Organizers of the first Star Party at then-Sangamon State University in 1976 learned one thing very quickly: It can be cold in December, especially on the roof of Brookens Library.
But that didn't deter interest, and the popular Friday Star Parties return this week and run through the end of October.
John Martin, associate professor of astronomy and physics at what is now the University of Illinois Springfield, said subsequent Star Parties were moved to fall.
"The sun is setting at a reasonable time so that it becomes dark earlier, and the weather hasn't turned nasty," said Martin, the Star Parties host.
There will be seven regular 8-10 p.m. Friday Star Parties this year, plus a bonus party from 7 to 10 p.m. Sept. 27 (weather permitting) to view the start of a total lunar eclipse.
"We haven't had a good lunar eclipse that is visible here in a while," Martin said.
A typical Star Party begins with a presentation as visitors ascend the stairs to the observatory, learning about galaxies, the sun and stars along the way. On the roof observation deck, visitors can view the skies through telescopes and ask questions.
Participants are welcome to arrive and leave as they wish between 8 and 10 p.m.
Reservations aren't required for the free Star Parties, and groups are encouraged to attend. The entrance to the campus observatory is outside Brookens Library on the southeast corner of the building.
The parties can be canceled for cloudy weather. Questions about whether the weather is suitable for viewing should be directed to 206-8342 at 7 p.m. on the evening of the Star Party.
This article appeared online in The State Journal-Register on September 7, 2015.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Monday, August 31, 2015
Civil rights icon John Lewis' to appear at UIS as part of campuswide reading program
An appearance by civil rights icon John Lewis, now a U.S. congressman, will highlight events related to the University of Illinois Springfield's "One Book, One UIS" community read for 2015-16.
The graphic memoir "March," written by Lewis and Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell, tells Lewis' life story as a civil rights activist and leader. The book is a trilogy, with the third part yet to be published.
Jane Treadwell, UIS librarian and dean of library instructional services, said the book selection committee considered whether a graphic novel would have as much appeal as a traditional book to the campus community.
"Undergraduates already have been exposed, and they like that format," Treadwell said. "We decided that because of the subject matter, it would work."
The highlight of the "March" initiative is an Oct. 19 appearance by Lewis, Aydin and Powell at UIS. Tickets for the 7 p.m. event, which are free, are available Monday through the Sangamon Auditorium ticket office. The event is supported in part by Illinois Humanities and the Field Foundation of Illinois.
More information on the community read and the Oct. 19 event is available at onebookoneuis.com.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on August 31, 2015.
Read the story online.
The graphic memoir "March," written by Lewis and Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell, tells Lewis' life story as a civil rights activist and leader. The book is a trilogy, with the third part yet to be published.
Jane Treadwell, UIS librarian and dean of library instructional services, said the book selection committee considered whether a graphic novel would have as much appeal as a traditional book to the campus community.
"Undergraduates already have been exposed, and they like that format," Treadwell said. "We decided that because of the subject matter, it would work."
The highlight of the "March" initiative is an Oct. 19 appearance by Lewis, Aydin and Powell at UIS. Tickets for the 7 p.m. event, which are free, are available Monday through the Sangamon Auditorium ticket office. The event is supported in part by Illinois Humanities and the Field Foundation of Illinois.
More information on the community read and the Oct. 19 event is available at onebookoneuis.com.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on August 31, 2015.
Read the story online.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Academic Movers 2014: In Depth with Sarah Sagmoen
In the latest of our In-Depth Interviews with Library Journal Movers & Shakers from academic libraries, sponsored by SAGE, we spoke with Sarah Sagmoen, learning commons and user services librarian at the University of Illinois Springfield’s Brookens Library.
Hired as a visiting instructional librarian in 2009, Sagmoen was managing the reference desk and public computers by the end of her first year.
In her third year at Brookens, her work inspired the library to create the position she now occupies.
Between her academic duties and a lively student outreach program, she is busy building a strong community both inside the library and out.
This article appeared online in the Library Journal's Academic Newswire enewsletter on November 20, 2014.
Sagmoen answers many questions about her passion and creativity as a library leader.
Read the entire article here.
