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The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Students listen to a presentation during the Booth Library tour Monday in Booth Library.

Booth Library offering tours Monday through Thursday

Corryn Brock, Staff Reporter August 27, 2018

Students can see what resources are available in Booth Library from guided tours that are being offered until Sept. 13. Students, faculty and staff can begin tours by stopping by the Reference Services/...

Booth Library to upgrade online catalog

Staff Report July 13, 2018

Booth Library will upgrade the online catalog on July 23, most of the features and functions will remain the same, but new features will be added to improve the catalog. According to a press release,...

1,000 new items cataloged by Booth Library in March

Staff Report April 10, 2018

Booth Library acquired and cataloged over 1,000 new items in March. These include donations to the library, re-cataloged items, government publications and consortium-wide purchases. Some of the...

Spring book sale coming to Booth

Parker Valentine, Staff Reporter April 1, 2018

Booth Library will hold their biannual spring book sale next week. On Wednesday, April 11, Booth Library will be selling hundreds of paperback fiction novels as well as many different academic books...

Booth Library records millionth download for ‘The Keep’

Staff Report February 12, 2018

The 1-millionth download for Booth Library’s institutional repository, The Keep, was recorded on Feb. 6. The day’s biggest downloads were “Stress as a Moderator of Visual Perception: Do Elevated...

Storytime continues at Booth Library

Staff Report January 23, 2018

From 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturdays starting this week, children ages 3 to 7 can listen to a story in the Ballenger Teachers Center of Booth Library. The themes are as follows: Jan. 27- Latino...

Rodney Rote Jr., a senior music performance major, sets up the exhibit Designs of Duty in Booth Library Monday afternoon. Designs of Duty is an exhibit featuring East Central Illinois veterans and their service-related tattoos, this will be on display at Booth Library from Jan. 22 through May 11.

Booth Library exhibit to feature veterans’ service-related tattoos

Staff Report January 22, 2018

East Central Illinois veterans and their service-related tattoos will be displayed in Booth Library’s latest exhibit, “Designs of Duty.” This exhibit can be seen at the library from Jan. 22 through...

Booth Library to offer thesis workshops

Staff Report January 12, 2018

Booth Library faculty members, in cooperation with the Graduate Student Advisory Council, are offering three Thesis Research 101 workshops. Thesis 101 Seminar 1: Researching the Literature with Steve...

Booth offers incentives for library research

January 10, 2018

Eastern students who have used resources from the Booth Library for their research can now enter the library’s “Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity” program. The program is...

Booth Library tours to be held the first 4 weeks of the semester

Staff Report January 8, 2018

Eastern students, faculty and staff can take a tour of Booth Library during the first four weeks of the semester. According to a press release, these tours are twenty minutes long. To go on one, participants...

Alex Hill a graduate student and buissnes administration major, John Hader a senior kinisiology major and Michelle Meyeraholtz a senior a general studies major meditate during a guided meditation at Booth Library Sunday night.

EIU Meditation Club offers a sense of ease to students

Jordan Boyer, Photo Editor December 10, 2017

The EIU Meditation Club helped students relax before finals week at Booth Library with a guided meditation. The club is hosting other guided meditations during finals week to help students clear their...

Stress relief for finals week located in Booth Library

Staff Report December 7, 2017

The Booth Library has planned several activities designed to help students deal with the stress of finals week, along with extended hours. For finals week, the library will be open from 9 a.m. to 9...

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