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Food For Fines ending 11/25

eandre4 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:47 +0000

For the past few weeks, Cudahy and Lewis Libraries have been sponsoring the Food For Fines campaign. Thanks to everyone who has donated so far! You’ve got until Wednesday, November 25th to pay off your overdue fines with non-persishables. Up to $2.50 in overdue fines will be forgiven for each donation from the following list of approved items:

- 1 (6 oz.) can of meat, fish or poultry
- 1 (14+ oz.) can of vegetables or fruit
- 1 (10 1/2 oz.) can of soup
- 6 packages of ramen
- 1 box of pasta or dried beans
- 1 (12+ oz.) box of cereal
- 1 (8+ oz.) jar of peanut butter
- personal care items: full-sized soaps, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, or feminine hygiene products)

All donations go to the Lakeview Pantry Emergency Food Distribution.

Food For Fines does not apply to fees pertaining to lost books, ILL fines, or Information Commons charges. Feel free to stop by the Cudahy or Lewis circulation desks if you have any questions!

Celebrate Faculty Publications

Cudahy LOCL — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:53:51 +0000

The Loyola University Libraries invite you to join us on on Tuesday, November 10th for the first annual celebration honoring faculty publications. The reception will include a panel discussion, displays of faculty work from 2008, and more. All are welcome to attend!

Faculty Publications Celebration
Tuesday, November 10
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Information Commons, 4th floor

Food For Fines: 11/9 to 11/25

eandre4 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:00:14 +0000

If you have overdue fines, now’s the perfect time to pay them off while supporting a great cause. Cudahy and Lewis Libraries are sponsoring the Food For Fines campaign from Monday, November 9th until Wednesday, November 25th. Up to $2.50 in overdue fines will be forgiven for each donation from the following list of approved items:

All donations go to the Lakeview Pantry Emergency Food Distribution.

Food For Fines does not apply to fees pertaining to lost books, ILL fines, or Information Commons charges. Feel free to stop by the Cudahy or Lewis circulation desks if you have any questions!

Resource of the Week: E-Books

Cudahy Reference — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:19:23 +0000

Discover e-book collections accessible through LUC Libraries. Drop by the second floor desk in the Information Commons or the Lewis Library Reference Desk between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Monday, 10/26/09 through Friday, 10/30/09 (5:00 p.m. on Friday) to learn more.

New Exhibits from the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections

LOCL Archives — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:22:45 +0000

Daniel H. Burnham, creator of 1909 Plan of Chicago.

The University Archives has two new exhibits on display in the Cudahy Library Donovan Reading Room. The north wall cases of the Donovan Reading room celebrate the Centennial of Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago. Materials from the University Archives and Special Collections highlight the City of Chicago before the creation of the plan; the Great Chicago Fire; the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893; the 1909 Plan of Chicago and Chicago after the Burnham Plan. Principles of the Burnham Plan still resonate today as the City of Chicago plans for the future.

Biology Class, Loyola University Chicago, 1960.

The south wall cases of the Donovan Reading room feature selections from the Jesuitica Collection highlighted by images of Loyola Jesuits who have taught in the respective areas displayed. Comprised of works in the areas of Philosophy, Theology, History, Literature, Classical Studies, and the Sciences, this exhibit pays homage to the liberal arts foundation of Loyola.

Resource of the Week: Google Books/Google Scholar

uscholz — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:15:27 +0000

Each week, the Libraries are featuring a different resource. Students and faculty are encouraged to stop by the reference desks at either the Information Commons or Lewis Library to pick up a handout on the resource and chat with a reference librarian to learn more about these valuable tools.
This week’s resources are Google Book Search ( http://books.google.com )and Google Scholar ( http://scholar.google.com ). These tools will allow you to use Google’s search capabilities to search for books, journal articles, and other scholarly resources. Ask about them at your local reference desk!

Donovan Reading Room Renovation

uscholz — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:52:33 +0000

The beautiful original Cudahy Library doors are being restored this semester. There will be some construction noise, especially at the beginning of the project. Evenings and weekends should continue to be silent but there will be some noise on weekdays from time to time this semester. The project will be suspended during December until final exams are over. If you have questions about this project, please contact Anne Reuland at x83963 or areuland@luc.edu. Thank you.

Graduate Student Study Spaces

uscholz — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:30:45 +0000

Starting this fall, two rooms in Cudahy Library are dedicated to graduate student use: The Graduate Student Reading Room for silent study in 201 Cudahy Library and the Graduate Student Study Lounge for quiet study in 208 Cudahy Library. Graduate students, please make yourselves comfortable in these rooms – rearrange the furniture to suit your working style. During the Fall Semester, we will collect data on room use and solicit your suggestions. With support from the Graduate School, the library will continue to improve these rooms for your use.

Old News is New News at the WLA!

uscholz — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:19:36 +0000

We are proud to announce that The Skyscraper newspaper is now fully digitized!
Mundelein College published the inaugural issue of its student newspaper The Skyscraper on January 30, 1931, during the college’s first year of operation. The Skyscraper informed the Mundelein community about local and national events as well as “all the news, views, rumor, and humor of the students of Mundelein College.” The newspaper was an entirely student-run operation and continued to be published until May 1969.

The Skyscraper Newspaper Collection contains digital scans of the complete run of The Skyscraper from 1931 until 1969 and is keyword-searchable across the collection. Please visit: http://www.luc.edu/wla/Digital_Collections_.shtml to access the collection. The original Skyscraper newspapers are part of the Mundelein College Records and Photograph Collection, held at the Women & Leadership Archives.

Reciprocal Borrowing with Garrett-Evangelical/Western-Seabury Theological Seminary

uscholz — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:53:36 +0000

Loyola University Libraries are pleased to announce a new reciprocal borrowing agreement with Garrett-Evangelical/Western-Seabury Theological Seminary. Ursula Scholz, Head of Access Services, worked with Beth Sheppard, Director of the United Library, to draft an agreement which has now been finalized. As of August 1, 2009, Loyola students and faculty may borrow books from the United Library, and Garret-Evangelical and Seabury-Western faculty and students will have the same privileges here. We are excited to be able to expand the resources available to our academic community.