Hired as a visiting instructional librarian in 2009, Sagmoen was managing the reference desk and public computers by the end of her first year.
In her third year at Brookens, her work inspired the library to create the position she now occupies.
Between her academic duties and a lively student outreach program, she is busy building a strong community both inside the library and out.
This article appeared online in the Library Journal's Academic Newswire enewsletter on November 20, 2014.
Sagmoen answers many questions about her passion and creativity as a library leader.
Read the entire article here.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Susan Koch: UIS’ library is lively, digitally sophisticated
The following is a portion of a guest column written by UIS Chancellor Susan J. Koch. It was published in the April 13, 2014 edition of The State Journal-Register.
"One of my favorite locations on the University of Illinois Springfield campus is the Norris L. Brookens Library.
Dedicated in 1976, the library was the first permanent building on the campus. During the nearly four decades since its construction, the Brookens Library, like many other academic libraries, has been transformed to become much more that a repository and circulator of books.
Thanks in part to the strong leadership of Library Dean Jane Treadwell, the legendary hushed atmosphere is long gone and in its place is a lively, digitally sophisticated and entrepreneurial “learning commons” where professional librarians and peer support staff provide all manner of resources and services and make possible—for students, faculty, staff and visitors—the vibrant circulation of ideas.
And when you think of a librarian, what words come to mind? Quiet, stuffy, drab, timid, puritanical, strict, fastidious? Well, that’s another thing about libraries that has changed. Sarah Sagmoen, whose official title is director of Learning Commons and User Services, is a perfect example.
Sarah has just been named a 2014 “Mover and Shaker” by the American Library Association. This prestigious national recognition is given each year to 50 emerging leaders in the library profession who are innovative and creative and who are moving libraries ahead to be more relevant and to better serve library users."
Read the full column online
"One of my favorite locations on the University of Illinois Springfield campus is the Norris L. Brookens Library.
Dedicated in 1976, the library was the first permanent building on the campus. During the nearly four decades since its construction, the Brookens Library, like many other academic libraries, has been transformed to become much more that a repository and circulator of books.
Thanks in part to the strong leadership of Library Dean Jane Treadwell, the legendary hushed atmosphere is long gone and in its place is a lively, digitally sophisticated and entrepreneurial “learning commons” where professional librarians and peer support staff provide all manner of resources and services and make possible—for students, faculty, staff and visitors—the vibrant circulation of ideas.
And when you think of a librarian, what words come to mind? Quiet, stuffy, drab, timid, puritanical, strict, fastidious? Well, that’s another thing about libraries that has changed. Sarah Sagmoen, whose official title is director of Learning Commons and User Services, is a perfect example.
Sarah has just been named a 2014 “Mover and Shaker” by the American Library Association. This prestigious national recognition is given each year to 50 emerging leaders in the library profession who are innovative and creative and who are moving libraries ahead to be more relevant and to better serve library users."
Read the full column online
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
'One Book, One UIS' author coming to campus
Those who participated in the University of Illinois Springfield’s “One Book, One UIS” initiative last fall may want to refresh their memories.
Katherine Boo, author of the award-winning book “Behind the Beautiful Forevers,” is speaking at UIS April 1 after having been unable to appear last fall during the group book-read.
The concept of a community reading project originated with the Washington Center for the Book in the late 1990s. The idea is to bring together people from varied backgrounds through the reading and discussion of a common book.
Jane Treadwell, UIS librarian and dean of library instructional services, came up with the idea for the “one book” initiative at UIS.
She solicited ideas from the Friends of Brookens Library and the campus and Springfield communities before deciding on Boo’s “Behind the Beautiful Forevers.” The book won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2012, was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize, and appeared on many best-book lists that year.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on March 11, 2014.
Read the story online
Katherine Boo, author of the award-winning book “Behind the Beautiful Forevers,” is speaking at UIS April 1 after having been unable to appear last fall during the group book-read.
The concept of a community reading project originated with the Washington Center for the Book in the late 1990s. The idea is to bring together people from varied backgrounds through the reading and discussion of a common book.
Jane Treadwell, UIS librarian and dean of library instructional services, came up with the idea for the “one book” initiative at UIS.
