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Hit the road with Summer Reading Bingo 2026! 🚗📚

This year’s theme is Road Trip, and we’re inviting you to read your way through summer. From books set on the East Coast to stories involving diners, national parks, road trips, music, and more, there’s a square for every kind of reader.

How it works:
Between May 26 and August 21, read a book that matches one of the bingo squares.

Each book = 1 entry
Bingo = 2 extra entries
Blackout = 5 extra entries

No double dipping! Each book can only count for one square.

Need ideas? Follow along here and check the Libraries Blog all summer for recommendations.

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In observance of Memorial Day, Cudahy Library, Information Commons, Lewis Library, and Health Sciences Library will be closed from Saturday, May 23 to Monday, May 25. We will reopen on Tuesday, May 26.

We honor and remember those who have served.

Image by Leamsii from Pixabay

📣 We’re Hiring! The University Libraries is seeking an Associate Dean for Collection Strategy to join our leadership team. In this key role, you’ll help shape the vision and direction of our collections, spanning print and electronic resources, rare books and special collections, including the University Archives and the Women and Leadership Archives across our Lake Shore and Water Tower campuses.

📅 Join us for an information session on Friday, May 15, 11:00-11:30 a.m. to learn more about the position and the organization.

🔗 Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/49IgPsS

Take a break and celebrate making it through the semester! 💛
It’s Study Day at the University Libraries. Stop by for free snacks, relax for a few minutes, and make a button to commemorate caring for yourself during finals season.
📅 Wednesday, April 29
🕚 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
📍 Information Commons, Lake Shore Campus
📍 Lewis Library, Water Tower Campus
Relax, recharge, and repeat. You’ve got this!

This week, we honor and thank our amazing student workers! Thank you to for this opportunity to highlight the amazing student employees we have in our libraries! We couldn't function without you all!

Background Photo Credits: University Marketing & Communications

📖 Looking for a new book? The library has you covered!

Come stop by a pop-up library at the Lake Shore Campus or Water Tower Campus and peruse some of our new books to celebrate National Library Week!🎉 🎉 🎉

If you are stopping by the Lake Shore Campus, grab some coffee and have a chat with the new University Libraries dean, Jamie Wittenberg, at our Caffeine with the Dean event.

🗓️ Wednesday, April 22
📍 LSC, Loyola Information Commons, 1st floor
🕦 11:30AM-12:45PM

📍 WTC, Terry Student Center Lobby
🕥 10:30AM-12:00PM

Photo: Noah Passinault

Please join us for an upcoming program sponsored by Loyola’s Mission Integration and co‑sponsored by the University Libraries.

Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ is known around the world for her advocacy against the death penalty. Learn about her work and the transformation of her book into new Graphic Edition of the novel Dead Man Walking. All Loyola University Chicago students, staff, and faculty are welcome! Attendees will receive a free copy of the graphic novel.

Dead Man Walking: From Accompaniment to the Graphic Novel
A conversation with Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ

📅 Thursday, April 23, 2026
📌11:30am to 12:30pm at Health Sciences Campus, Cuneo 360
📌 4:00pm to 5:00pm at Lake Shore Campus, Damen Student Center, Sr. Jean Room North