Library News
Spring Book Sale planned April 13
Posted on March 22nd, 2016
Booth Library will host its spring book sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 13 outside the south entrance of the library.
A large selection of books in all subject areas and hundreds of paperback fiction titles will be available for purchase. All items have been donated by the campus and local communities.
Library staff requests no sales in advance. The proceeds from the sale are used to enhance library programs and services.
In case of inclement weather, the sale will be postponed. For the latest information on scheduling, check this website, or find Booth Library on Facebook or Twitter.
Poetry Month
Posted on March 20th, 2016
April is “National Poetry Month” a celebration of poets and poetry started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. Over decades Booth Library has collected hundreds of volumes of great poetry by single and multiple authors Take a look at a few selected titles listed below including American classics as well as bright new voices like EIU’s own Charlotte Pence and Ruben Quesada. The EIU English department celebrates National Poetry Month with readings and events
You can find all kinds of celebrations nationwide including this link to famous poets reading their work from the Poetry foundation. Booth library of course also offers many different resources related to the study and enjoyment of poetry including the Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry or these encyclopedia entries from the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
All the odes
Pablo Neruda ; edited by Ilan Stavans
2013
PQ8097.N4 A2 2013
And the Short Seasons : Poems
Maxine Kumin
2014
PS3521.U638 A6 2014
Dog songs : Thirty-five dog songs and one essay
Mary Oliver
2013
PS3565.L5 D64 2013
Hi, Koo! : a year of season
Jon J. Muth
2014
811.54 M983hi
Letter composed during a lull in the fighting : poems
Kevin Powers
2014
PS3616.O88348 L48 2014x
Lines of Defense : poems
Stephen Dunn
2014
PS3554.U49 A6 2014
Metaphysical dog
Frank Bidart
2013
PS3552.I33 M48 2013
Moon before morning
W.S. Merwin
2014
PS3563.E75 A6 2014
Next Extinct Mammal
Ruben Quesada
PS3617.U47 N49 2011x
Exiled from the throne of night
Luis Cernuda, Translated by Ruben Quesada
PQ6605.E7 A2 2008x
Many small fires
Charlotte Pence
PS3616.E529 M36 2015x
The branches, the axe, the missing
Charlotte Pence
PS3616.E529 B73 2012x
On poetry
Glyn Maxwell
2014
PR6063.A869 O52 2013
Poet Edgar Allan Poe : Alien Angel
Jerome McGann
2014
PS2642.P63 M34 2014
Poetic sisters : early eighteenth-century women poets
Deborah Kennedy
2013
PR555.W6 K46 2013
Poetry of the First World War : an anthology
Tim Kendall
2013
PR1195.W65 P638 2013x
Pug and other animal poems
Valerie Worth
811 W899pu
Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning : poems and letters
2003
PR4202 2003
Stay, Illusion
Lucie Brock-Broido
2013
PS3552.R6145 A6 2013
Woman without a country : poems
Eavan Boland
2014
PR6052.O35 A6 2014
Books for Downton Abbey fans
Posted on March 7th, 2016
The final episode of Downton Abbey has aired, to the regret of its many fans! Booth Library has many fiction and nonfiction books to satisfy readers’ interest in all things Downton. Topics include aristocratic life in elegant mansions and castles, society during the World War I years and Roaring ’20s, and Upstairs/Downstairs-style drama. The following books are on display in the library’s 3rd floor hallway, close by the central staircase. All are available for checkout.
Website to be unavailable
Posted on March 2nd, 2016
Due to a campuswide power outage, the Booth Library website will be down and off-campus access to electronic resources will be unavailable from 8 p.m. Saturday, March 12, through 6 p.m. Sunday, March 13. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Electronic resources to be unavailable
Posted on March 1st, 2016
Due to a campuswide power outage, the Booth Library website will be down and off-campus access to electronic rousources will be unavailable from 8 p.m. Saturday, March 12, through 6 p.m. Sunday, March 13. We apologize for the inconvenience.
