News about library resources and services for DePaul University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
During fall quarter, the DePaul Mathematics Club will be constructing a “Menger Sponge” on the first floor of the John T. Richardson Library. A Menger Sponge is a fractal named after mathematician Karl Menger, a long-time faculty member at the Illinois Institute of Technology, that is distinguished by having “zero
The DePaul University Library welcomed a number of new librarians over the summer, including: Christine McClure, who joins us as Digital Services Coordinator, from her previous position at the Illinois Institute of Technology. In her new position, Christine will be responsible for providing leadership for web-based services provided by the library,
The DePaul University Library will be closed on Tuesday, August 23rd, to allow staff to complete a number of projects in preparation for the start of the new academic year. Both the John T. Richardson Library and the Loop Library will be closed on the 23rd, and will re-open for
On August 11-12, 2016, almost 100 librarians, archivists, and museum professionals will come to DePaul University from around the world to attend the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 2016 Information Literacy Satellite Conference, “Information and Artifactual Literacies: Engaging Minds in Libraries and Museums.” The DePaul University Library
DePaul University has joined the Open Textbook Network (OTN), an alliance of colleges and universities working together to promote the use of open educational resources (OERs), especially open textbooks, in higher education. As an OTN member, the DePaul University Library will begin working with faculty during the 2016-17 academic year
April Hummons, Circulation Desk Supervisor in the DePaul University Library’s Access Services Department, has been named a Spectrum Scholar for 2016-17 by the American Library Association. Established in 1997, the Spectrum Scholarship Program was created to promote diversity among graduate-level library school students and provides each awardee with a $5,000
The Digital Liberal Arts Exchange (DLAx) is a national initiative to bring together expertise in the digital humanities and social sciences as part of a network of academic institutions dedicating faculty, technology, and library resources to digital scholarship programs. DLAx Director Michael Roy, Dean of the Library at Middlebury College,
On March 8, 2016, we conducted a “Library Snapshot Day” in the DePaul University Library to find out more about what happens (and how often it happens) during one day in the life of the library. Library Snapshot Day has been conducted across the country since the program was launched
The DePaul University Library partners with campus colleagues each year to promote reading and the use of library resources to extend learning opportunities in the co-curriculum. This spring, we are excited to offer new resources related to our work with DePaul Athletics, the President’s Book Club, and the DePaul Art
The theme of National Library Week 2016 is “Libraries Transform,” a celebration of the role of libraries in our communities and the ways in which academic libraries are transforming to better meet the information needs of their users and to better support new models of teaching, learning, scholarship, and service in