This Spring semester has been challenging in many ways that we could not have anticipated when 2020 started. The changes have been immense.  Nevertheless, as a community we grew stronger together, adapting, facing and overcoming new obstacles in order to provide our students with the best of us. As we reach the end of the Read More

The University Libraries, teamed with Washington Research Libraries Consortium (WRLC), are looking for Catholic University students to take part in the SearchBox usability testing. The testing should take 30-35 minutes. WRLC will award each participant a $10 Starbucks gift card. What you’ll do You’ll simply be asked to complete a few tasks by searching the Read More

Through April 9, the University Libraries has a trial of Medici.tv, the largest online catalog of classical music, opera, and dance videos, including 3,500 musical works from the 1940s to the present day, 2,500 films (concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, and master classes), and editorial content including synopses, casts, and performers’ biographies.  Take a look and Read More

This week’s post is guest-authored by Mikkaela Bailey is a PhD student at CUA studying medieval history with special interests in women’s history, public history, and digital humanities. You can find her on Twitter: @mikkaela_bailey Curation is a long, detailed conversation between individuals, offices, texts, and objects, as students from Catholic University’s History and Public Life Read More

From uniting a community to sparking imagination to supporting scholarship and lifelong learning, libraries change lives. “Without libraries we have no past and no future.” – Ray Bradbury “With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one – but no one at Read More