Library News
Make your own EIU-themed ornament!
Posted on November 25th, 2015
Eastern students, faculty and staff are invited to show their Eastern pride by creating their own EIU ornament.
A variety of free materials is available near the north entrance of the library so that patrons may design their own, one-of-a-kind ornament.
“We hope everyone will help to decorate the library by placing their unique ornament on the EIU-themed tree in library’s Marvin Foyer,” said Allen Lanham, dean of library services. “At the end of the semester, they can then take their ornaments home with them, if they wish.”
What is “big-data” and why should you care?
Posted on November 11th, 2015
definition, ethics, (Science Friday piece on bias in algorithms) six provocations for big data: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1926431
booth collections on big data data science
encyclopedia entries
Library Adds 794 New Titles in October
Posted on November 6th, 2015
During October, Booth Library acquired and cataloged 794 new items. The list can be viewed here. The list is arranged by location: Ballenger Teachers Center, Books, Electronic sources, Illinois and Federal Documents, Maps, Media, Reference Collection, Special Collections and University Archives. The titles are listed by call number within each location. Please contact Karen Whisler, head of Collection Development, at 581-7551 or klwhisler@eiu.edu if you have questions.
Featured Government and Government related land use websites
Posted on November 2nd, 2015
Just out! Current government and government related sites recommended by GOVDOC-L, the Government Documents Listserv.
Since we are in the heart of farming country here are a couple of sites of agricultural and rural studies interest…
OpenLandContracts.org , Sponsored in part by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, provides information on Corporate investments in world-wide farming.
from the site: “OpenLandContracts.org is an online repository of publicly available contracts for large-scale land, agriculture, and forestry projects. The repository includes the full text of contracts; plain language summaries of each contract’s key social, environmental, human rights, fiscal, and operational terms; and tools for searching and comparing contracts. Launched in October 2015, OpenLandContracts.org promotes greater transparency of land-based investments, facilitates a better understanding of the contracts that govern them, and provides useful tools for governments, communities, companies, and other stakeholders.”
Also, the USDA Agricultural Research Service, (ars.usda.gov/) a great site providing information on topics like: new biopestides, new breeds of high yield strawberries, and TONS of nutrition information.
EVFF celebrates famous Illinoisan Richard Pryor
Posted on November 2nd, 2015
The Embarrass Valley Film Festival is in it’s 11th year! This year, the Festival that —“encourages broader appreciation for and study of film as a potent vehicle for human expression and communication through the exploration of cinematic arts involving people from Illinois and alumni of Eastern Illinois University”– is celebrating Richard Pryor. Did you know he was a native of Peoria? We verified it in the Encyclopedia of World Biography.
Booth has more than you can imagine on this icon of American Comedy. Listed below are a few resources, and a link to a catalog search result for keywords: Richard Pryor.
Encyclopedia articles:
“Pryor, Richard 1940-.” American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 8: 1970-1979. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
209 articles from Newspapers, Magazines and Journals from
EBSCO databases published between 1981 and 2015:
PRYOR, Richard, 1940-2005
EIU Library catalog search: Richard Pryor
Ebooks:
Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the world that made him
by David Henry and Joe Henry, 2013
Electronic book available from MyMediaMall
also in print at call number: PN2287 .P77 H46 2014X
Jokes my father never taught me: life, love and loss with Richard Pryor
by Rain Pryor with Cathy Crimmins
Electronic book available from MyMediaMall
