UIC Library News

Do you have any old files? Are records on your desk or on your computer taking up space? What’s the important stuff” What should be saved? What can you get rid of?
If this sounds like you, please join UIC Professor Peg Strobel and UIC Assistant Special Collections Librarian Valerie Harris for […]

Now on exhibit in the 1st floor lobby at the Richard Daley Library is One Hundred Years of Thinking I Can! A Brief History of the “Little Engine” Story.
The Little Engine that Could is one of the most popular and famous children’s books of all time. Published by Platt & Munk, it has […]

Program featuring Charles Harrison and Victor Margolin
Wednesday, January 17, 2007, 5:00 pm
Daley Library, University of Illinois at Chicago, 801 S. Morgan
Join designer Charles Harrison and Prof. Victor Margolin for a program about Harrison’s industrial design career and the role of an academic library in preserving the history of graphic design.
Charles Harrison’s career illustrates the intersection […]

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 […]

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.

Jonathan Eldredge, Library Knowledge Consultant at the University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center http://hsc.unm.edu/library/, presents a symposium on evidence-based librarianship, sponsored by the UIC Library’s Lectures and Forums Committee. The symposium will take place on Friday, November 10, from 1:00 pm 3:00 pm in Room 109, of the School of Public […]

The third of six Caribbean cultural events, Storytelling in the Caribbean: An Afternoon Showcasing Brer Anansi Folktales, will feature Flora Anderson Chestnut and music for children and adults by Nelson Gill.
Sunday, November 5, 2006 – 2:00 pm
International House • 1414 E. 59th St
A reception follows the performance.
To request disability accommodations or for more information, please […]

The UIC Library is sponsoring a forum on the topic of open government and access to U.S. government information on Tuesday, March 14, at 2:00 pm in 613 SCE, during the national observance of Sunshine Week.
Three UIC faculty members will discuss government secrecy, the responsiveness of federal agencies to Freedom of Information Act requests.