News about library resources and services for DePaul University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Discover Chicago program, and the John T. Richardson Library has mounted an exhibit highlighting the innovative freshman experiential learning program and the ways in which the Library supports the Chicago Quarter courses each year. The exhibit features books from the Library collection
Through a pilot project launched in May, the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) is now providing member institutions with access to over 29,000 e-books. The collection is comprised of humanities and social science titles from a wide variety of publishers that includes, among others, Bloomsberg Academic,
Kathryn DeGraff retired in August after 40 years of service to the DePaul University Library. In a career dedicated to DePaul, Kathryn began work in Library Acquisitions, became the founding Head of what is now the DePaul University Special Collections and Archives, and was named the University’s first University Archivist.
DePaul University Special Collections and Archives will open a new exhibit on May 14th, drawn from the personal papers of Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ. In Deeds and Words: the Prejean Ministry Against the Death Penalty reveals notable moments in Sr. Helen’s 30 years of advocacy on behalf of death row
Faculty–The local version of the ITHAKA Faculty Survey is still available for your completion through Wednesday, May15th. Please take this opportunity to contribute to this national study of faculty perspectives in scholarship, publishing, and the role of libraries. Make an impact on the future of scholarship and teaching in an
Sister Helen Prejean’s recent visit to DePaul included many opportunities for conversations with students. One evening in Special Collections brought life to other voices not present in the room those in letters, poetry, artwork and other documents preserved in Sister Helen Prejean’s papers in DePauls Special Collections and Archives. Students
The DePaul University Library has engaged in an active review of its collections program in recent years to ensure that we are best able to meet the teaching, learning and research needs of our faculty and students. Among the initiatives we have pursued as part of this review have been
The DePaul University Library locations currently housed on the Suburban Campuses will close permanently at the end of their regularly-scheduled service hours on June 13, 2014. Faculty and students will continue to have access to library resources and services through services such as Ask-a-Librarian, online research guides and tutorials, and
The DePaul University Library will be migrating our Web site to the SharePoint platform this summer, with an expected launch in August after the end of the summer session. Most major library systems will continue to operate unchanged as will the structure of our site during this migration, so if
Kyle Henke, Digital Archivist, comes to DePaul University from Columbia College where he established an institutional repository and managed the digital collections of the College Archives while integrating material into the classroom and the College community. Kyles role with Special Collections and Archives will be to acquire and preserve content