Extended Hours for Final Exams

We are pleased to announce that this semester, the entire library will be open overnight for several days during the final exam period. Overnight access will be limited to current students from Notre Dame and Loyola; all students will be required to show their institutional ID to enter.


Extended hours will begin on Friday, 12/10:

• Friday, Dec. 10: 8am – 10pm
• Saturday, Dec. 11: 8am – 10pm
• Starting Sunday, Dec. 12 at 10am, the entire library will be open continuously until 10pm on Saturday, Dec. 18.
• LNDL will reopen at 10am on Sunday, Dec. 19 and will remain open until 6pm on Tuesday, Dec. 21.

On Wednesday, Dec. 22 we will be open from 8am - noon, at which point the library will close for the holidays, and reopen on Monday, Jan. 3.

Please check the website for more information about library hours.

Thanksgiving Hours

Thanksgiving will be here soon and we wanted to get the word out about our hours that week:

Tuesday, Nov. 23: 8am-5pm
Wednesday, Nov. 24 - Friday, Nov. 26: Closed
Saturday, Nov. 27: 10am - 8pm

Regular hours will resume on Sunday, November 28. Information about extended hours for final exams will be released in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned!

Edited 11/22: We just realized there was an error on our Saturday hours -- we are open loger than was initially posted. This has been corrected in the information above.

Student Exhibit: Painting: Color

We're pleased to host an exhibit of paintings created by students in SA 314 - Painting: Color, a Studio Arts class at Loyola taught by Prof. Christopher Lonegan. In this course, students look at color relationships and the historic context of color, through observation, research and by creating their own paintings. Come by and take a look at samples of their work this semester, paired with some of the research that inspired them. The assignments highlighted include The Renaissance Triptych, The Gothic Page and Painted Mosaics.

You'll find the exhibit on the Second Level, across from the elevator up from the Ferguson Gallery.

Guest Access During Final Exams

Due to final exams, from Wednesday, December 1 through Wednesday, December 22, only students, faculty and staff from the College of Notre Dame and Loyola University will be admitted to the Library. Students from other institutions, as well as the general public, will not be admitted. We apologize for any inconvenience, and appreciate your understanding.

The Saint John's Bible: Faculty Forum

As a part of our exhibit The Saint John's Bible: Inspiration and Illumination, we are pleased to host a Faculty Forum on Monday, November 8 at 4:30pm. The event will feature members of College of Notre Dame’s Religious Studies Department and Loyola University’s Department of Theology, who will speak about Isaiah 53, one of the passages on display for the exhibit. A reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public -- we hope you will join us! RSVPs are appreciated; please contact Alison Cody at acody3@loyola.edu / acody@ndm.edu or (410) 617-6835.

From the College of Notre Dame of Maryland:
Dr. Lyle Weiss, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Dr. Henrietta Wiley, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

From Loyola University Maryland:
Dr. James Buckley, Professor of Theology
Dr. Angela Christman, Professor of Theology
Dr. Adam Gregerman, Affiliate Faculty Department of Theology, and Jewish Scholar at the Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies

The Saint John's Bible: Inspiration and Illumination

The Loyola/Notre Dame Library is honored to announce the installation of a new exhibit in the Ferguson Gallery. The Saint John's Bible: Inspiration and Illumination will run from October 25 through December 3. The exhibit is free and open to the public during library hours.

The St. John's Bible is a handwritten, hand-illuminated Bible. It was commissioned by the Saint John's Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minn., in 1998. Renowned calligrapher Donald Jackson coordinated teams of artists in Wales and scholars in Central Minnesota. Together, they created The Saint John's Bible, in which calligraphy and illumination bring the Word of God to life in an exquisite and inspiring blend of art and theology. Our exhibit features four books from the Heritage Edition, a fine art reproduction of the original.

In addition to the exhibit, the Library will host a faculty forum on Monday, November 8 at 4:30 pm. Please see our announcement about the Forum for complete details.

Text an LNDL Librarian

In December 2008, we debuted a new service -- you could send us a text to ask a question. The hack we used to capture and respond to text messages was buggy and difficult for customers to use, and over the summer we decided to try something new.

You can now text the Research Assistance desk at (410) 929-6876. You might notice this isn't quite a campus number -- that's because we're using Google Voice to provide this service. This is still a hack, rather than a fully-supported system, and so it's not perfect. The back-and-forth can be slow, and if we're closed you won't get a message back telling you that. But, we hope that it's at least easier to use!

Please keep in mind that we can only answer texts when the Research Assistance Desk is open. That's until 9:30pm, unless the whole library closes earlier that day. And remember that this is a text-only number. If you'd like to call us, you'll want to dial (410) 617-6802.

Please note that your carrier may charge you for text messages sent and received, and that the library is not responsible for these charges.