She solicited ideas from the Friends of Brookens Library and the campus and Springfield communities before deciding on Boo’s “Behind the Beautiful Forevers.” The book won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2012, was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize, and appeared on many best-book lists that year.
The story was reported by The State Journal-Register on March 11, 2014.
Read the story online
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
UIS 'community read' hopes to inspire
The University of Illinois Springfield is trying to get everybody on the same page — at least for its first community reading project this fall.
“We’ve been involved with community reads with Lincoln Library and other public libraries but have never organized one ourselves,” said Jane Treadwell, UIS librarian and dean of library instructional services.
The university’s One Book, One UIS initiative will use “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo, an account of the lives of the residents of a slum in Mumbai, India, as its centerpiece.
The campus community is being encouraged to read the book and participate in the initiative, which kicks off Friday with the screening of a film and concludes Oct. 8 with the second of two panel discussions.
Boo will speak Oct. 7 at Brookens Auditorium.
“Behind the Beautiful Forevers” won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2012, was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize and appeared on several best book lists.
The story was featured by The State Journal-Register on September 1, 2013.
Read the article online
“We’ve been involved with community reads with Lincoln Library and other public libraries but have never organized one ourselves,” said Jane Treadwell, UIS librarian and dean of library instructional services.
The university’s One Book, One UIS initiative will use “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo, an account of the lives of the residents of a slum in Mumbai, India, as its centerpiece.
The campus community is being encouraged to read the book and participate in the initiative, which kicks off Friday with the screening of a film and concludes Oct. 8 with the second of two panel discussions.
Boo will speak Oct. 7 at Brookens Auditorium.
“Behind the Beautiful Forevers” won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2012, was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize and appeared on several best book lists.
The story was featured by The State Journal-Register on September 1, 2013.
Read the article online
Thursday, March 22, 2012
UIS to host annual Friday Night Star Parties
If spring has sprung, the University of Illinois Springfield has also opened its telescope apertures on the heavens for those in Springfield with a hankering to look closer at the stars and planets.
The popular Friday Night Star Parties begins the last week in March and runs every Friday through April during clement weather. Host John Martin, assistant professor of astronomy/physics, says that during this season Jupiter and Venus are bright in the west around sunset and Mars and Saturn rise later in the evening in the east.
The entrance to the rooftop observatory is at the southeast corner of UIS Brookens Library. Guests receive a presentation as they ascend the four flights of stairs, followed by viewing of various celestial objects, when they may also ask questions.
Visitors are welcome to arrive and leave any time between 8 and 10 p.m. Cloudy weather may cancel a Star Party. Questions as to if the weather is suitable for star gazing should be made at 7 p.m. the evening of the party.
For those unable to climb stairs or a short five-foot ladder up to the main telescope dome, Sunday Night Star Parties are held for people with disabilities. More info is at uis.edu/astronomy/about/starparties.
The Star Parties were featured in an March 22, 2012, article in the Illinois Times.
Read the article online
The popular Friday Night Star Parties begins the last week in March and runs every Friday through April during clement weather. Host John Martin, assistant professor of astronomy/physics, says that during this season Jupiter and Venus are bright in the west around sunset and Mars and Saturn rise later in the evening in the east.
The entrance to the rooftop observatory is at the southeast corner of UIS Brookens Library. Guests receive a presentation as they ascend the four flights of stairs, followed by viewing of various celestial objects, when they may also ask questions.
Visitors are welcome to arrive and leave any time between 8 and 10 p.m. Cloudy weather may cancel a Star Party. Questions as to if the weather is suitable for star gazing should be made at 7 p.m. the evening of the party.
For those unable to climb stairs or a short five-foot ladder up to the main telescope dome, Sunday Night Star Parties are held for people with disabilities. More info is at uis.edu/astronomy/about/starparties.
The Star Parties were featured in an March 22, 2012, article in the Illinois Times.
