BU Libraries Launch Series of Common Read Events
The BU Libraries are hosting several Orbital-themed events this spring semester to help build community and connection through the BU Common Read. The BU Common Read is a University-wide initiative that invites all students, faculty, and staff to read and discuss the same book and to meaningfully engage with one another. Orbital by Samantha Harvey, this year’s Common Read, is […]
BU Libraries to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with community tours of King Reading Room
The Boston University Libraries join the Howard Thurman Center, the City of Boston, BU African American & Black Diaspora Studies, and BU Government & Community Affairs in inviting all to the 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration. The annual celebration features thoughtful and inspirational speakers and provides community members and opportunity to tour the Dr. Martin […]
Discover Global News Through PressReader
Your BU login unlocks PressReader – a premier collection of over 8,000 newspapers and magazines from 150 countries in 60+ languages. Every publication appears in full color with its original print layout, giving you an authentic reading experience from anywhere. What You’ll Find Stay current with essential business and news sources including the Boston Globe, Fast Company, Inc., and Newsweek. Unwind with entertainment and […]
Power Your Projects with Data from Pardee Library
Get ready to level up your research game! Pardee Library gives you access to a world of data – financial, economic, government, and marketing – so you can turn insights into impact. Whether you’re tracking economic trends, researching markets, or exploring policy data, our databases and datasets give you the edge you need for your […]
Open Access Week: Explore OpenBU
The BU Libraries are celebrating International Open Access Week (October 20-26) by highlighting library services that support the global reach of scholarship produced at BU and the variety of works available in BU’s digital institutional repository. To support the university’s commitment to “disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as possible” as outlined in its open access […]
Top Business Publications You Can Access for Free
Ready to boost your grades and gain a better understanding of what’s happening in business? Stop fighting paywalls and sketchy sources. BU Libraries gives you free online access to the same trusted publications CEOs and investors read every day. Find What You Need Fast: Type the publication name in BU Libraries Search to access it instantly. The […]
From BU Today: Robert Redford’s Mysterious, and Little-Known, Tie to Boston University
Upon the passing of legendary actor and director Robert Redford last week, the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at BU Libraries invited BU Today to learn more about its Robert Redford collection and view the annotated scripts, promotional materials, personal sketches, and other materials he gave to the University. From BU Today: “The collection has over a dozen […]
Archivists prepare the Nikki Giovanni Collection for use as her last book is published
The archivists of Boston University Libraries are hard at work preparing the archive of poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni for use. Beginning in 1971, and over the course of her career, Nikki Giovanni donated more than 185 boxes filled with her manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, subject files, printed materials, professional records, personal memorabilia, audio and video recordings, and […]
BU Libraries celebrate Della Hardman Day
On July 26, the BU Libraries celebrated Della Hardman Day with the Martha’s Vineyard community. This annual celebration honors the legacy of Della Hardman—an artist, educator, author, and advocate for cultural understandingand social justice—whose papers are preserved by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at the BU Libraries. After earning her master’s degree in fine […]
Digital Edition of The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman Now Available
A digital version of the five-volume documentary edition, The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, edited by Walter Earl Fluker, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor Emeritus, is now publicly available online. This comprehensive online resource, developed by The Howard Thurman Papers Project in collaboration with The Center for Digital Editing at the University of Virginia, makes accessible Dr. […]