Booth Library

Gift honors family legacy while expanding student learning, academic inquiry, and community dialogue. Charleston, Ill. — Eastern Illinois University’s Mary J. Booth Library has announced the Shakir Islamic Perspectives Initiative, a new academic and cultural initiative made possible through a generous gift from Dr. Abdur Rahman Shakir. The initiative honors the legacy of his parents, Dr. Hassan and […]

News originally submitted by the Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation, dated December 30, 2025 *NOTE UPDATED TIMES BELOW AS OF JANUARY 9, 2026* (Champaign, IL) —  The Auschwitz Experience in the Art of Prisoners, a traveling exhibit about the Holocaust, will be displayed in the West Reading Room at the iconic Booth Library on the Eastern Illinois Campus, located at […]

Booth Library’s collections are constantly growing to meet the research and information needs of the EIU community. In December 2025, Booth Library acquired and cataloged 383 physical items (books, DVDs, government documents, archival resources, and more) and 4519 electronic resources (including ebooks, ejournals, digital audiobooks, EIU student theses, and streaming videos). Individual issues of current periodicals […]