Read the article online
Friday, March 9, 2012
Brookens named Federal Depository Library
The Norris L Brookens Library at the University of Illinois Springfield is the newest library to join the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
Although the Brookens Library joined the FDLP in 2011, its active involvement and participation with Federal Government documents began over two decades ago. In order to meet the university and nearby community’s research needs, a selective housing agreement was created in 1988 between the library and Lumpkin Library at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois. The then-named Sangamon State University began to collect, house, and maintain the Federal depository documents of Blackburn College, one of only seven Work Colleges recognized by the U.S. Government as defined in the U.S. Code. As there were no openings in their congressional district at the time, Sangamon State was not able to pursue Federal depository status until a designation opening became available. Sangamon State University was founded in 1969 in the capital of Illinois, Springfield; it became the third campus of the University of Illinois in 1995 and has since been known as the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS).
As a result of this partnership, UIS’s Norris L Brookens Library houses over 200,000 Government documents collected prior to their official designation as a depository. Operating under the selective housing agreement since 1988, the library has a demonstrated track record of communicating with the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) in order to maintain the free public access requirements of the FDLP. At present, UIS serves just over 5,100 students and touts its small public university status, offering high-quality liberal arts education, public affairs activities, and professional programs.
The news was featured in an March 7, 2012, FDLP Connection article.
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Although the Brookens Library joined the FDLP in 2011, its active involvement and participation with Federal Government documents began over two decades ago. In order to meet the university and nearby community’s research needs, a selective housing agreement was created in 1988 between the library and Lumpkin Library at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois. The then-named Sangamon State University began to collect, house, and maintain the Federal depository documents of Blackburn College, one of only seven Work Colleges recognized by the U.S. Government as defined in the U.S. Code. As there were no openings in their congressional district at the time, Sangamon State was not able to pursue Federal depository status until a designation opening became available. Sangamon State University was founded in 1969 in the capital of Illinois, Springfield; it became the third campus of the University of Illinois in 1995 and has since been known as the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS).
As a result of this partnership, UIS’s Norris L Brookens Library houses over 200,000 Government documents collected prior to their official designation as a depository. Operating under the selective housing agreement since 1988, the library has a demonstrated track record of communicating with the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) in order to maintain the free public access requirements of the FDLP. At present, UIS serves just over 5,100 students and touts its small public university status, offering high-quality liberal arts education, public affairs activities, and professional programs.
The news was featured in an March 7, 2012, FDLP Connection article.
Read the article online
Monday, November 7, 2011
Springfield native Rebecca Skloot chronicles woman's immortal life
Rebecca Skloot, aged 16 and sitting in a classroom at Portland Community College, has no idea she’s about to have one of the pivotal moments in her life.
“Donald Defler, a gnomish balding man, paced at the front of the lecture hall and flipped on an overhead projector,” Skloot would write years later.
After a few confusing minutes lecturing about cellular biology, Defler wrote a name on the chalkboard in large letters: HENRIETTA LACKS.
Lacks, he explained, was a woman who died from cervical cancer in 1951. Scientists had taken a sample of her cancer cells and with them made a breakthrough. Where decades of work had failed to get human cells to grow in a lab, suddenly Henrietta’s cells were growing endlessly.
Since then, the cells have played a crucial role in medicine, from the polio vaccine to modern cancer research.
More than 20 years after that biology class, Skloot would chronicle the strange tale of the cells — and the family the cell “donor” left behind — in “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.”
The book has become a sensation: More than 1 million copies have been sold. It was named one of the best books of 2010 by many critics and newspapers. Oprah Winfrey is making it into a movie.
And after a decade toiling in relative obscurity, Skloot has become a sensation, too.
The author will talk about her book during a free lecture Wednesday night at Sangamon Auditorium, on the campus of the University of Illinois Springfield.
It’s a homecoming for Skloot: she was born in Springfield and spent the first 10 years of her life here.
Skloot was featured in an November 6, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
“Donald Defler, a gnomish balding man, paced at the front of the lecture hall and flipped on an overhead projector,” Skloot would write years later.
After a few confusing minutes lecturing about cellular biology, Defler wrote a name on the chalkboard in large letters: HENRIETTA LACKS.
