News about library resources and services for DePaul University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
Do you teach a course in the First-Year Program? If so, please encourage your students to apply for the Library Research Prize. The new Library Research Prize honors student work that best demonstrates the effective use of information resources and the application of information literacy skills, described as the “set
In 2015, DePaul alumnus and trustee Arnold Grisham donated his collection of African American books to the DePaul University Library Special Collections and Archives. Mr. Grisham was seeking a home for his books where they would be available to students, consulted, and appreciated. The Arnold and Jane Grisham Collection boasts
Since 2014, our Learning Commons partners in the DePaul University Career Center have spearheaded a broad review of the ways in which the college experience contributes to students’ ability to connect what they are learning inside and outside the classroom to life skills, career goals, and a positive orientation toward
Faculty members wishing to refer their students to the library for assistance with research projects, or other academic work that involves seeking, evaluating, and using information from an increasingly diverse array of print, digital, or multi-media sources, can now make that connection through BlueStar. BlueStar is a “one-stop shop” for
DePaul’s Special Collections and Archives has a long-standing commitment to faculty collaboration and student instruction, yet our own mission starts with verbs describing materials– “collects, preserves, and shares rich primary source materials”—rather than teaching. This focus on materials is understandable, since we are the stewards of rare, often unique and
Research methods are a key element of the curriculum in many departments at DePaul. In response, the library has acquired SAGE Research Methods which provides a wide array of electronic materials to support faculty who are teaching research methods. Sage Reference Methods contains over one thousand eBooks, selected journal content,
This March, a team of DePaul University English department faculty members, Rebecca Cameron, Jennifer Conary and John Shanahan and librarian, Jessica Alverson participated in the “Information Fluency in the Disciplines” workshop sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges in Louisville, KY. The workshop included participants from 20 + private academic
Thanks to the Value of Academic Libraries initiative, evidence is beginning to confirm what librarians have long suspected: library usage correlates with student success. Initial results of a recent study at Illinois Institute of Technology show that “any library usage was always accompanied by a slightly higher achievement in GPA
The DePaul University Library is always working to support faculty and students, especially in the dynamic field of Digital Humanities (DH). One of our DePaul librarians, Jennifer Schwartz, attended the Digital Humanities Institute for Mid-Career Librarians at the University of Rochester in July of 2015, where she developed new skills
Students come to DePaul to learn. Faculty don’t expect students to know the content and processes that will be assessed in finals week when students walk into their classrooms on the first day of the term; that first class session starts a journey and a progression. The same process of