Library Testimonial: Sam Wallace

Sam Wallace remembers when Roesch Library opened in 1971; since then, it has been as much a part of campus life as Flyer basketball, Christmas on Campus and the student neighborhood. Its technology, spaces and resources keep advancing with the latest learning, research and teaching methods, he says

Habitat for Humanity to Open Retail Store After Analysis by UD Engineering Students

News release announces that UD students played a role in the opening of a new Habitat for Humanity retail outlet to sell construction, remodeling and decorating supplies

Library Testimonial: David Darrow

History professor David Darrow, director of the University Honors Program, shares his thoughts on the value of the University Libraries to students and faculty

\u27This is not an emergency\u27

A little story about a little fire

Library Testimonial: Mary Kuttler

Graduate Mary Kuttler \u2715 shares the value of her library skills in her career

Picturebooks

When my sons were little in the 1990s, I developed a moderately expensive book habit. At the time, I edited a raft of niche publications for the Dayton Daily News, one of which was a parenting tabloid called KidSense. It featured a monthly column by Jean Gaffney, a children’s librarian at Dayton Metro Library who was later named to the national selection committees for the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the John Newbery Medal, two of the most prestigious honors in all of children’s literature. Jean has impeccable taste in literature, and if she wrote about a book or an author, I knew it would be a treasure. She was never wrong. It turns out she got my kids hooked, too

Library Testimonial: Barath Narayanan

Electrical engineering doctoral candidate Barath Narayanan shares how he relies on the University Libraries to help him find the materials and information he needs to succeed

International Travel, Groovy Guys ... and Fathomless Good

In 2013, the Marian Library received the papers of the late John S. Stokes Jr., co-founder of Mary’s Gardens, a Philadelphia organization that taught and encouraged the planting of devotional gardens in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mother. Active in civil rights and social justice movements, he was the director of the Wellsprings Ecumenical Center in Philadelphia. He died in 2007. Among his papers was a collection of promotional brochures from a variety of religious orders. The University of Dayton Libraries have digitized them and made many of them available in eCommons, the University’s open-access institutional repository. In observance of the World Day for Consecrated Life (Feb. 2, 2016), here are some highlights

Library Testimonial: Linda Arvin Skuns

Secondary education graduate Linda Arvin Skuns ’63 shares how the role of libraries has grown and changed since her time as a student at UD

Library Testimonial: Margaret McAleese

Experience in the University Libraries led Margaret McAleese to pursue a career in business research and helped land her a job with an industry-leading firm