The Helen B. and Martin D. Schwartz Special Collections and Digital Complex is an innovative, collaborative, and interactive learning and teaching environment dedicated to serving the educational advancement of the students of Ball State University.

The Schwartz Digital Complex provides a space that digitally connects students and faculty to the numerous digital media assets and special collections available through the University Libraries. It is a place for students and faculty to reach across the globe to understand better the stories and customs of world cultures through digital media.

While making available the University Libraries’ rich array of digital media assets and special collections, the Schwartz Complex also provides access to media from around the world — a digital “newsstand” that provides access to international media, broadcasts, podcasts, and multimedia. It is a global gallery that provides students and faculty with a media-rich gateway to visually and aurally connect to the artifacts that form the world’s cultures and societies. The Schwartz Complex also serves as an innovative and flexible space for fostering an undergraduate research culture.

This technology-rich facility in the Alexander M. Bracken Library has been made possible by a generous gift of Martin D. Schwartz in honor of his late wife, Helen.

The Schwartz Digital Complex's Digital Viewing Room and Digital Learning Pods Room may be reserved using this form.