USED BOOK SALE 22-25 October – The Friends of Rare Books benefit sale will again be held in Mullen Library Room 214, from Oct. 22 to 25.  Hardcovers and paperbacks, including literature, religion, cookbooks, philosophy, biographies, scholarly books and popular reading, John Henry Newman, modern first editions, and more. Prices 1 dollar and up.

ADVANCE SALE for CUA COMMUNITY — CUA ID required :
Thurs. Oct. 22 : 12:00 noon to 5:30 PM

PUBLIC SALE — Free admission to all:
Fri. Oct. 23 : 10 AM to 6 PM

Sat. Oct. 24 : 9 AM to 5 PM

Sun. Oct. 25 : 12 PM to 5 PM

For more information, contact Lenore Rouse, Curator, Rare Books and Special Collections. (Proceeds benefit the department of Rare Books acquisitions fund.)

OPEN ACCESS PRESENTATION: Institutional Repositories – Tuesday, October 20 • 4:00 PM • May Gallery, Mullen Library – Consider the impacts of institutional repositories and how they affect faculty and student contributors. Presented by Terry Owen, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (DRUM)

ONGOING TRIAL: EDUCATION WEEK – The University Libraries has a  trial to Education Week available through October 25. To access the trial visit http://proxycu.wrlc.org/login?url=http://www.edweek.org. Education Week is a national newspaper focusing on K-12 education policy. Serving as a bridge between the worlds of policy and practice, Education Week is now recognized as “American education’s newspaper of record.” Please provide feedback to Thad Garrett at garrettt@cua.edu.