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Library without power and website unavailable on Wednesday, November 25
Facilities Planning and Management will be conducting electrical upgrades on Wednesday, November 25, 2009. There will be no electrical power, no wired or wireless network connectivity, and no air conditioning at Booth Library during the upgrade. Due to this outage, the library website will be unavailable from 9:30 am on Wednesday, November 25 until approximately 12:30 pm. Off-campus access to library resources will also be unavailable during this period.
The library will remain open and it will be possible to check out and return materials.Library Hours for the Thanksgiving Holiday Week
Library Hours for the Thanksgiving Holiday Week During the holiday period (as stated in our annual calendar), Booth Library will be closed Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 21 and 22. The library will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 23 and 24. While Booth Library will be closed to the public on Wednesday, Nov. 25, faculty may call the Dean's office at 581-6061 for admission to use the collection. The library will then be closed for the holidays (Nov. 26-27), and will resume normal hours on Sunday, Nov. 29.Lincoln Exhibit to Complement Embarras Valley Film Festival
In conjunction with the Lincoln Bicentennial and the 2009 Embarras Valley Film Festival (EVFF), Booth Library will stage an exhibit entitled: "Abraham Lincoln in Film and Television." The exhibit will feature images of various fictionalized portrayals of Lincoln on the big screen and in television productions. Also included will be images from some of the important Lincoln documentaries. Highlighted, as well, will be Lincoln's connection to the Civil War and to Coles County. The exhibit will be placed in Booth Library's south lobby during the second week of November.NoteBooth Library Newsletter
The November issue of NoteBooth, the library newsletter for EIU faculty is now available on the Booth Library website under the "Library Publications" link. It contains information about new library resources, events, exhibits, etc.New mobile interface for EBSCOhost Databases
Smartphone users can now search their favorite EBSCO databases through a new mobile-friendly interface. EBSCOhost Mobile is tailor-made for the smaller screens of mobile devices, and offers the most important EBSCOhost features and functionality, right in the palm of your hand.Try It! Illinois
Illinois State Library's annual statewide database trial, October 1 through November 30. Try-It! Illinois is open to all Illinois library staffs and Illinois library users. You must have a valid panther card to access Try It! Illinois from EIU. Please see the instructions for more information on accessing the trial.
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