RSVP for RefWorks training
Computer Science librarian Kristina Schwoebel will be teaching several training sessions on RefWorks citation management software throughout the end of April at both LUC campuses. Classes are open to students, faculty, and staff but are limited to 20 individuals per session. Sessions @ Watertower Held in Lewis Library, Room 710 Monday, April 14, 4-5 p.m. […]
New Collections: It’s All About Feminist Theology!
Several new collections have already been donated to the Women & Leadership Archives this year by prominent women and women’s organizations. This fulfills a major focus of the WLA to preserve the material of women’s history. Many of the recent donations share a common dedication to Feminist Theology. A short synopsis of each donors is […]
Wired: Term “Abortion” removed from U.S.-funded health database
According to the Wired Blog Network, “A U.S. government-funded medical information site that bills itself as the world’s largest database on reproductive health has quietly begun to block searches on the word abortion, concealing nearly 25,000 search results.” There was no notice of the change on the site. The database, POPLINE, is a product of […]
New Collection Opens at the WLA
The Suellen Hoy, Ph.D., Papers are now open for research use at the WLA. Dr. Hoy donoated her extensive personal and professional materials over several months in 2007. We are honored to have them as part of our collections. Dr. Hoy is a guest professor and independent scholar at the University of Notre Dame and […]
AJCU Archives Photographs Project
A digital collection highlighting the Jesuit heritage of the AJCU schools is now available online at http://photos.ajcudigital.org. This collection is the result of a meeting at Marquette University in 2005 where the AJCU archivists met to discuss potential collaborations. Following the meeting, Loyola-Maryland volunteered to host a digital project, now the AJCU Archives Photographs Pilot […]
Expanded Women & Leadership Archives Website
Updating the WLA website was a major priority last year which resulted in an overhaul of over 80% of the images and text on the site. Such efforts continue with new upgrades and additions whenever possible. Most recently we added a subpage that highlights the new partnership between the Chicago Area Women’s History Council and […]