Vision 2018 Archives - Library News for Faculty

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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Information Literacy and Transfer Student Success

On May 10, 2018May 10, 2018 By Scott Walter

A commitment to student success was a core component of Vision 2018, one seen in the library through the establishment of our Learning Commons partnerships and our work with colleagues to identify undergraduate learning goals for information literacy in first-year programs including Chicago Quarter and WRD 104. As we move

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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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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

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Five Years In

On May 8, 2017May 10, 2017 By Scott Walter

In April 2012, I arrived at DePaul University just as the library was preparing to undertake the second phase of the John T. Richardson Library renovation and to craft a strategic plan aligned with the university’s Vision 2018. As I celebrate my 5-year anniversary at DePaul, and as we prepare

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Library Research Services Now Available in BlueStar

On October 17, 2016October 17, 2016 By Scott Walter

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