Thursday, March 9, 2017

Library's Digital Collections Appear in the DPLA


Digital collections from the Knox College Library are now available in the Digital Public Library of America. The DPLA is a portal that brings together on one search platform U.S. libraries' collections of digital items. The Knox College Library's digital collections are included in the DPLA via the Illinois Digital Heritage Hub, a partnership between our academic library consortium, CARLI, and the Illinois State Library, Chicago Public Library, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Search the items included in the Illinois Digital Heritage Hub here.


Tuesday, January 3, 2017

A Long Perspective: Art and Artists at Knox College


This look back at the history of the study of art at Knox College celebrates the opening of Knox’s new Whitcomb Art Center this winter. The photograph is from the Fall of 1964 when sculpture was first offered as a studio art course at Knox.