The Writing Center Library Outpost will be open during exam week only on Friday, November 20th, from 11:00am to 3:00pm.

During the time the Outpost is closed, students can take advantage of evening and weekend hours at the main Writing Center locations, 11/18 thru 11/21:

Lincoln Park Office, 250 McGaw Hall
Wednesday, November 18: 10:00 – 5:00
Thursday, November 19: 10:00 – 8:00  
Friday, November 20: 10:00 – 5:00 
Saturday, November 21: 11:00 – 4:00
 
Loop Office, 1620 Lewis Center
Wednesday, November 18: 10:00 – 5:00
Thursday, November 19: 10:00 – 8:00  
Friday, November 20: 10:00 – 5:00 

Looking for a quiet place to study for finals in the wee hours of the morning? The Richardson Library has you covered! The Library will be open for DePaul students 24 hours a day from 7:30am Tuesday, November 17th, through 10:00pm Tuesday, November 24th.

The entrance of the library will be locked at 11:00pm and library access will be restricted to the DePaul community at this time.  Students can enter the library by swiping their DePaul IDs through the card reader located to the left of the main entrance. At the same time, during the hours of 11:00am-7:00am, the outer doors of the building will be locked and students may enter the building using the cardswipe entrance on the west (Quad side) doors only. DePaul security will be patrolling the library throughout the night to ensure safety.

For study breaks, DePaul Dining Services will be offering coffee, tea, and other beverages, as well as a variety of snacks, for purchase in Kelly Hall (outside the main entrance to the Library) from 11:00pm until 7:00am.

Good luck, students! 

Touted as the most comprehensive, consumer oriented health content around, Consumer Health Complete, is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. This database contains encyclopedias, fact sheets, and drug information, as well as featuring a Health Highlight (which is trick-or-treat safety tips this month!). Patrons can also browse by topic, and find information on Alternative Treatments, Food, Nutrition & Exercise, and Surgeries & Procedures. Remote access is available to current members of DePaul's community, and alumni can access this resource (and others!) in our library labs in both the Richardson Library and the Loop Library.  

Facility Operations and ComEd will be conducting necessary maintenance work in the CDM Center, and as a result, Information Services will be shutting down all servers and applications located in the CDM Center this weekend.  Please note that network and telecommunication services in other Loop buildings may also be affected.  IS anticipates bringing down critical systems at 6pm on Saturday the 26th and to have the critical systems restored by noon on Sunday the 27th. 

During this time frame, the following major technology systems will not be available:

• Campus Connection
• Systems requiring your Campus Connection credentials
• DePaul e-mail systems
• Library Systems
• Blackboard
• All DePaul websites except www.depaul.edu
• Network file and print services
• Wireless access on all campuses
• PeopleSoft access

If you work in the CDM center, please make sure that you turn off all computers or any sensitive electronic equipment before you leave for the day on Friday, September 25th. 
 

The library is pleased to announce that Writing Center will again staff an Outpost at the Lincoln Park Campus library.

Students may drop in for consultations at tables located near the Reference Desks. Appointments are not necessary--the Library Outpost operates on a first-come first-served basis.

Lincoln Park Library Outpost, Richardson Library (2350 N. Kenmore Ave.)
Tuesday: 12 pm-5 pm
Wednesday: 12 pm-5 pm
Thursday: 12 pm-5 pm

For more information on how the Writing Center can help you, please visit:
http://condor.depaul.edu/~writing/index.html

 

We've replaced the Lincoln Park Campus microfilm readers with two new digital readers that offer options for both scanning and printing to paper. The new machines are faster, easier to use, and produce higher quality images. So getting material like historic issues of the  New York Times and the DePaulia on microfilm or documents from the ERIC education database on microfiche will be a little more convenient.

Digital scans of microfilm can be cropped and edited and then saved to a flash drive or emailed as an attachment. Paper printouts will remain free of charge. The new readers can accommodate microfilm, microfiche and ultrafiche.

Microfilm might seem intimidating at first, but we'll help you get the hang of it! Library staff are available to help you find the microfilm you need, set up the machines, and make your copies or scans.

Other new equipment in the library includes color photocopy machines that double as scanners, which were highlighted in a summer blog post and are ready for use at both the Lincoln Park and Loop campuses.

ScienceDirect has scheduled a downtime for maintenance on Saturday, September 19, from 7am-8pm, which will affect full-text access to over 1600 e-journals normally available through the Library's website. During this downtime, please use our journal title search box to find possible alternative methods of access to specific journal titles, including print versions or electronic access through an alternate vendor: http://library.depaul.edu/Find/articles.aspx

The Jewish High Holy Days begin this Friday (Sept. 18th) at sundown with the two-day celebration of Rosh Hashanah.  In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means "head of the year" or "first of the year," and is commonly known as the Jewish New Year.  It is a time of reflection on the past year and on changes to be made in the coming year.  The holiday period extends through Yom Kippur, which falls eight days after Rosh Hashanah in the Hebrew calendar (this year at sundown on Sept. 27th).

The ten days starting with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur are commonly known as the Days of Awe.  As Rosh Hashanah calls for introspection, Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement when one asks for forgiveness for any wrongdoing and to be granted a good year in the coming year.   On the two days of Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur one is to refrain from work and attend synagogue services, which are extended for the holidays.  An important part of the services is hearing the sounding of the shofar (ram’s horn).  The Bible gives no specific reason for this practice, but it has been suggested is that the shofar's sound is a call to repentance.  A total of 100 notes are sounded each day with four different patterns of notes that are repeated.  The shofar is not blown when the holiday falls on the Sabbath as part of it does this year.  Another popular observance during Rosh Hashanah is eating apples dipped in honey, a symbol of our wish for a sweet new year.

DePaul Hillel High Holiday services are provided free of charge to DePaul Students, faculty, and staff. However, due to capacity restrictions, you will need to register for a ticket online. Please visit www.HillelsAroundChicago.org for more information, or call 312-673-2357

Erev Rosh Hashanah: Friday September 18th 7:30p.m.
Rosh Hashanah: Saturday September 19th 9:30a.m.   
Kol Nidre: Sunday September 27th 6:30p.m.

Yom Kippur: Monday September 28th 9:30a.m.

Ne'ilah: Monday September 28th 6:30p.m.

We label and stamp them, charge them out, and then back in again. We gather them in great piles from the drop boxes. We shelve them, a never-ending task, much like bailing out the ocean with a teaspoon. Still, we love them – the books.

Our first books were about girl detectives, boy wizards, kind monsters, and countless heroic orphans. We inhabited these completely, and they live on inside of us. As adults, we still encounter books that mark us. This exhibit is a way for members of the library staff to share our passion for books and reading.

 
The books in this exhibit on the first floor of the Richardson Library are all the personal copies of DePaul library staff.  Join the discussion at our Shelfari online group – go to www.shelfari.com and search for the group called “Bookmarked”.

Bringing a laptop to campus? No need to haul around your ethernet cable, the Loop Library and the Richardson Library are wireless hotspots! DePaul University hosts two wireless networks: depaulblue and depaulwireless

Connect up with your Dell, Mac, Blackberry, or iPhone! Find out more on getting connected here: wireless.depaul.edu

Students can now also print wirelessly from their laptops while on campus. It's called iPrint, and you'll first need to install a print driver available through your software downloads on campus connection, and then pick the most convenient printer location to you. Full instructions can be found here: http://is.depaul.edu/intelliprint