Author Archives: jessicac

Daley Library Special Collections Begins Saturday Hours in November

By jessicac | Published: October 23, 2007

The Special Collections Department in the Richard J. Daley Library will expand its hours starting Nov. 10. The department will be open the second Saturday of each month from 10 am – 2 pm. Researchers who want to use the collections during an open Saturday are encouraged to make appointments.

Posted in Front Page, Special Collections | Comments closed

Banned Books Read-Out! Sept.29 in Pioneer Square

By jessicac | Published: September 25, 2007

Libraries celebrate Banned Books Week every year and hold events to highlight free speech and the right of each individual to read all viewpoints on all issues. This year, Banned Books Week will be observed Sept. 29 through Oct. 6.
One event in Chicago is the Banned Books Week Read-Out! at the Pioneer Plaza (on [...]

Posted in Exhibits and Special Programs | Comments closed

Libraries and E-Government: Current Status and Key Issues

By jessicac | Published: September 25, 2007

In recent years, libraries have taken on a range of roles and responsibilities in the provision of e-government services and resources. John Carlo Bertot, professor and associate director of the Information Use Management and Policy Institute at Florida State University, addresses this topic in the UIC Library’s Nakata Lecture on October 25. Bertot’s lecture, Libraries [...]

Posted in Exhibits and Special Programs, Front Page | Comments closed

IM a Librarian

By jessicac | Published: August 27, 2007

Do you want to contact a UIC Librarian now? Send a message from your IM account to the screen name uiclibrarian. IM is another way to contact us to get help finding a fact or researching a paper through the Ask a Librarian service.
The UIC Library has IM accounts on AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, [...]

Posted in CLHS-Rockford, Front Page, LHS, LHS-Chicago, LHS-Peoria, Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana | Comments closed

Talking about Reading Together with David Carr

By jessicac | Published: August 21, 2007

David Carr discusses his research on cultural institutions as public forums in a democracy
Wednesday, Aug. 29
12:15-1:15 p.m., followed by brief discussion
UIC Institute for the Humanities
Lower level-Stevenson Hall, 701 S. Morgan
David Carr, Associate Professor in the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and author of “The Promise of Cultural [...]

Posted in Exhibits and Special Programs | Comments closed