News about library resources and services for DePaul University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
DePaul University Special Collections and Archives’ new digital exhibit, “To Be Free From Fear”: The Berrigan Family’s Call To Action, was created to coincide with and commemorate the presentation of the inaugural Berrigan-McAlister Award on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. The exhibit, curated by Jade Ryerson ‘21, Special Collections and Archives
Student employees are an essential part of the Library team. In many ways, our services, programs, and resources are robust and dynamic because of their commitment and creativity. Across the country, colleges and universities are celebrating National Student Employment Week during April 12-18, 2021. Supervisors will be recognizing the students
National Catholic Sisters Week is celebrated March 8-14th, within the larger month-long spotlight of Women’s History Month, and kicked off by International Women’s Day on March 8th. A 2016 study found that most Americans report positive perceptions of women religious, and a greater number said that their work is
Julia Phillips’ debut novel is set on the remote Kamchatka Peninsula in northeast Russia, which is only accessible by sea or air; no roads connect it to the mainland. Readers of Disappearing Earth will spend a year on Kamchatka trying to solve the mystery of two sisters who do not
DePaul’s connection to the Irish and Irish-American community in Chicago runs deep, from our earliest university presidents to today’s collaborations between the Irish Studies Program and the Irish Consulate in Chicago. One clear example of this connection is the Irish Collection of rare books in the DePaul University Library’s Special
“Can you look at my resume?” “Can you proofread an email I am sending to my professor?” “Can I practice my presentation?” Librarians and archivists in Special Collections and Archives are often asked questions such as these, not by researchers in our reading room but by our student employees in
Calling all transfer students! Join your peers to find out how the DePaul University Library can support you during your academic career. Learn how to find useful articles and books for your papers and projects and find out how to get the most from our highly-valued Research Help service, including
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the tumultuous summer of 1968, Special Collections and Archives acquired two underground newspapers published in Chicago. Our student assistant, Graeme Evenson (a junior history major), became so absorbed during a project involving the newspapers that we invited him to write the following piece. The editors
On Saturday, October 21, uncover a story about DePaul’s past with letters, photographs, and other primary sources in Special Collections and Archives. The event “Written in the Stars: A Comet’s Tale” is part of the Chicago Area Archivists’ annual celebration of Archives Month, Chicago Open Archives. Throughout the month
DePaul University Library’s Special Collections and Archives is pleased to announce the release of our Dead Man Walking Teaching Kit. The kit is designed for middle and high school educators who incorporate Sr. Helen Prejean’s book, Dead Man Walking or Tim Robbin’s play of the same title into their curriculum. Twenty