The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library

The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library opened at the heart of the University of Chicago campus in 2011. It features a soaring elliptical glass dome capping a 180-seat Grand Reading Room, state-of-the-art conservation and digitization laboratories, and an underground high-density automated storage and retrieval system. The Mansueto Library speeds scholarly productivity by allowing for the retrieval of materials within an average time of 3 minutes through use of robotic cranes. Designed by renowned architect Helmut Jahn, the Mansueto Library has been recognized with a Distinguished Building Citation of Merit by the American Institute of Architects’ Chicago chapter and a Patron of the Year Award by the Chicago Architecture Foundation.

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Events

Navigating the Digital Publishing Landscape: Integrating Media, Narrative, Technology in Multimodal Scholarship

On March 30, Cosette Bruhns Alonso, '20, will present considerations for proposing, designing, and developing multimodal born-digital and hybrid scholarly publications.
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Events

Democracy and A.I.–The Encroaching Machine: Reframing Rights in the Age of A.I.

Join us on Mar. 31 for a conversation about the challenges that artificial intelligence and technology pose to democracy. Keynote speaker: Sheila Jasanoff.
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People

New Clinical Librarian, Kaitlyn Van Kampen

Kaitlyn works closely with clinical staff at UChicago Medicine by attending rounds and providing point-of-need services and information support, assisting with clinical questions that arise.
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Research

Library funds new open access publishing options for faculty and students, including more Wiley journals

The first year of Library agreement with Wiley saved UChicago researchers half a million dollars
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