Commonalities: Faculty Dialogue Series / Mobile Technology
a href=”http://blogs.lib.luc.edu/locl/files/2011/01/common.png”>Mobile Technologies in the Classroom Join Bruce Montes and Carol Scheidenhelm to discuss using mobile technologies in the classroom to facilitate engagement and learning. Who is using mobile technologies in the classroom? How are they using technologies successfully? How do students feel about the use of these technologies in the classroom? Stop by and […]
Commonalities: Faculty Dialogue Series / Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities Join Dr. Steven Jones, Professor of English and Co-Director of the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, for a discussion about the digital humanities–which the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2010 referred to as “the next big thing” and the New York Times has covered in a recent series, “Humanities 2.0”–and its […]
Commonalities: Faculty Dialogue Series / E-textbooks
September 26: Electronic Textbooks Join Dean Robert Seal of the University Libraries for a conversation about electronic textbooks. What textbook will you be using next semester? Have you considered not using a textbook or relying on electronic books and resources for your classes? How are iPads and Kindles impacting higher education? Your class? What about […]
Resource of the Week: Subject Guides
Loyola Libraries has begun our Resource of the Week program! Each week a different Library resource will be featured. 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 […]
Donovan Reading Room Renovation
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 […]
Library Speaker Series – Jian Ping
From the Cultural Revolution to the Olympic Games: Changes in China over half a Century China has undergone a great political, social and economical transformation over the last 50 years. These changes also altered individual lives. Jian Ping, author of Mulberry Child: A Memoir of China will give a personal account of the devastating impact […]