ISU’s Milner Library offers ‘Hear Me Out’ exhibit

Posted on November 23, 2017

By Lindsey Harrison/WMBD-TV

NORMAL – Illinois State University is looking to share some history and spread positivity around campus.

They’re doing it with two new exhibits at Milner Library.

“Hear Me Out” is an exhibit that lets people write quotes or song lyrics on a piece of paper to put on display.

You can then take one that speaks to you, to help you get through your day.

“Serving Students: The Legacy of Milner’s Library” is an exhibit going through the timeline of Milner Library, from the past to the future.

“The library is more than just a building and the books and the resources,” said exhibit curator Angela Bonnell. “It’s more about how we help students, how we serve students, and how we’ve been doing that since our first real library back in 1890. So that is what this is about.”

“Hear Me Out” will be on display until Dec. 4 while “The Legacy of Milner’s Library” is on display through the new year.

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