The library really wants to know what you think about our services, so we’ve enabled a customer satisfaction survey.  The link to the survey can be found just under our “Ask A Librarian” feature and just above our news headlines on the front page of the library site. Look for the heading, “Tell us what you think!” and click on “take our quick survey.”

Or, take it right now! http://dpu.countingopinions.com/

Pick the library you use most, but feel free to comment on your experiences at any of the DePaul University Libraries.  You can choose to take a short (5-7 minute) or longer, more in-depth survey that takes about 15 minutes.  Both surveys help us to identify areas where we can improve services and better understand the needs of DePaul community members.   There is no need to answer any questions that do not apply to you.   

Thanks! We are looking forward to hearing more about how we can improve your library experience.  

Several patrons reported problems trying to authenticate this afternoon. Information Services was notified and staff members were able to resolve the issue. We apologize for the temporary inconvenience.

Join us for a reading and recpetion with DePaul author, Kirk Shellko. Dr. Shellko, a member of the Department of Modern Languages, will discuss his first novel, Antinomy: A Union of Mind, and will explore the concepts of the One and the Other in his work. 

Thursday, February 26, 2009

John T. Richardson Library, room 300

4:30pm - 6:30pm

 

 

 

 

 

You may check out as many books as you need from DePaul and I-Share libraries! If you are an undergraduate student, you may keep books for 4 weeks.  Graduate students have 8 weeks, and faculty have 16 weeks to return or renew their items. DePaul Library  CDs, DVDs, and other media may be borrowed for one week, and you may  borrow up to two at a time.

Keeping track of your borrowed items (and renewing them when they come due) is easy. Click on the link to “Renew Books (My Account)” on the front page of the library web site—it’s the  first thing on our list of services on the left-hand side of the page.  Once you’ve logged in with your 14 digit Library Borrower ID (located on the back of your DePaul ID card), you should see a list of the items you’ve checked out.  Mark the items you wish to renew and click “Renew Selected Items."   

 

Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/phonono/520421532/

 Chicago Police have given the all clear to the Richardson Library, which has now reopened and has been declared safe after an 11:30am evacuation. All campus activities and classes in this building and the entire Lincoln Park Campus will continue this afternoon as scheduled.

For updates, check DePaul’s home page at http://depaul.edu/.

Today's DeAndreis-Rosati Memorial Archives Quarterly lecture, given by Deborah Skok, has been moved to the Student Center, room 324, due to the temporary closure of the Richardson Library.

For more information about the event, see: http://mission.depaul.edu/_downloads/DRMA%20February%202009.pdf

 

February 16-22nd is Career Week at DePaul.  This year the  DePaul Career Center is offering a series of "career–related activities and seminars for experienced adults, those in transition, and those looking for change." The schedule of activities and events is available here, but be sure to visit the DePaul Career Center for information all DePaul students and alumni can use, like their "Resume Drive Thru" service and other job search assistance.  

The spotlight is also on the DePaul University Libraries' Career Collection this week.  We feature books that will help perfect your resumes and cover letters, as well as books for people just begining to explore their career options. The Richardson Library Career Collection is located on the first floor near the back of our reference collection,  and the Loop Campus Library Career Collection is located below the windows of our database search room. 

The Image Collection has recently scanned (or rescanned) images relating to the theory and practice of art. These images include color wheels, illustrations of color theory and optical effects, perspective diagrams and examples of modeling. We have also added illustrations of theoretical texts by the Bauhaus artist and teacher Johannes Itten and plates illustrating "The Interaction of Color" by American artist Josef Albers. These images can be most easily found by searching "General Art Theory" in the Category box of the Advanced Search Page. 

 

Additionally, we have added content and higher-quality images in the following categories:

Ancient Art: Aegean Pottery, Painting and Sculpture from Pompeii and Herculaneum

African Art: Works from the Baule and Sao cultures.

Medieval Art: Manuscript Illuminations produced by the Limbourg Brothers.

Renaissance/Baroque Art: Paintings by Titian

Japanese Art: Prints by Utamaro

American Art: Paintings by Tom Wesselman

Photography: Works by Sebastiao Salgado

For more information about the Image Collection, or for assistance in locating images, contact the Image Collection staff.

Check out these amazing online Lincoln collections available to students and scholars, our pick to mark the 200th celebration of Lincoln's birthday on February 12.    

Abraham Lincoln Books

Abraham Lincoln Books provides electronic access to books on Lincoln dating from 1865 to the early 1900s and is available through the joint effort of The University of Illinois and the Open Content Alliance. 

Don't miss Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch: Cartoons, Comments and Poems, a personal favorite near the top of the list.

Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress has digitized primary resources from Lincoln's life including Lincoln's draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, the March 4, 1865 draft of his second Inaugural Address, and the August 23, 1864 memorandum expressing his expectation of being defeated for re-election in the upcoming presidential contest.

 

  

Lincolniana at Brown

This collection consists of multimedia materials from the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, including the president’s manuscripts and correspondence as well as posters and pamphlets from the Civil War era.

    

We hope you enjoy all the collections!

 

Illustrations (top to bottom)

 "The Home and Tomb of President Lincoln." Springfield, Ill: Sangamo Insurance Co., 1865 Sangamo Insurance Co., Springfield, Ill. Lincolniana at Brown. <http://dl.lib.brown.edu/repository2/repoman.php>.

Ostendorf, Lloyd (illustrator). "The Angry Lincoln" in Lincoln's Lost Speech. New York: Hauthorn Books Inc., 1967. Lincolniana at Brown. <http://dl.lib.brown.edu/repository2/repoman.php>.

Third in a series highlighting DePaul’s campus and how it has changed through the years.

Can you guess which building this is?

 

 

The Schmitt Academic Center didn’t always look like the building that we see today. Although it now connects to O’Connell and Levan, when first constructed SAC stood alone. Named after Arthur J. Schmitt, a noted inventor and philanthropist, SAC was built in 1967 in order to house classrooms, faculty offices, and the university library.

Although it may not be obvious to the general eye, the SAC building won the Concrete Contractor’s Association Superior Craftsmanship Award for “superior concrete construction” in 1968. The next year, in 1969, SAC was taken over by the Black Student Union in order to demand better education for African-American students at DePaul. In 1992, the Richardson Library was built, which eventually connected to SAC through a hallway, and then in 2001, the SAC, O’Connell, and Levan buildings were renovated and joined, obscuring the front view of SAC.

Today SAC remains a vital part of campus life, though it has changed a great deal throughout the years.