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 […]
Libraries Website Survey continues through April 14th
Tell us what you think about the libraries’ recently redesigned website! Please help us improve the Loyola University Libraries’ website by completing this short SURVEY. All responses are collected anonymously. The survey is 12 questions and should take less than five minutes to complete. The survey will be open from March 31st to April 14th. […]
Bibliographer David Givens appears in The Believer
David Givens, Acquisitions Coordinator and Bibliographer for Fine Arts, appears in the March/April film issue of The Believer magazine. His essay “No Shell, Just a Ghost” reflects on the overlap between memory and image, the silence of snow, and the solace of film. David attended University of Michigan and Columbia University. His work has also […]