Join us tonight in Special Collections for an evening with Dr. Joe Schwieterman, as we celebrate and discuss the recent release of his latest book, Beyond Burnham: An Illustrated History of Planning for the Chicago Region.

Dr. Schwieterman, the director of the Chaddick Institute of Metropolitan Development here at DePaul, is a noted authority on transportation and a long-standing contributor to the Transportation Research Board (TRB), a unit of the National Academy of Sciences. A book signing and reception will following the reading, as well as the chance to explore the current exhibit in Special Collections & Archives, "The City that Works: Burnham and the Chicago Plan," which features an original copy of the Burnham Plan.

Wednesday, November 4th
Richardson Library, Special Collections & Archives
room 314
5:00pm 

Join us next Wednesday for an evening with Dr. Joe Schwieterman, as we celebrate and discuss the recent release of his latest book, Beyond Burnham: An Illustrated History of Planning for the Chicago Region. Dr. Schwieterman, the director of the Chaddick Institute of Metropolitan Development here at DePaul, is a noted authority on transportation and a long-standing contributor to the Transportation Research Board (TRB), a unit of the National Academy of Sciences. A book signing and reception will following the reading, as well as the chance to explore the current exhibit in Special Collections & Archives, "The City that Works: Burnham and the Chicago Plan," which features an original copy of the Burnham Plan.

Wednesday, November 4th
Richardson Library, Special Collections & Archives
room 314
5:00pm  

 

There's still time to read the DePaul President's Book Club selection, Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know by Julie E. Sweig, before next week's discussion at the John T. Richard Library! If you've followed debates about U.S.-Cuban relations in the news and want to know more, this book tells the story. Organized in an engaging Q & A format, Dr. Sweig presents a concise history of Cuba, its internal politics, and its role in world affairs.

After reading the book, join faculty, staff, and students, along with author Dr. Julie Sweig, for a discussion and reception. The President's Book Club will meet on Tuesday, October 27th at 3 p.m. in room 400 of the Richardson Library.

Register online at: http://www.itd.depaul.edu/quickdata2/viewwebform.asp?id=4618

Welcome, families! In celebration of Family Weekend, we'd like to invite students and families to join us at the Richardson Library from 4-6 p.m. tonight, October 16th, for Game Night. We'll be playing a variety of games from Wii Play to CandyLand to chess.

And then stop by on Saturday, October 17th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a tour of Richardson Library. Tours leave every half hour from the circulation desk and will highlight our unique resources and eclectic array of art.

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15 by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.  This observation began in September 1968 when Congress authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week.  The week was expanded to a month in 1988 during the Reagan administration.  September 15 was chosen as the start of the celebration because it falls on the independence days for five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.  Independence anniversaries for Mexico and Chile fall closely behind on September 16 and 18.

Visit our Hispanic Heritage Month display in the hallway at the entrance of the John T. Richardson Library at the Lincoln Park Campus and check out these Hispanic attractions in Chicago compiled by the Red Eye.

Summer isn't over yet!  Check out these two free festivals this weekend!

Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival
Grant Park, Jackson and Columbus
11 am - 9:30 pm (Saturday and Sunday)

Featuring evening performances by Aterciopelados (Saturday) and Javier Garcia (Sunday).
 

Taste of Greece 2009
100-400 Blocks of S. Halsted St.
Noon-11pm (Saturday and Sunday)

Featuring Greek food, music and dancing! 

What do an American founding father, a Chinese revolutionary leader, an FBI director, an infamous lover, a pope, and a surrealist artist have in common? Ben Franklin, Mao Zedong, J. Edgar Hoover, Giacomo Casanova, Pope Pius XI, and Marcel Duchamp all worked as librarians. Ever wonder what it is like to work in a library?

A group of promising undergraduate and graduate scholars recently had the opportunity to find out by participating in a tour of DePaul’s John T. Richardson Library. DePaul hosted participants from LAMP, an organization dedicated to encouraging students from historically underrepresented populations to gain greater awareness of the library profession. 

 

 

 

Want to know how you can participate in your own tour of the library?

Tours of DePaul’s Richardson Library will take place on Saturday, October 18, 2009 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m as part of Family & Alumni Weekend. Join us as we explore unique resources and perhaps you will one day start your own revolution.

 

A self-guided library tour is also available on the library’s website.

 

 

 

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month, a celebration and recognition of contributions made by LGBT Americans. In 2000, President Bill Clinton first designated the month of June as Gay and Lesbian Pride month, and earlier this month President Barack Obama issued a proclamation to reinstate this designation. 

Along with many other cities around the world, Chicago hosts an annual gay pride parade, PRIDEChicago, which will step off from Belmont and Halsted at 12 p.m. on Sunday, June 28th. This year's parade commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, a landmark event in LGBT history that is often cited as the birth of the gay rights movement. In the wake of a routine police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village on June 28, 1969, a spontaneous and violent resistance by gay clientele spilled out onto the street and resulted in a dozen arrests and injuries. As news of the riot spread, thousands of LGBT people reconvened over the next several nights to demonstrate and protest harassment. The meetings and community discussions that grew out these demonstrations led to the establishment of hundreds of gay and lesbian organizations by the mid-1970s and thousands by the end of that decade.

To learn more about the Stonewall riots and the gay rights movement, check out these books and videos available at the library. Throughout the month, the Lincoln Park campus library will also feature a display of selected new LGBT books on the hallway bulletin board just outside the library.

Sources:
Wasserman, Fred. "Stonewall Riots." LGBT: Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America. 2004.
Kocurek, Carly A. "Stonewall Rebellion." Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice. Accessed from Sage Reference Online on 17 June 2009.

The Lincoln Park campus library, as well as Schmitt Academic Center (SAC), and classroom buildings Levan and O'Connell, will be closing at 6pm tonight, Friday May 29th due to FEST. [See the DePaul Activities Board Facebook event page for more info.]

Richardson Library will reopen at 10am on Saturday May 30. 

Best wishes to all as we enter the last two weeks of the Spring Quarter!