Online Exhibits

On March 5th, 2007, a car bomb exploded on al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, destroying a busy avenue of cafés and bookstores that had served as a meeting place for generations of Middle Eastern writers and thinkers. In response to the attack, a San Francisco bookseller, Beau Beausoleil, rallied a community of international artists and writers to produce a collection of letterpress-printed broadsides (poster-like works on paper), artists’ books (unique works of art in book form), and an anthology of writing, all focused on expressing solidarity with Iraqi booksellers, writers and readers. The coalition of contributing artists calls itself Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here.

Ancient World 3D (AW3D) seeks to provide easy to use, open access 3D resources for everyone who loves the Classical World. The students who drive the project conduct research and annotate open access 3D models, that can then be downloaded for uses in VR or 3D printing.

This project is collaboration between Paul Mullins, Department of Anthropology in the School of Liberal Arts; Kisha Tandy, Library and Information Science lecturer, and Andrea Copeland, Department of Library and Information Science in the School of Informatics and Computing; and, Danita Davis, Digital Services Specialist, Krishna Devanpally, and, Sonja Lehman, Librarian, Director, Herron Art Library of IUPUI University Library. In 2018, the Indiana Landmarks granted non-exclusive rights to the Herron Art Library to digitize their photo collection of the buildings that inhabited the IUPUI campus in the pre-1975.

Herron Mortin and Baist Atlas Maps

The Herron Library’s notable Fine Press / Book Arts collection of works created by distinguished book artists across the globe. Under the direction of the Herron School of Art and Design book arts instructor, and in consultation with the art librarian, this student-driven exhibition highlights selections of the students’ works created during their academic career at Herron.

This website is a digital exhibit explaining the origins of Indian Boarding schools and how they affected their students during and after the time they attended. The exhibit is open to everyone but is meant for Primary and secondary school students.

In 1843, we witness some of the struggles and successes of Frederick Douglass as he begins his speaking career with the Garrisonians.

Special Collections at University Library Online Exhibits