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This is not Goodbye

On January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 By Ashley McMullin

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

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More Specialized Work Spaces Available at JTR

On May 10, 2018 By Christine McClure

The availability of new spaces and services offered as part of Phase 3 of the John T. Richardson Library renovation continues. Earlier this year, we launched the 1581 Media Studios: sound-buffered rooms for 1-2 people to record and edit audio-visual projects for either class assignments or personal interest. With over

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1581 Studios Now Available for Reservation

On February 16, 2018February 19, 2018 By Janice Scurio

The third phase of the John T. Richardson Library renovation extended the open-plan computing of the Information Commons to the second floor of the Library to include the CoRE (Collaborative Research Environment), with Mac and Windows workstations powerful enough to handle CPU-intensive applications used in digital mapping, text and data

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Building Connections

On October 17, 2017 By Scott Walter

For some time, speakers on the library circuit have told us that librarians need to “build connections, not collections” as an essential component of the future of libraries. By this, they mean that our future in an age of digital collections and Google-centered information seeking will be found in the

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Introducing the Maker Hub: Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning

On May 11, 2017May 30, 2017 By Janice Scurio

Opening in the John T. Richardson Library in fall 2017, the Maker Hub will be the library’s new center for offering technologies of making. The Maker Hub will allow DePaul students, faculty, and staff to access emerging technologies and equipment that may be difficult to access otherwise. Visitors to the

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JTR 3.0: Library Renovation Continues to Phase 3

On May 8, 2017May 30, 2017 By Scott Walter

Over the past year, library staff members have engaged colleagues across Academic Affairs, Information Services, and elsewhere in the university to complete planning for Phase 3 of the John T. Richardson Library renovation (scheduled for summer 2017). Like Phase 2, which allowed us to launch highly-successful programs such as the