News and Events

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 [...]

Reduced Library Hours in Response to Delayed Spring Semester

In response to the President's message, Steely is reducing operating hours from January 8- 14, 2022. The Omicron variant is expected to peak quickly. Therefore, Steely will resume regular operating hours by the start of the semester[...]

New Year New Librarians

At the end of the Fall semester, Steely welcomed two new members to Team Steely. Join us in welcoming [...]

Open Educational Resources Program Launching in Spring 2022

Steely Library is committed to supporting the growth of OER use across campus in order to support student success, social justice, and equity for students with unmet financial needs. A cross-institutional team led by the library has joined an AAC&U Institute on Open Educational Resources for the 2021-2022 academic year, to advance OER adoption, adaptation, and [...]

2022 Library Fellowship for Undergraduate Students of Color Now Open for Applicants

Boost your resume and research skills with an Undergraduate Fellowship at Steely Library. Recipients are awarded $1,500 for a 120-hour commitment. The Spring 2022 Library Fellowship application is open from [...]

Steely Library Helps NKU Students Save over $1 Million

This fall, Steely Library’s Textbook Affordability Program added 45 electronic textbooks to the library catalog. The Textbook Affordability Program has the potential to reach 13,113 students, saving them over $1 million in textbook costs.  [...]

6 New Databases Now Available through Steely Library

Steely Library continues to increase NKU’s access to the world’s information by acquiring the industry’s most reputable online databases. Steely recently added [...]

Welcome Samantha Geiger, Steely's New Makerspace Coordinator 

On September 20th, Steely Library welcomed Samantha Geiger as Stego Studio's inaugural Makerspace Coordinator. Samantha previously served [...]

Introducing the 2021-22 Board of Student Stakeholders (BOSS)

This fall, Steely Library is welcoming a new cohort of student board members following an open application process over the summer. The BOSS team will meet monthly and work together throughout the academic year to [...]

Navigating COVID-19 Vaccine Information Online - Let's be FRANK

Not sure if you should get the vaccine? Don’t let inaccurate or misleading information be the reason that stops you. At W. Frank Steely Library, Librarians teach FRANK strategies as part of the GEARUP program to help our community navigate an information environment that can often feel complex and chaotic. While FRANK strategies are [...]