone
Summary:
Brian M. Watson and Michael Morrone of Kelly Business School discuss the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Open Access and its implications.

5. Moby Dick, Arion Press, from the Thielman Collection, included in the Lilly Library Exhibition: T... (00:59)

Date:
2022-05
Main contributors:
Jenny Mack, Lilly Library, Ethan Gill, Office of the Provost
Summary:
Lilly Library Exhibition Specialist Jenny Mack shows viewers an item included in the Spring 2022 Lilly Library exhibition, The Eye, The Mind and The Imagination, Part II. The item is a 1979 edition of Moby Dick from Arion Press bound in goat skin, and it is part of the Lilly Library's Thielman Collection.

7. Charles Knowlton Fruits of Philosophy, included in the Lilly Library Exhibition: The Eye, The Min... (00:58)

Date:
2022-05
Main contributors:
Maureen Maryanski, Lilly Library, Ethan Gill, Office of the Provost
Summary:
Lilly Library Education & Outreach Librarian Maureen Maryanski describes and shows viewers a book included in the Lilly Library Exhibition: The Eye, The Mind and The Imagination. Published anonymously in 1832, the book was written by physician Charles Kowlton and is part of the Lilly Library's collections.

8. Dewey the small-town library cat who touched the world (36:18)

Date:
2008
Main contributors:
Myron, Vicki.
Summary:
Dewey was left abandoned as a kitten on the coldest night of the year stuffed in the returned book slot at the Spencer Public Library in Iowa. He won the heart of Vicki Myron, the librarian who found him, and for the next 19 years he charmed the people of Spencer.The story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat, starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the book return slot at the Spencer, Iowa, Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director, Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart, and the hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility (for a cat), and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most.--From publisher description.

9. The Lion & The Mouse, included in the Lilly Library Exhibition: The Eye, The Mind and The Imagin... (00:59)

Date:
2022-05
Main contributors:
Sarah McElroy Mitchell, Lilly Library, Ethan Gill, Office of the Provost
Summary:
Lilly Library Reference and Reading Room Coordinator Sarah McElroy Mitchell shows viewers an item included in the Spring 2022 Lilly Library exhibition, The Eye, The Mind and The Imagination, Part II. It is an edition of The Lion & The Mouse, by Jerry Pinkey, which retells Aesop's famous fable and won the 2010 Caldecott Medal. It is part of the Lilly Library's collection.

10. Man on the beat (26:07)

Date:
1955
Main contributors:
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Summary:
"Typical incidents in the daily life of a city patrolman are used in explaining the role of the police force in protecting citizens and maintaining order in the community"-- Library of Congress National Union Catalog, 1953-1957; Volume 28. Motion pictures and filmstrips.