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The holiday season is upon us and A Christmas Carol is hard to miss whether it be on TV, put on as a play, or read. Charles Dickens began writing A Christmas Carol, originally titled A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, as a way to make money quickly because he

Library Will be Closed Friday December 6

The Loop and John T. Richardson Library will be closed all day Friday December 6 for a staff retreat. We look forward to seeing you again Saturday during regular hours. Library users will continue to have access to digital content, including full-text articles, e-books and digital media titles including streaming audio and video. Research assistance

Saint Vincent’s Reading List: LXX The Birth of Louis XIV

Ode a la Reyne sur la naissance de Monseigneur le Dauphin. Presentée a sa Majesté par Mr. Le Grand. A Paris, Chez Jean Brnet, ruë neusve Sainct Louys, à la Crosse, & au Canon Royal, M. DC. XXXVIII. SpC. 841.4 O23b1638 In a postscript to a letter he wrote on January 30, 1638, Vincent de Paul

Richardson Library Open Overnight for Finals

Finals are here and it’s time to study all night at the library! The John T. Richardson Library is open overnight starting now until midnight Tuesday November 26. Please remember to bring your DePaul i.d. to stay in the library after 11:00pm. Snacks will be for sale in the hallway and the Vinnie Van should

The Overstory by Richard Powers Reviewed by Susan Bazargan

Reading Richard Powers’s The Overstory, I was reminded of George Herbert, the 17th-century metaphysical poet and priest, a “devotional lyricist” known for writing “pattern poems,” in which the lines are so arranged that they become visual, “concrete” representations of the subject of the poem. Powers’s novel offers a grand reworking of that concept: trees, the

Library News for Faculty

News about library resources and services supporting teaching and scholarship at DePaul University

This is not Goodbye

After a nine-year run, the DePaul University Library will cease publication of our quarterly Faculty Newsletter. However, this is not “goodbye.” The newsletter has been a wonderful opportunity for the Library to engage with our amazingly supportive faculty and we want to sustain this connection. The Library will continue to publish news, announce resources and

Faculty Development at Your Library

With the launch of the newly-named Center for Teaching and Learning, DePaul has taken the next step in designing, delivering, and assessing the impact of a coordinated approach to faculty development across core areas of teaching, learning, scholarship, and engagement. While the library has been a long-time partner in teaching and learning programs across our

Open Access Publishing by College at DePaul University

Open Access (OA) refers to research that is made freely available online. One of the most recent additions to the Library’s repertoire of Research Guides is the Open Access Guide which provides pointers to OA policies and resources and describes the ways in which a publication can be made openly accessible. An interesting feature of

New Learning Outcomes at the Library

Classroom instruction is one important way that librarians engage with DePaul students, as we collaborate with faculty to teach how to find and evaluate information pursued both for course-related research and lifelong learning. This past academic year, the library participated in a university-wide process to revise and update our instruction learning outcomes. We recognize that

New Research Meet & Greet Series

Studio Chi and the DePaul University Library have teamed up to launch Research Meet & Greet, a monthly networking and research sharing forum designed to foster collaboration and innovation across disciplines. The Research Meet and Greet series focuses on spreading the word about the projects and research developed across the University and consists of invited

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