By lnaru | Published:
October 23, 2009
Charles D’Adamo, senior editor of the Alternative Press Index (API), discusses the underground press from the 1960s to date on Thursday, November 19, at 2:00 pm, in the Daley Library room 1-210.
The Alternative Press Center (APC) is a non-profit collective dedicated to providing access to and increasing public awareness of the alternative press. Founded [...]
By lnaru | Published:
October 23, 2009
The Daley Library is hosting an open house on Wednesday, October 28, 4 – 7 p.m. to showcase renovated areas, new equipment, special exhibits, SMART group study rooms, and expanded services.
Visitors can view a Special Collections exhibit of early English books and a display that chronicles the history of the UIC mascot to our [...]
By lnaru | Published:
October 12, 2009
UIC celebrates Open Access Week, October 19-23, 2009, with three programs sponsored by the Library that explore the principles, advantages, and impact of providing unfettered access to research results. The open access movement advocates the unrestricted sharing of information via the Internet for the benefit of society. Open access is gaining strength as [...]
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October 9, 2009
John Wasik, UIC alumnus (LAS ’78, MA ’88), personal finance columnist for Bloomberg News, and author of 13 books about business and economics, talks about his book The Cul de Sac Syndrome on Tuesday, October 13, at 4 pm, in the Daley Library Reserve Reading Room. Wasik examines the growing financial, ecological and [...]
By lnaru | Published:
October 5, 2009
The UIC Library now has access to the latest version of SciFinder Scholar in its new format, SciFinder Scholar Web (SFWeb) version. Users must register for SFWeb with their UIC email accounts by November 16, 2009, to continue to use SciFinder Scholar. SFWeb can be used with the UIC proxy server so it [...]
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September 25, 2009
Librarians and readers celebrate Banned Books Week (BBW) September 26 – October 3, 2009. Observed since 1982, this event reminds Americans not to take for granted our First Amendment right to free expression. BBW celebrates the freedom to choose and the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox [...]
By lnaru | Published:
September 1, 2009
You can text a UIC librarian at 773-442-2757 to ask where to find facts, how to start your research, which resources will help you in a particular course, and get answers to your other information needs.
Text a Librarian is a new way to contact the UIC Library, in addition to instant messaging, email, telephone, in-person [...]
By lnaru | Published:
August 31, 2009
The Daley Library and Campus Dining are celebrating the grand opening of the Daley Grind Cafe September 1- 3. For these three days, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., visitors can taste the coffee, take advantage of pastry specials, and enter a raffle sponsored by the Library for coupons, mugs, and other prizes.
The Daley [...]
By lnaru | Published:
August 21, 2009
The UIC Library upgraded records for more than 50,000 electronic journals in its library catalog (UICCAT).
All titles listed in the Journals page now have records in the library catalog.
Posted in CLHS-Rockford, Collections, Electronic Resources, Front Page, LHS, LHS-Chicago, LHS-Peoria, Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana, Richard J. Daley Library, Science Library, Special Collections |
By lnaru | Published:
August 17, 2009
The Visual Resources library, a collection of images developed and maintained by the College of Architecture and the Arts (A&A) for instruction, has moved into room 1-461 of the Daley Library as of July 2009.
Jane Darcovich, Visual Resources Librarian, and a staff of graduate assistants identify or scan images for use in classes and maintain [...]