{"id":3543,"date":"2016-04-12T02:18:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T02:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=3543"},"modified":"2016-04-12T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T15:11:19","slug":"national-library-week-april-10-16-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2016\/04\/12\/national-library-week-april-10-16-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"National Library Week (April 10 \u2013 16, 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The theme of National Library Week 2016 is \u201cLibraries Transform<\/a>,\u201d a celebration of\u00a0the 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 higher education.<\/p>\n

\"BecauseRamen-lo-res\"<\/a>At DePaul, there has been no clearer evidence of this transformation than the ongoing renovation of the John T. Richardson Library, which, since 2013, has seen significant changes in its physical space, available information technology, and variety of services made available to DePaul University faculty, staff, and students, including those found in the\u00a0Learning Commons<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Scholar\u2019s Lab<\/a>. During 2015 \u2013 2016, library staff have continued to collaborate with faculty and students to plan for the next phase of the Richardson Library renovation, which promises new enhancements to spaces and services, as well as a \u201ctransformed\u201d approach to our design and delivery of services in emergent areas of the DePaul academic program, including digital humanities and data science.<\/p>\n

Since 2013, the DePaul University Library has pursued strategic investments in the creation and acquisition of digital content, established new programs in technology training and loanable technology, and provided leadership for strategic partnerships with other libraries, archives, and museums that ensure that members of the DePaul community have access to the tools, resources, and expertise they need to be \u201cworld ready<\/a>.\u201d If you have borrowed materials from foreign countries through the\u00a0Center for Research Libraries<\/a>, located primary source materials through\u00a0Chicago Collections<\/a>, or downloaded a digital data set made accessible through the\u00a0Federal Depository Library Program<\/a>, you have seen how our library promotes innovation in education at DePaul, and how our library has \u201ctransformed\u201d to better serve the needs of a changing academic environment.<\/p>\n

Sari Feldman, President of the American Library Association<\/a>, has said that: “Today\u2019s libraries are not just about what we have for people, but what we do for and with people,” and people have always been at the heart of library service at DePaul. “The goal of the\u00a0Libraries Transform<\/em>\u00a0campaign,”\u00a0she continues, “is to change the perception that \u2018libraries are just quiet places to do research, find a book, and read\u2019 to a shared understanding of libraries as dynamic centers for learning in the digital age.”\u00a0This vision for the future of academic libraries has helped shape the transformation of library spaces, services, and collections at DePaul as part of\u00a0Vision 2018<\/a>, and we look forward to continuing to work with our campus and community partners to ensure that the library remains a center for innovation at DePaul University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The theme of National Library Week 2016 is \u201cLibraries Transform,\u201d a celebration of\u00a0the 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 higher education. At DePaul, there <\/p>\n

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