Lacks, he explained, was a woman who died from cervical cancer in 1951. Scientists had taken a sample of her cancer cells and with them made a breakthrough. Where decades of work had failed to get human cells to grow in a lab, suddenly Henrietta’s cells were growing endlessly.
Since then, the cells have played a crucial role in medicine, from the polio vaccine to modern cancer research.
More than 20 years after that biology class, Skloot would chronicle the strange tale of the cells — and the family the cell “donor” left behind — in “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.”
The book has become a sensation: More than 1 million copies have been sold. It was named one of the best books of 2010 by many critics and newspapers. Oprah Winfrey is making it into a movie.
And after a decade toiling in relative obscurity, Skloot has become a sensation, too.
The author will talk about her book during a free lecture Wednesday night at Sangamon Auditorium, on the campus of the University of Illinois Springfield.
It’s a homecoming for Skloot: she was born in Springfield and spent the first 10 years of her life here.
Skloot was featured in an November 6, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
Read the article online
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Study: College students rarely use librarians' expertise
A recent five-campus ethnographic study examining how students view and use their campus libraries: students rarely ask librarians for help, even when they need it. The idea of a librarian as an academic expert who is available to talk about assignments and hold their hands through the research process is, in fact, foreign to most students. Those who even have the word "librarian" in their vocabularies often think library staff are only good for pointing to different sections of the stacks.
The ERIAL (Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries) project -- a series of studies conducted at Illinois Wesleyan, DePaul University, and Northeastern Illinois University, and the University of Illinois's Chicago and Springfield campuses -- was a meta-exercise for the librarians in practicing the sort of deep research they champion. Instead of relying on surveys, the libraries enlisted two anthropologists, along with their own staff members, to collect data using open-ended interviews and direct observation, among other methods.
The goal was to generate data that, rather than being statistically significant yet shallow, would provide deep, subjective accounts of what students, librarians and professors think of the library and each other at those five institutions. The resulting papers are scheduled to be published by the American Library Association this fall, under the title: "Libraries and Student Culture: What We Now Know."
The study was reported in an August 22, 2011, edition of USA Today.
Read the story online
The ERIAL (Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries) project -- a series of studies conducted at Illinois Wesleyan, DePaul University, and Northeastern Illinois University, and the University of Illinois's Chicago and Springfield campuses -- was a meta-exercise for the librarians in practicing the sort of deep research they champion. Instead of relying on surveys, the libraries enlisted two anthropologists, along with their own staff members, to collect data using open-ended interviews and direct observation, among other methods.
The goal was to generate data that, rather than being statistically significant yet shallow, would provide deep, subjective accounts of what students, librarians and professors think of the library and each other at those five institutions. The resulting papers are scheduled to be published by the American Library Association this fall, under the title: "Libraries and Student Culture: What We Now Know."
The study was reported in an August 22, 2011, edition of USA Today.
Read the story online
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Variety of groups schedule forums for city election candidates
Monday, March 14
From 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Illinois Association of Realtors building, 522 S. Fifth St., candidates for mayor are to be in a debate put on by the Capital Area Association of Realtors, Downtown Springfield Inc., the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce and the University of Illinois Springfield.
Bill Wheelhouse of WUIS radio and Bernard Schoenburg of The State Journal-Register will moderate. Because of limited seating capacity, free tickets will be required for attendance. Information about tickets is available from the chamber’s Josh Collins at 525-1173 or jcollins@gscc.org.
Tuesday, March 15
Midtown Rotary Club is hosting a luncheon and mayoral forum at the Inn at 835, 835 S. Second St.
It is not yet determined if enough space will be available to open the event to the public, said Bill Stokes, a board member of the club. The forum will key on issues of health and human services, and the moderator will be Amanda Vinicky, Statehouse bureau chief for WUIS-FM/Illinois Public Radio.
The lunch begins at 11:45 a.m., with the forum expected to be from about 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 22
There will be a mayoral debate from 7 to 8 p.m. at Brookens Auditorium at the University of Illinois Springfield. It will be carried live on WICS-Channel 20 and WMAY, 970 AM, said WICS managing editor Rebecca Clark.
More details will be available later, including where free tickets will be available. Kunz said he plans to participate in this debate.
