News about library resources and services for DePaul University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
The Department of Digitization Services is happy to announce Luna, the new web platform for DePaul University Library’s Instructional Image Collection. Luna replaces Mimsy, offering access to over 60,000 images in the DePaul Instructional Image Collection as well as access to more than 30 digital image collections via Luna Commons. Luna
New faculty are tangled in many threads at a new institution. For professors who have not studied or taught in a 10-week quarter system, the pace can seem overwhelming. The DePaul Libraries are well aware of the complications and are here to help. Many faculty are concerned first and foremost
Whether teaching an occasional course at DePaul while working full time in another profession, carrying a full load of nine courses per academic year, or spreading the course load among several Chicago area universities, adjunct faculty face a unique set of challenges in using the libraries at DePaul. In addition
Linda Morrissett, Director of Libraries, will be retiring after fourteen years at DePaul. Linda came to DePaul in 1997 as the Associate Director for Library Collections and Access Services. For the past nine years Linda has served as the Library Director, a period of time that spans two strategic planning
Faculty members are invited to attend a training about copyright law in higher education and how to stay in compliance when posting copyrighted material online. The session will take place on Wednesday, May 11, from 2:003:30 pm in LPC Student Center, Room 380, and will include: An overview of copyright
How do students make sense of their research assignments once they leave the classroom? And how do librarians guide students in interpreting requirements to meet learning goals? What do faculty expect from both students and librarians when designing research assignments? These are some of the questions library staff addressed in
Students in GAM206: History of Games are assigned to find primary and secondary sources on the history of a board or card game selected by the professor. CDM Associate Professor Robin Burke, who designed the History of Games course, states “Games are an experiential medium – you play a game
Megan Bernal is the Library’s Associate Director for Library Information and Discovery Systems, an area of responsibility covering the Library’s many information systems such as the catalog and integrated library management system Voyager, the institutional repository Via powered by Bepress, and digital library platform ContentDM. She also strategizes innovative ways
Knowing what library users need and want, how they work, and how they expect the libraries to work is key to keeping resources and services current. Getting your feedback empowers us to make positive change, with initiatives such as: • Library renovation planning • Recreational reading collection • Graphic novel
In 2009 DePaul University Library received over 400 responses to a survey sent to all full and part-time DePaul faculty. Results from the survey included praise for the strong service orientation of the library staff and recognition of good performance in delivering a variety of services to faculty and students