UIC Library News

UIC celebrates GIS Day 2006 on Friday, November 17, 2006. The event is open to the UIC students, faculty, and staff. No registration is necessary.
GIS Day is a grassroots event that formalizes the practice of geographic information systems (GIS) users and vendors of opening their doors to schools, businesses, and the general public.

The two December events in our Caribbean Stories series feature Kwame Dawes:
The Intersection of Art and Life: A Reading of Poetry and Prose by Kwame Dawes • Thursday, December 7, 2006, 6:00 pm • Institute for the Humanities University of Illinois at Chicago • 701 S. Morgan

The UIC Library has a wealth of information resources that reflect the rich cultural heritage of many Chicago area communities. The Library wants to ensure that community residents know about its special collections and have the opportunity to utilize these materials.
One of its treasures is the H. D. Carberry Collection of Caribbean Studies, 1,000 volumes […]

Records of the Chicago Urban League will be preserved and housed at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Richard J. Daley Library under terms of a two-year, $100,000 grant from Save America’s Treasures, a federal program administered by the National Park Service.
The records include about 400 cartons of correspondence, research papers, photographs, artifacts and news […]

Listen to the program recorded by Chicago Amplified
The fourth of six Caribbean cultural events, Latin American Art and Thought in Chicago: a conversation with Contratiempo and Dialogo magazines, will feature the editors from Contratiempo and Dialogo magazines.
Monday, November 6, 2006, 6:00 pm
Hot House • 31 E Balbo Ave
Reception follows.