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Principal investigators, Allen Lanham, Dean of Library Services, and Marlene Slough, Head of Acquisitions, from Eastern Illinois University received a grant to document the art and architecture in Illinois libraries. Funding for this grant was awarded by the Illinois State Library, a Division of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the federal Library Services and Technology Act and by Eastern Illinois University, Booth Library. Assisted by a team of research assistants, two teams spent much of the summer, 2006, traveling throughout the state of Illinois visiting libraries where they photographed the art and architecture and documented information related to the art collections, as well as architectural and library histories. |       |
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TEAM Allen Lanham and Marlene Slough, principal investigators Bev Cruse, project photographer and graphic designer Sandra King, project photographer and graphics assistant Nackil Sung, web designer and technology consultant Peggy Manley, principal associate for accounting and planning Christine Derrickson, coordinator for research and travel Carl Lorber, Jocelyn Tipton, and Pamela Ortega, investigators for the library visits Thomas McElwee, Ginny Gaines, Nora Harm, and Jaime Sanchez, research assistants TRAVELING EXHIBIT The information obtained from this research is being compiled into a database that will be available in January 2007, and is intended to provide access to the information and photographs obtained as part of this project. In addition, a traveling exhibit, which celebrates the rich architectural and artistic heritage of Illinois libraries, will be traveling throughout the state during the next year. This exhibit was developed based on information and images collected by Eastern Illinois University’s Booth Library through surveys and more than 600 site visits. For more information on the traveling exhibit, visit http://www.library.eiu.edu/artarch/exhibit.asp. FEEDBACK This project is maintained by Booth Library at Eastern Illinois University. Comments, questions, corrections, suggestions are all welcome. We were assisted by our colleagues in more than 900 public and academic library agencies in Illinois, to whom we are grateful. | |