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By: Ashley Tucker
The following blog is authored by Ashley Tucker, with legal research by Jessica Chinnadurai and Laura Kaiser. Over the last several years on January 1, we have witnessed a new class of creative works entering the public domain in the United States. In 2026, a variety of works published in 1930, ranging from motion pictures to music …
Posted in: Copyright
By: Kate Phillips
Holiday cooking season is upon us. Today we’re looking at technologies intending to make our lives in the kitchen a bit easier. Drawing from advertisements, trademark registrations, photographs, and architectural drawings, this post highlights time, energy, and space-saving devices designed (in theory) to streamline our culinary experiences.
Posted in: Picture This
By: Colleen Smith
Analyzing an excerpt of a newspaper article from the late 19th century provides an opportunity for students to think about the uncertainty inherent in paleontology, a discipline that often relies on incomplete specimens and bone fragments to construct understandings of extinct species.
Posted in: Teaching with the Library
By: Isabel Brador
This post is the third in a series about the Library’s 2025 Innovator in Residence, Vivian Li, and her project Anywhere Adventures. Following the selection of three communities, and a visit to the Library for research, the mobile experience has now officially launched! The 2025 Innovator in Residence project, Anywhere Adventures, has officially launched! The …
Posted in: The Signal
By: Colleen Smith
The history of the coelacanth (pronounced SEE-la-canth) can be an intriguing entry point into science concepts like evolution, extinction, and the nature of science.
Posted in: Teaching with the Library
By: Colleen Smith
An instructional sequence of "stacking" three related primary sources prompts student curiosity and can promote further investigation into the processes of fossilization and the ways in which scientists study fossils.
Posted in: Teaching with the Library
By: Cary O’Dell
Due to the possibility of wintry weather tonight, the film screening at the Packard Campus tonight is cancelled.
Posted in: Now See Hear!
By: Alison Hall
The Copyright Office has launched a modern, refreshed resource for young learners: the Copyright for Kids Activity Sheets. These activity sheets, designed for children under age twelve, teach copyright basics to users as they color, solve puzzles, play games, and create their own copyright-protected work. Upon completing the activity sheets, kids discover that they are both copyright users and owners.
Posted in: Copyright
By: Melissa Lindberg
Popular graphic art prints often reflect the tastes of their times, and fashion trends are one particularly fascinating area to survey. As we find ourselves ensconced in the fall season and quickly approaching winter, we were inspired to look for cold weather fashions in print. Join us as we look at details from one print.
Posted in: Picture This
By: Lillian Williams
This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. Stephen Hawking, the famous physicist and cosmologist, has one of the most recognizable voices in history, but …
Posted in: Insights