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Full Of Grace: Little Books Are Big On Beauty, Advice, Jillian M. Ewalt
Full Of Grace: Little Books Are Big On Beauty, Advice, Jillian M. Ewalt
Marian Library Faculty Publications
What was the best-selling book in Christendom from 1250 to 1550? It wasn’t the Bible, but the Book of Hours.
Brief compiled by University of Dayton Magazine staff from three informational blogs by the author on the Marian Library website.
Celebrating Open Access At University Of Dayton, Maureen E. Schlangen
Celebrating Open Access At University Of Dayton, Maureen E. Schlangen
Roesch Library Staff Publications
Each year, Open Access Week calls attention to efforts worldwide to make scholarly literature, research data, creative works, primary sources and other materials available to anyone online, free of charge. The Catholic Portal, Catholic News Archive and subject guides are among the freely available resources made possible by CRRA members and partners.
Kathleen Webb, dean of the University of Dayton Libraries, places a high value on information accessibility and ushered her libraries into the open-access realm with the 2013 launch of eCommons, an institutional repository showcasing the research and creative works of the faculty, staff and students of the University …
Review: 'Notre Dame Vs. The Klan: How The Fighting Irish Defied The Kkk,' By Todd Tucker, William Vance Trollinger
Review: 'Notre Dame Vs. The Klan: How The Fighting Irish Defied The Kkk,' By Todd Tucker, William Vance Trollinger
History Faculty Publications
Todd Tucker’s book is an easy and enjoyable read. And the author has a great story to tell, about the three days in May 1924 when Notre Dame students clashed with members of the Ku Klux Klan on the streets of South Bend. Notre Dame alumni will particularly enjoy it, as Tucker (a 1990 graduate) has written what is in effect a love letter to his alma mater, replete with details about the author’s experience as a student (as well as additional autobiographical information).
The Medieval Best-Seller: Part Iii, Jillian M. Ewalt
The Medieval Best-Seller: Part Iii, Jillian M. Ewalt
Marian Library Faculty Publications
As the best-selling book of the Middle Ages, Books of Hours were owned and read by many medieval Europeans. But who were these 14th- and 15th-century readers? What did it really take to own and use one of these exclusive editions? Keep reading to find out about books and readers in a time very few could afford to own a book and even fewer, perhaps, could read it.
Third blog in a series of three about Books of Hours.