University Honors Program and the Monroe Library hosted a reception on September 17 to celebrate Constitution Day.

Patricia Doran and Sareeca Hoskins are the Monroe Library’s current “Good job! Good effort!” awardees.

The library’s Media Services team recently upgraded Seminar Room 3 with a large monitor and VGA and HDMI hookups.

Keep the feedback coming in! We’re currently working to improve our patrons’ experiences as they use the thin clients and printing in the Learning Commons area.

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Several faculty and staff – Teri Gallaway, Elizabeth Kelly, Trish Nugent, Mike Olson, Adam Parker, Brian Sullivan, Katherine Truxillo, and Malia Willey – will be presenters at the 21st Annual LOUIS (The Louisiana Library Network) Users Conference in Port Allen on October 3-4.

Mike Olson will attend the Fall 2013 LALINC (Louisiana Academic Library Information Network Consortium) Deans’ and Directors’ Membership Meeting in Baton Rouge on October 17-18.

The Monroe Library will host the international Annual Meeting of Middle East Librarians Association on October 8-9.

A reception celebrating African art and the library’s Cornet Collection will be held in the Living Room (1st Floor) on October 17 starting at 6:00 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Now through December 18: We March in Dignity, a photography exhibit in Special Collections and Archives (3rd Floor), documents two significant Civil Rights events from 1963: the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, held on August 28th, and the September 30th Freedom March in New Orleans. The photographs are taken from the Louis J. Twomey S.J. Papers and the B. Raynal Arriati Papers.

Meet Jacqueline Joseph, our first Monroe Library Friend of the Month for

the 2013-2014 school year! Jackie is a senior and pursuing a B.A. in Political

Science with a minor in Women’s Studies.

A native of New Rochelle, New York, Jackie is the chair of Loyola’s

Community Action Program and also interns at Loyola’s Women’s Research

Center.

Special Collections and Archives is sharing photocopies of letters from 19th century literary and cultural icon Lafcadio Hearn with Matsue, Japan (New Orleans’ sister city), where Hearn fell in love with the local folklore and traditional tales for which he is best known in Japan. Barbara Ewell delivered six letters last summer, and a City of New Orleans delegation, led by Donna Fraiche, former chair of Loyola’s Board of Trustees, will deliver another letter, among other gifts, in early October. See http://www.loyno.edu/news/loynews/20130930/3295.

The Monroe Library’s current progress report is available at http://issuu.com/monroelibrary.

Loyola students viewed the finale of Breaking Bad in the Living Room on September 29. Next up: Saul’s prequel!

Users are responding to the Monroe Library’s social media. Our Facebook page has 529 likes (the figure is increasing steadily) and had more than 3,300 viewers last week. Please check our Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest sites as well.

The library is always grateful for the generosity of our donors and benefactors. Gift income in August 2013 was more than double that in August 2012, while FY13 gift income was more than double that in FY12. On behalf of the entire Loyola community and users of the Monroe Library today and well into the future, thank you!

The Monroe Library recently received news of a planned gift, established by a donor to recognize that her son used the library so effectively during his Loyola years, and to credit the library with her son’s success.

James Clifford

Temporary Processing Archivist

Mark Johnson

Audio Visual Assistant

Welbie Prinston

Learning Commons Assistant

Laurie Phillips

Associate Dean for Technical Services

October 3

Hilary Gunnels

Learning Commons Day Manager

October 5

Now through December 18: We March in Dignity, a photography exhibit in Special Collections and Archives.