News about library resources and services for DePaul University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
The DePaul University Library will be closed on Monday, September 6th for Labor Day. The John T. Richardson Library will remain open on Saturday and Sunday, and online research help will also be available. Please visit our Hours page for more information. We look forward to welcoming you back on
Effective June 21st, the Loop Library will re-open to current students, staff, and faculty on Mondays and Wednesdays only, from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Additional weekdays will be added later this summer. Open study space and individual carrels spread across the entire 10th Floor will be available; study rooms will remain
The Research Help Desk is now open for walk-up research support at the John T. Richardson Library from 1-5pm, Monday-Thursday beginning June 14. In addition to hours and access expanding this summer, we are excited to work again in person with our students, faculty and staff this summer at our
The DePaul University Library will be closed on Monday, 5/31 for Memorial Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, 6/1. Research help and our Ask a Librarian service will remain available on Saturday and Sunday with regular hours. Please note that LibrarySearch and Find Full Text will be unavailable from Saturday,
Jamahl Spann, Billing Assistant at the DePaul University Library, reflects on the Library’s recent decision to abolish overdue fines. This new policy was guided by CARLI, our statewide system of academic and research libraries in Illinois. All I-Share libraries who are members of this system, including the DePaul University Library,
We are pleased to announce the Library will resume its reservation services for current students, faculty and staff starting Monday, February 1. Access will include the second floor of the John T. Richardson Library, which houses 18 PC, 2 Mac, and 2 Wacom workstations, in addition to open space for
Effective January 25, Contactless Pickup service hours at the John T. Richardson Library will be expanded to Monday-Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm. Service hours will continue Monday and Wednesday 12:00pm-4:00pm at the Loop Library. Contactless Pickup is a way to borrow print books from the DePaul University Library in a safe, socially distant
From everyone at the DePaul University Library, we hope you have a warm and restful holiday! Although the DePaul University Library is closed for holiday break December 23 through January 3, we wanted to let you know what services to expect when we reopen January 4, the first day of
In light of Mayor Lightfoot’s Stay-at-Home-Advisory urging Chicagoans “to stay at home in response to the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the city…” and the recent announcement made by DePaul University administration announcing DePaul building closures and restrictions, the DePaul University Library will be physically closed now
Beginning September 21, the DePaul University Library Contactless Pickup Service will be expanded to include I-Share borrowing and lending. Using the new LibrarySearch, faculty, staff and students will be able to request items from other I-Share libraries and select a pickup location of either the John T. Richardson Library, the