Reflecting on 50 Years of Service: Yolande Wersching, PhD
The University Libraries faculty and staff are honored to have worked with Yolande Wersching, head of Lewis Library located at the Water Tower Campus. Wersching arrived at Loyola as a reserves and reference librarian in 1971. After serving in a variety of roles in technical services, cataloging, interlibrary loan, bibliographical projects, and interdepartmental liaison work, […]
Some of Monique’s Top Songs to Blast while Driving
During the month of December, Loyola Libraries staff make lists and check them twice. What are these lists about? Anything! You can look at past years’ lists here and stay tuned for more lists! When a song with good bass comes up in your playlist, you gotta Pump up the Jam…as long as you’re not at a […]
Open Access: Community Over Commercialization
This post was contributed by two graduate assistants in the University Libraries Systems Department, Meredith Sauer and Shwetha Vaidyanathan. This year’s Open Access Week theme, “Community over Commercialization,” resonates with us because we want all members of the academic community to be able to create and access new knowledge. Prioritizing community over commercialization means that […]
Friends Group Supports University Libraries
Loyola University Chicago’s Friends of the Libraries group was founded more than a decade ago as an organization that supports our vision of being Loyola’s gateway to the world of information and scholarship. Through an annual gift, individuals become “Friends” or members who support our mission of providing user-focused services and collections in an inviting, […]
Join our Upcoming Workshops: EndNote
Librarians from our Health Sciences Campus will be offering free workshops on EndNote, a desktop-based citation management system to help you format, organize, and store citations. Learn how to better organize materials so you can focus on your research! Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend. Below are upcoming sessions in Zoom. Please select […]
Welcome Back: Explore Library Resources
The University Libraries is excited to support your engaged learning, teaching, research, and student success. We welcome you into our spaces and to support your projects this fall. If you are a student needing help with a research assignment or a faculty member wanting to establish course reserves, please contact our subject specialists to develop […]