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Increase In Library Student Work-Study Positions May Be Violation

Alaina Stellwagen • November 7, 2019

Following the 56 staff layoffs last spring— which included some library staff members— , DePauw University Libraries increased its number of work study students by 10%, which could be a violation of federal work study laws according to labor law expert Kenneth Dau-Schmidt.

Prevo Library to Close in 2021

Peter Nicieja • February 27, 2019

Prevo Science Library, housed on the first floor of Julian Science and Mathematics Center, is scheduled to close down in June 2021, according to an email from Jeannette Pope, Professor of Geosciences and...

Roy O. West Upgrade

Brooks Hepp • November 7, 2017

With DePauw University's recent additions of Hoover Hall and Stewart Plaza, there is bound to be another upgrade in the coming years. In my opinion, Roy O. West Library is in a desperate need for an...

Talk of library renovation calms but plan still in place

Emma MacAnally • November 5, 2015

A student studies in the tree houses located on the first floor of Roy O. West library. As fall semester progresses, plans for renovations to Roy O. West Library has become an increasingly higher...

DePauw University library hours fall short of peer institutions

Nicole DeCriscio • April 13, 2015

Students walk into Roy O. West Library after 9:30 p.m. on Sunday night. Roy is open from 7:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. on weekdays. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW It’s nearly 2 a.m., and very few people are...

Call for Roy O. West renovation, library called ‘depressing’ reminiscent of a ‘hospital or jail’

Lexy Burton • February 23, 2015

A severed piece of wood pierces the back of a chair on the second floor of Roy O. West Library. SAM CARAVANA/THE DEPAUW DePauw University’s library houses books dating back 537 years, but many...

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