The campus community is encouraged to donate books, toys or money to help local families this Christmas. Booth Library is a donation site for the One Stop Community Christmas program.
The One Stop Community Christmas program is a collaborative effort of many different area organizations (civic groups, schools, businesses, aid organizations, churches, sororities, health care providers, etc.) to come together and provide help and hope to families from seven counties during the holiday season. The program services Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and Shelby counties.
An estimated 2,400 children will be helped through the program this year, and the goal is for each child to receive a book. Donations of new books, activity books, comic books or coloring books for ages newborn to 18 years old will be accepted.
New, unwrapped toys also will be accepted. All donations may be placed in the Toys for Tots box located in the Marvin Foyer near the north entrance of Booth Library until Dec. 2.
Monetary donations also will be accepted for the program. Checks should be made out to the Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation (SEICF), with a memo indicating the donation is for “One Stop.” Mail donations to Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1211, Effingham, IL 62401. Donations also may be made online at www.OneStopCC.org.
For more information on the One Stop Community Christmas program, visit www.OneStopCC.org. Families who sign up to receive assistance through the program will pick up a variety of donations on Dec. 10 at Lake Land College in Mattoon.
Higher Education – Challenges : Struggle : Hope
Posted on November 3rd, 2016
Colleges and universities are experiencing tremendous pressures, both internal and external, trying to find ways to cope with declining budgets, enrollment challenges, curriculum change, and a myriad of other societal issues. Here is a selection of titles relating to the current challenges facing Higher Education for you to explore. Most of the books listed below are on display and available for checkout on the 3000 North corridor by the Reference desk, but there are also many titles available as eBooks (see examples below).
Some of these 46 titles have been featured in “Selected New Books on Higher Education” columns in the Chronicle of Higher Education. This shorter list can be retrieved by clicking on the “Chronicle Books” tag located in the catalog record. Find more print titles related to Higher Education using this key search link: “Higher Ed”
To learn how you can tag records to form catalog lists, see “What are VUfind tags” on http://bit.ly/VUfind-faq
Any EIU library user can view a selected list of electronic encyclopedia entries from our collection of hundreds of reference e-books.
Universities and Higher Learning. Encyclopedia of Global Studies, edited by Helmut K. Anheier, et al., vol. 4, SAGE Reference, 2012, pp. 1713-1718. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Education, Diversity in Higher. Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, edited by Patrick L. Mason, 2nd ed., vol. 2, Macmillan Reference USA, 2013, pp. 89-96. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
eBooks
Find more eBook titles related to Higher Education using this key search link: “Higher Ed eBks”
The “Chronicle Books” tag list:
To learn more about how you can tag catalog records to form booklists, see “What are VuFind tags” on bit.ly/VUfind-faq
Aims Of Higher Education: Problems Of Morality and Justice
