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Library Hours During Thanksgiving

Jonathan Smith — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:37:33 +0000

The University Libraries and Archives will have reduced hours over the Thanksgiving Holidays, November 24 – 28. Regular hours will resume Sunday, November 29.

	Mullen Library	Campus Libraries
Tuesday, 11/24	8am – 5pm	9am – 5pm *
Wednesday, 11/25	CLOSED	CLOSED
Thursday, 11/26	CLOSED	CLOSED
Friday, 11/27	CLOSED	CLOSED
Saturday, 11/28	9am – 5pm	CLOSED

* Please note that the Physics Library will open 12pm – 5pm on Tuesday, Nov. 24.

For more information please see Mullen Library hours and Campus Library hours.

Download the 2009-2010 schedule

New Research Guide in Art and Art History

Kevin Gunn — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:12:57 +0000

The Religious Studies and Humanities Services Department has created a new research guide in Art and Art History.

The guide is designed to orientate the researcher to finding and using resources in Mullen Library at The Catholic University of America.

Questions, comments and suggestions can be directed to Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services. Samantha Saporito assisted in the making of this guide.

New Research Guides in Modern Languages

Kevin Gunn — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:48:51 +0000

The Religious Studies and Humanities Services Department has created 4 new research guides for Modern Languages researchers: French, Spanish, Italian, and German.

The guides are designed to orientate the researcher to finding and using resources in Mullen Library at The Catholic University of America.

Questions, comments and suggestions can be directed to Kevin Gunn, Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services. Samantha Saporito and Nathan Mueller assisted in the making of the guides.

Pettigrew for President Treasure Chest Series Now Online

Maria Mazzenga — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:59:11 +0000

Responding to an appeal by the Commission on American Citizenship at Catholic University, George A. Pflaum of Dayton, Ohio began publishing a bi-monthly comic book, the Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact, for distribution in Catholic parochial schools. Intended as an antidote to the perceived immorality of popular comic books, Treasure Chest contained educational features, narrated the lives of saints, and presented adventure stories featuring realistic characters with what were considered wholesome values, like patriotism, equality, faith, and anti-communism.

By the early 1960s, the Treasure Chest was at the height of its popularity. In 1964, Joe Sinnott, the illustrator of Marvel Comics’ “The Fantastic Four”, teamed up with writer Berry Reece to produce a story depicting a U.S. presidential election. It was set in the future: the presidential election was supposedly that of 1976, the year of the nation’s bicentennial. “Pettigrew for President” lasted for ten issues, following the campaign trail of the fictional Tim Pettigrew from the announcement of his candidacy through the national convention of his party. The candidate’s face was carefully hidden in every panel, until the final page of the final issue of the story, when Pettigrew is finally revealed: the first black candidate for president of the United States!

This site presents the full Pettigrew series in its entirety for the first time. It also features biographical material on the series’ author and illustrator, a question and answer interview with Berry Reece, and background information contextualizing the series.

New Research Guide in Drama and Theatre at CUA

Kevin Gunn — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:06:37 +0000

New research guide in Drama and Theatre at The Catholic University of America. You may find other research guides on our main Guides page.

Orientation 2009 Library Newsletter

Jonathan Smith — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:49:29 +0000

The Orientation 2009 issue of CUA Libraries Online is now available! Read it to learn the latest news and get familiar with library services and resources.

Fall 2009 Library Hours

Jonathan Smith — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:48:34 +0000

Welcome! Fall semester hours for Mullen Library and the campus libraries begin Monday, August 31st.

Mullen Library regular hours:

Monday – Thursday	8:00am – 11:30pm
Friday	8:00am – 10:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 10:00pm
Sunday	11:00am – 11:30pm

Campus libraries hours:

	Mon–Thurs	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
University Archives	9am–5pm	9am–5pm	CLOSED	CLOSED
Eng/Arch/Math Library	9am–10pm	9am–5pm	1pm–5pm	1pm–10pm
Music Library	Mon 9am–7pm Tu–Thu 9am–9pm	9am–5pm	11am–5pm	1pm–5pm
Nursing/Biology Library	9am–10pm	9am–5pm	1pm–5pm	1pm–10pm
Physics Library	12pm–5pm	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED

For holiday hours please see Mullen Library Hours and Campus Library Hours.

Download the 2009-2010 schedule

Longlist announced for Man Booker Prize 2009

Kevin Gunn — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:53:26 +0000

The list for the Man Booker Prize 2009 have been announced today. Mullen Library will acquire as many titles as possible.

ALADIN services restored

Jonathan Smith — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:57:10 +0000

All ALADIN services have been restored, including: article databases, CLS, and MyAladin. If you have any problems please let us know.

Thank you for your patience while the matter was resolved.

New Social Encyclical: Caritas in veritate

Kevin Gunn — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:34:21 +0000

The Holy See presented Pope Benedict XVI’s latest encyclical, Caritas in veritate today. The Vatican Information Service has links to the news bulletin and a summary of the encyclical.