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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Resources

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: Nomination Documents

In honor of Women's History Month, the D'Angelo Law Library is featuring a new resource - the nomination documents of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who became the first Black woman to sit on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), as published in four-part volume 28-28C (2024) of the History of Supreme Court Nominations database available via HeinOnline.
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Special Collections

Presidential records of Hanna Holborn Gray open for research

The presidential administration records of UChicago's first woman president are now available for research.
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Events

Reparative Acts and the Caste of Archival Erasure

Reparative archiving is one approach to rectifying past harms caused by bias in cultural heritage institutions. It focuses on equitably collecting, describing and providing access to primary sources. Joins us for Lae’l Hughes-Watkins’s talk about how it promotes inclusion for diverse communities.
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Humanities & Social Sciences

Mamlūk Studies Review, Vol. XXVI (2023) now available on Knowledge@UChicago

This latest issue contains articles on Mamluk diplomatic relations with Aragon, Armenia, and the Aqquyunlus of Tabriz; portrayals of Mamluk Alexandria in contemporary Venetian art; and discussions of natural philosophy and politics in the Mamluk Sultanate.
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