News about library resources and services for DePaul University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
DePaul University Library is pleased to welcome our new University Archivist, Brittan Nannenga. Brittan is settling into her new role in Special Collections and Archives, where she is responsible for managing an active University Archives program. She will be working closely with faculty, staff, students, and alumni to identify and
Saint_-Jure S.J., Jean-Baptiste. Meditations sur les plus grandes et plus importantes veritez de la foy. Rapportées aux trois Vies, Purgative, Illuminative, & Virtue Et dressees pour les Retraits Spirituelles. Par le R.P. Jean Baptiste Sainct Jure Religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus. a Paris Chez l Veuve J. Camusat Rue
Special Collections and Archives (Richardson Library 314) will be closed for renovation from August 23rd to September 10th. Our reading room and staff areas will be updated with new carpeting, paint, lighting, and furniture. We will be unable to assist researchers in our reading room during this time, and phone
L’Estat des Eglises Cathedrales et Collegiales. Ou il est amplement traitté, de l’Institution des Chapitres & Chanoines:des Offices divins, qu’ils celebrant au Chœur tous les jours: des conditions et qualitez requises en leurs personnes: de la necessité, pouvoir, privilege & préeminence des Corps, en chasque Diocese: ensemble des biens, droicts,
This month our student assistant, Jade Ryerson (sophomore history major), has taken over the controls for our blog post. In recognition of Pride Month and the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this June seemed like an opportune time to highlight and trace DePaul’s own history with queer and trans
Special Collections and Archives will modify our open hours this summer in order to focus our attention on large-scale projects that require the time and skills of multiple staff members, as well as to facilitate some upgrades to our space. From June 17th to August 30th, SPCA will be open
May 25, 2019, marks the 50th anniversary of the Chicago 15 peace action. On that weekend in 1969, fifteen peace activists from the Midwest, East Coast, and Canada entered the Selective Service Headquarters located at 2355 West 63rd Street, removing “50 sacks of files” and burning more than 40,000 draft
Last year, Patricia Chavez and Nora Gabor took you on a tour of poetry through our rare book collections. This year we will focus on what you can find in our DePaul University Archives. In 2018, we celebrated National Poetry month by exploring the poetry that can be found in
“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
On Thursday, February 7th Studio Chi will be hosting Doran Larson, Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Literature & Creative Writing at Hamilton College, for two events that are free and open to the public. Larson is the Director and Principal Investigator of the NEH-funded The American Prison Writing Archive. The American Prison