Information on UIS associated debates were published in a March 8, 2011, edition of The State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article
From 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Illinois Association of Realtors building, 522 S. Fifth St., candidates for mayor are to be in a debate put on by the Capital Area Association of Realtors, Downtown Springfield Inc., the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce and the University of Illinois Springfield.
Bill Wheelhouse of WUIS radio and Bernard Schoenburg of The State Journal-Register will moderate. Because of limited seating capacity, free tickets will be required for attendance. Information about tickets is available from the chamber’s Josh Collins at 525-1173 or jcollins@gscc.org.
Tuesday, March 15
Midtown Rotary Club is hosting a luncheon and mayoral forum at the Inn at 835, 835 S. Second St.
It is not yet determined if enough space will be available to open the event to the public, said Bill Stokes, a board member of the club. The forum will key on issues of health and human services, and the moderator will be Amanda Vinicky, Statehouse bureau chief for WUIS-FM/Illinois Public Radio.
The lunch begins at 11:45 a.m., with the forum expected to be from about 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 22
There will be a mayoral debate from 7 to 8 p.m. at Brookens Auditorium at the University of Illinois Springfield. It will be carried live on WICS-Channel 20 and WMAY, 970 AM, said WICS managing editor Rebecca Clark.
More details will be available later, including where free tickets will be available. Kunz said he plans to participate in this debate.
Information on UIS associated debates were published in a March 8, 2011, edition of The State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article
Friday, February 11, 2011
Jesse White to help kick off The Big Read in central Illinois
Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White and the Illinois State Library are joining libraries and other educational and cultural institutions throughout central Illinois participating in The Big Read in Central Illinois, a campaign in which readers join together to read, discuss, and celebrate a book and promote reading. The Big Read in Central Illinois is highlighting The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, the classic 1940 debut novel by author Carson McCullers.
The official kick-off for The Big Read in Central Illinois will be Tuesday, February 15th from 6-8:30 p.m. at the University of Illinois Springfield Studio Theatre. The evening will showcase the musical styles that inspired The Heart is a Lonely Hunter with performances by two musical groups (Prairieland Voices and the Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony), an awards ceremony for the winners of the "Under the Influence: Music that Inspires Expression Contest", refreshments and information tables from the participating groups involved in The Big Read in Central Illinois.
Complete information and the entire list of events for The Big Read in Central Illinois can be found at http://www.icftb.org/bigread/. Citizens are encouraged to attend any event, even if it is not held in their home community.
The Big Read in central Illinois was featured by Quad Cities Online on February 10, 2011.
Download a PDF of the article
The official kick-off for The Big Read in Central Illinois will be Tuesday, February 15th from 6-8:30 p.m. at the University of Illinois Springfield Studio Theatre. The evening will showcase the musical styles that inspired The Heart is a Lonely Hunter with performances by two musical groups (Prairieland Voices and the Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony), an awards ceremony for the winners of the "Under the Influence: Music that Inspires Expression Contest", refreshments and information tables from the participating groups involved in The Big Read in Central Illinois.
Complete information and the entire list of events for The Big Read in Central Illinois can be found at http://www.icftb.org/bigread/. Citizens are encouraged to attend any event, even if it is not held in their home community.
The Big Read in central Illinois was featured by Quad Cities Online on February 10, 2011.
Download a PDF of the article
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Author finds inspiration in Brookens' oral history collection
When she was researching the book, one of McDonald's principal sources was the oral history collection housed in the archives at Brookens Library at UIS. "Those were very, very helpful," she noted.
An article about McDonald and her book appeared in the June 9, 2008, Mattoon Journal Gazette/Charleston Times-Courier.
Download a pdf file of the article
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Materials from UIS Archives to be part of State Museum project
As part of the ongoing Illinois Oral History Project, researchers from the Illinois State Museum are scouring the state to record and preserve "the back roads" of its agricultural history.
Dozens of audiotapes made and archived at UIS' Brookens Library will be included in the project, which is scheduled to be available online in the near future.
An article in the May 27, 2008, Arlington Heights Daily Herald outlined the project.
Download a pdf file of the article
20080527-DH-OralHistory.pdf
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