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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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DePaul Joins the Black Metropolis Research Consortium

On August 30, 2018September 8, 2018 By Scott Walter

The DePaul University Library has joined the Black Metropolis Research Consortium (BMRC), an association of more than a dozen libraries, institutions of higher education, and archival repositories sharing the mission to “connect all who seek to document, share, understand, and preserve Black experiences.” BMRC promotes the discovery, preservation, and use

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Un/Common Copies: Zines in Special Collections and Archives

On May 3, 2018May 10, 2018 By Jamie Nelson

Special Collections and Archives is home to a wide variety of research materials that are rare, unique, and valuable (think vellum, embellished leather bindings, university records, one of a kind letters and photographs, etc.). So why are collections of photocopies getting so much attention? Our zine collections have attracted recent

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New Tool for Searching the Archives

On October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 By Jamie Nelson

Searching for, and searching within, library resources has come a long way from the days of physically consulting card catalogs. Today, faculty and students are most likely to start their searches from a keyboard or smartphone rather than on paper. Archival materials haven’t enjoyed this same liberation—often researchers are expected

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Teaching and Learning with Sr. Helen Prejean

On May 11, 2017May 30, 2017 By Jamie Nelson

For the past five years, Sr. Helen Prejean has included DePaul University on her packed speaking engagement calendar, with activities ranging from small meals shared with students to in-class discussions to auditorium style lectures and panels. For those of you who have heard Sr. Helen speak or brought her into

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Making Wikipedia Work For You

On February 2, 2017April 27, 2017 By Cassandra DellaCorte

Wikipedia is the fifth most popular website and the most popular general reference. If you have an Internet connection, you’ve probably used Wikipedia, and students use it as their first stop for research. But what if, instead of just consuming Wikipedia content, students produced it? What would they gain from this experience,

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African American Literature Collection Brings New Possibilities for Student Research

On February 1, 2017February 6, 2017 By Nora Epstein

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

Manuscript of Felix DeAndreis’s voyage to the United States. DeAndreis was the first superior of the American mission.

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Roman Vincentian Archives to be Digitized by Special Collections

On October 5, 2016October 12, 2016 By Andrew Rea

DePaul is home of the largest collection of Vincentian Studies material in the Americas, including over 8,000 volumes, 5,000 pieces of ephemera, and several hundred linear feet of archival material. As libraries and special collections continue to increase digital access to some of their most unique materials, DePaul University Special

Teaching with Special Collections and Archives

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Active Learning for Archives and Special Collections

On October 4, 2016October 12, 2016 By Jamie Nelson

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