Cuneiform Tablets in Special Collections

Two scholars have written a paper describing ancient artifacts held in the Knox College Special Collections. The paper "Cuneiform Texts in the Special Collections of Knox College" appeared in a 2015 issue of the journal Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin.  In the paper Liu Changyu and John P. Nielsen describe the artifacts and provide transcriptions and translations of the texts on the stone tablets. 

Knox Archives Contributes Issues of "The Old Soldier"

The Knox College Special Collections and Archives recently contributed several issues of a rare newspaper, The Old Soldier, to the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. The entire run of the paper from February 1840 to October 1840 is now online and freely available to researchers around the world thanks to the contributions made by Knox College, the Newberry Library and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Welcome New Students!

Welcome!

The staff of Seymour Library welcomes all new students to Knox College. We're glad you are here! Find out about the Knox libraries in this guide. Stop by Seymour Library or chat with us.

Community Digitization Day

The Knox College Library invites members of the public to a Community Digitization Day to be held Saturday, June 18, 2016 at the Galesburg Public Library (40 E. Simmons St.) from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm.

April 23 is World Book and Copyright Day!

Since 1995, the United Nations has celebrated World Book and Copyright Day. The date was chosen to correspond with the April 23, 1616 deaths of Miguel de Cervantes, Inca Garciliaso de la Vega, and William Shakespeare (although only Garciliaso actually died on that day).

On this quadricentennial of the deaths of these three literary figures, libraries, publishers, and cultural

National Library Week Activities

Seymour Library is celebrating National Library Week April 10-April 16, 2016. Join us for a book discussion and a free film showing, and more!

The Sharing Economy? It’s What We Do!

Books bagged and ready to be returned 
to other I-Share libraries at the end of a Knox term.

Sharing materials between libraries is a core part of most libraries’ missions, and Knox College’s library is no different. Staff in Seymour Library work diligently every day to bring materials to Knox College constituents. Check out these stats:

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Awarded

The Library is the recipient of a grant ($10,700) from the National Endowment for the Humanities under their Common Heritage program. The grant project seeks to

In the Eastman Exhibit Area: Metamorphosis

Visit the new exhibit in the Eastman Exhibit Area on the second floor of Seymour Library: Metamorphosis: the transformation of medieval manuscripts into printed books. Some of Seymour Library’s finest examples

Using Artstor Images in the Classroom

The Artstor Digital Library now contains nearly 2 million high quality images! Artstor provides a variety of ways to learn about its collections and content: