News and Events

2021 Winners Selected for W. Frank Steely Library Research Award

Excellence in research has earned two graduate students at Northern Kentucky University recognition as winners of the 2021 W. Frank Steely Library Research Award [...]

2023 Steely Research Award Winners

In conjunction with NKU’s spring Celebration of Student Research and Creativity, Steely awards two students for outstanding work that showcases the use of library resources, services, and information literacy concepts. Join us in celebrating the 2022 Steely Research Award winners [...]

Facilities Update: Gender-Neutral Restrooms Now Available at Steely Library

Steely patrons can now find gender-neutral restrooms on the fourth floor of Steely Library, to the left of the central elevator. The restrooms are open to all genders, wheelchair accessible, and [...]

GEAR+ Ambassadors Take Information Literacy to the Next Level

GEAR+ launched last year to support GEAR ambassadors in further embedding and advocating for information literacy, especially within their own departments. GEAR+ allows for continued [...]

Upcoming Event! Caribe Pop: A New Caribbean Aesthetic

Join us on October 26 at noon in the Eva G. Farris Reading for a panel discussion with Film Professor Mary Leonard and two of the Caribe Pop art movement founders: filmmaker Andrés Farias Cintron and writer Rey Andujar [...]

FUEL NKU and Steely Library Team up to Offer Free Meals to NKU Students

Steely Library is the newest location on campus to provide FUEL UP bags by FUEL NKU to currently enrolled NKU students. Instead of offering free single items, students receive an entire meal bag, including an on-the-go meal, a drink, and three snacks [...]

Calling All NKU Students: Receive $300 for Your Original Design

Steely Library’s makerspace, Stego Studio, invites all creative, currently enrolled NKU students to submit a design idea for our new contest! Students from all majors and disciplines are eligible [...]

Join the Board of Student Stakeholders at Steely Library

Looking for your next leadership opportunity on campus? Applications are now open for students interested in joining the Board of Student Stakeholders for the upcoming academic year. Apply today and help Steely Library better serve its student population. [...]

2022 Steely Research Award Winners

In conjunction with NKU’s spring Celebration of Student Research and Creativity, Steely awards two students for outstanding work that showcases the use of library resources, services, and information literacy concepts. Join us in celebrating the 2022 Steely Research Award winners [...]

Steely Library Receives Academic Unit Excellence in Access Award

At the end of each academic year, the Provost's Office awards individual faculty, staff, and academic units for their remarkable contributions to NKU. Academic units are eligible to receive only one of three awards—each award for accomplishing excellent work related to NKU's strategic framework, Success by Design. This year [...]

Call for Applications – Open Educational Resources Instructor Grants

Building on our well-attended inaugural spring workshop, the NKU OER team is pleased to continue our open educational resources pilot program by announcing a call for instructor grants. Funds will [...]

Support Steely While You Shop

At no cost to you, supporting Steely Library is as simple as shopping at your local Kroger. The more people who link their cards to Steely Library, the more Kroger will donate to Steely at the end of the year.[...]

Steely Library Joins the ACRL Diversity Alliance

This year, Steely Library took a step forward in showing our commitment to diversity in the library profession by joining the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Diversity Alliance. The membership [...]

Steely Library Becomes Member of LOEX

This spring, Steely Library became one of 600 member libraries of LOEX, a non-profit educational clearing house for library instruction and information literacy. LOEX was founded [...]

A Chance to Come Back and Give Back

Apart from investing his time on behalf of the Steely Library, Greg and his wife, Sheila Edwards, have a long history of giving to the university. Recognizing the significant impact that NKU has had on their lives, the pair decided to develop a plan with long-term goals for their philanthropic giving. From this thoughtful consideration came the recent [...]