Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez '82 Room and Archives Come to Life!
The Leatherby Libraries recently dedicated our newest group study room, the Loretta Sanchez ’82 Multi-Media Preview Room. This room is dedicated to the Honorable (Hon.) Loretta Sanchez ’82, a Chapman alumna, trustee, and university donor who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2017. In 2017, Sanchez gave the Leatherby Libraries her congressional papers
Sign Up for the Upcoming Virtual Reality Showcase at the Rinker Campus
The Leatherby Libraries will be hosting an exclusive Virtual Reality Showcase for Rinker Faculty on Friday, February 23, 2024, for Rinker Campus Faculty at Building 9401, Room 180 at the Rinker Campus. Take a first look at the Meta Quest Pro VR Headsets during these hands-on workshops hosted by our Health Sciences Librarians. There will
Celebrating Vietnamese Culture
The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to present a new semester-long display celebrating Vietnamese culture and tradition. Vietnamese Lunar New Year, known as Tết (short for Tết Nguyên Đán) was February 10th, 2024. Tết is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture, as it introduces the arrival of spring and encourages families to come together and
The Leatherby Libraries Introduces Meta Quest Pro Virtual Reality Headsets
Attention Rinker students and faculty, are you ready to jump into the world of virtual and augmented reality? If so, stop by the Rinker Campus Study Commons to check out one of the Leatherby Libraries’ brand-new Meta Quest Pro headsets. The Leatherby Libraries Health Sciences Librarians have added four Meta Quest Pro headsets to the
Autism Acceptance: A Photographic Exhibition Opening Reception and Panel Discussion
Join us on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, to celebrate the grand opening of the Acceptance photographic exhibit by Chapman University lecturer Bernie Dickson. This event will be in the Doy and Dee Henley Reading Room on the second floor of the Leatherby Libraries. Dickson curated Acceptance: A Step to Promote Awareness and Understanding of Autism after being inspired by her family’s
Leatherby Libraries and IS&T Collaborate on Parent Spring Summit Presentations
For the first time ever, the Leatherby Libraries and Information Services & Technology (IS&T) department will be presenting at the Parent Spring Summit! Librarians and IS&T staff will collaborate on two presentations for the upcoming 2024 Parent Spring Summit. These presentations aim to provide parents with relevant information on artificial intelligence and information security in higher education to keep
Love Data? We Do! A Celebration of All Things Data
Hosted by ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) at the University of Michigan, International Love Data Week is a celebration of all things data that seeks to bring people together to learn, appreciate, and have fun with data. Credit: Image provided. All Rights Reserved. Love Data Week 2024 February 12-16, 2024 #LoveData24 The 2024 theme is
Connect to Knowledge: Current Protocols
The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to offer access to Current Protocols, the most extensive interdisciplinary collection of peer-reviewed, authoritative, and regularly updated step-by-step research techniques and procedures available. Current Protocols provides over 25,000 step-by-step instructions, techniques, procedures, and practical overviews of reliable, efficient methods that ensure reproducible results for scientific discovery. Topics covered include cell
Leatherby Libraries Named Inaugural Insight to Diversity Winner
We are thrilled to announce that the Leatherby Libraries is a recipient of the inaugural 2024 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) award from Insight Into Diversity Magazine. Insight Into Diversity is one of the largest and oldest publications in higher education that focuses on diversity and inclusion. The LEAD award honors academic libraries’ whose
Spring 2024 Application Open for Inaugural Faculty Research Award: SOARS
Dean Kevin Ross of the Leatherby Libraries, in collaboration with the Office of the Provost, Office of Research, and the IS&T Department, is pleased to open applications for the latest round of the Supporting Open Access Research and Scholarship (SOARS) program. Applications for the Spring 2024 submission cycle will be accepted between January 1st and