News about library resources and services for DePaul University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
While it’s not unusal for museums to offer high-quality scans of its collection on-line, The Rijksmuseum, the Dutch national art museum, has taken a bold step in offering high-resolution images of its collection free of cost. What makes this even more unusual is that, in addition to simply allowing users
The John T. Richardson Library now has a plotter printer that can make posters at no charge to you. If you need a poster printed for class, please enter your information at http://libguides.depaul.edu/plotterprinter. You will receive a notification when your poster is ready for pick-up. Allow one business day for
Thanks to the generous donation of Bruce and Suzie Kovner, DePaul University’s Special Collections and Archives welcomes the addition of the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible, masterfully illustrated by Barry Moser, to its fine press collections. DePaul holds number 135 of 400 copies. The Bibles two volumes contain exemplary artistic and craft
One of the most famous theater performers and interpreters of Samuel Beckett, Rick Cluchey, will be speaking at the The Theatre School at DePaul University, located at 2135 N. Kenmore Ave. in Lincoln Park on Monday, May 6, 2013 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. Cluchey will speak for the
Every year, hundreds of poets and poetry readers participate in National Poetry Month in April. The premise of National Poetry Month is that a writer produces one poem a day, which will accelerate their writing and grow alongside the change of the season. Poetry is the written spoken-word, and like
“Found It in the Archives” highlights the richness of our community collections through intriguing individuals items. In 1984, Liz McAlister, a Catholic pacifist, was put on trial for the destruction of government property after she and other activists protested nuclear weaponry and vandalized Air Force property in Rome, New York.
Ever wondered how DePaul came to possess a prodigious 4500 books related to Napoleon Bonaparte or why there are approximately 900 titles on 19th-century fox hunting, horse racing and other gentlemens leisurely pursuits? A new exhibit in Special Collections & Archives called, The Enduring Legacy of Rare Gifts, chronicles DePaul’s
Special Collections & Archives has just launched a new exhibit, The Enduring Legacy of Rare Gifts, which looks back at how contributions of rare books and maps have shaped the collections over the years. Of special note are the considerable number of gifts given by those closest to the curriculum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently announced a video project called 82nd & Fifth, in which 100 curators talk about 100 works of art at the museum. Each curator was asked to choose a work of art that changed the way he or she sees the world and given two
DePaul’s Special Collections and Archives holds a variety of books related to the African American experience spanning classics in literature and poetry, slavery, music, and expositions on race. The collections were begun in earnest in the 1960s when African American students at DePaul formed the Black Student Union. Among their