Join the Library Advisory Board!
The Library Advisory Board (LAB) is a leadership opportunity for Loyola students to engage with the Libraries and improve your experience at the Libraries! We’re hoping to better address student needs, provide new services, and improve existing services and spaces. For more information, click here. To join, click here! Our next meeting with be on October 31st on the IC 4th floor […]
Open Access Week 2018: Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge
For the Loyola University Chicago’s Libraries celebration of Open Access Week 2018, we wanted to focus on an issue of equity that is of utmost importance to students: the cost of textbooks. Students pay a lot of money—often in the four figures—for textbooks, an expense that’s hard to absorb on top of the other expenses […]
Screening of Paywall Documentary
Tuesday, October 23, 1:00 – 2:15 p.m. and 2:30-4:00 p.m. Information Commons 120 The library will show two screenings of the documentary Paywall: The Business of Scholarship, one at 1:00 PM, and one at 2:30 PM. The entire documentary is freely available online, and you can obtain the link from the Open Access Week page. […]
Textbook Affordability: Resources for Instructors
Wednesday, October 24, 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. Information Commons 120 and Online, via Zoom Presenters: Margaret Heller and Niamh McGuigan, University Libraries The average Illinois student spent $1,324 on textbooks in the 2017-18 school year. The high cost of textbooks is a concern that cuts across all parts of the university, as students, advisors, faculty, […]
University Archives Open House
Celebrate Archives Month at the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections Open Houses! Stop by to view items from our collections and get a behind the scenes tour. Come by on Halloween for an extra macabre Open House! Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections Open Houses Cudahy Library, Room 218 Thursday, October 18, […]
Targeting a Vulnerable Minority: The Consequences of Hatred and Indifference
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom and the desperate refugees who sought a haven in its aftermath, including those on the doomed voyage of the St. Louis. Please join us for a discussion led by Dr. Elliot Lefkovitz, Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Loyola University Chicago. Professor Lefkovitz will also screen the […]