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From Ames Library Art Collection (Illinois Wesleyan University) in CARLI Digital Collections

When it comes to art I enjoy a lot of stuff going on at once. So I like this oil and wax painting.

The black-and-white figure of a woman -- meditating? in anguish? -- dominates the center of the canvas, floating in front of a layered background of colorful and stylistically varied angels. There’s a little tableaux at the right where two figures interact, one of them oblivious to the fact that she’s dripping blood or red paint. The drips stream like tears down one of the faces anchoring the artwork at the bottom, receding into the background, eyes closed -- in sleep? sorrow?

February 27, 2013
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Man with arm around cardboard woman
From Peoria Historical Society Image Collection (Bradley University) in CARLI Digital Collections

Just in time for Valentine’s Day!

February 13, 2013
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Page 11, 1999 Spring, from Forte Literary Magazine (Illinois College) in CARLI Digital Collections

 

Nope, not the student artwork on the right. This week’s featured image is the creative writing piece on the left, "Art" by Julienne La Croix.

February 6, 2013
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From Sculpture Collection (Lewis & Clark Community College) in CARLI Digital Collections

January 16, 2013
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Most damage to library materials is a result of normal use and abuse including torn pages, broken spines and annotations applied by thoughtless patrons. Occasionally, however, library conservators and preservation specialists encounter surprising, amusing, or outrageous kinds of damage. Below are just a few examples of usual damages encountered recently by preservation staff at CARLI member libraries.

January 14, 2013
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The presentations and handouts from the 2012 CARLI Annual Meeting are now available.

November 19, 2012
By: Margaret Chambers

From Postcard Collection (Lewis University) in CARLI Digital Collections Postcards are trophies of travel. It was interesting to explore this digital collection that includes primarily postcards of Joliet, Illinois, a place not far from my own home. Browsing the collection, I came to the realization that the Illinois State Prison was (is?) a tourist destination for visitors to Joliet.

November 8, 2012
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