Library News
Darwin Day 2020 events and materials
Posted on January 30th, 2020
Several activities are planned at Eastern Illinois University to celebrate Darwin Day the week of February 10-14.
Darwin Day is an annual and internationally celebrated event occurring on Charles Darwin’s birthday (Feb. 12). The mission of the International Darwin Day Organization is to “inspire people throughout the globe to reflect and act on the principles of intellectual bravery, perpetual curiosity, scientific thinking, and hunger for truth as embodied in Charles Darwin.” It is meant to be “a day of celebration, activism, and international cooperation for the advancement of science, education, and human well-being”.
All events of this year’s Darwin Day program at EIU are organized around the theme “Climate Change and Evolutionary Crisis.”
Schedule of events
All events will take place at 7 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of EIU’s Doudna Fine Arts Center:
- Sunday, Feb. 9: Film and panel discussion: “Planetary” (2016) directed by Guy Reid, featuring panelists Drs. E. Bolinger, R. Colombo, C. Craig and B. Kronenfeld
- Monday, Feb. 10: “Evolution in a Rapidly Changing World: How Humans Influence Darwinian Evolution in Contemporary Landscapes,” presented by Dr. Jill Anderson, Odum School of Ecology and Department of Genetics, University of Georgia/Athens
- Tuesday, Feb. 11: “Climate Change and Environmental Sex Determination: An Unnatural Future?” presented by Dr. Fredric Janzen, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University/Ames.
All events are free and open to the public.
EIU Darwin Day Events are sponsored by the Darwin Day Committee in the Department of BIological Sciences, Dr. Zhiwei Liu, chair.
In support of Darwin Day, Librarian for the Biological Sciences Kirstin Duffin has curated a selection of works owned by Booth Library about Charles Darwin, and the effect of climate change on evolution. These works, listed below, are on display and available for checkout in the third-floor corridor of Booth Library.
African-American heritage films at Booth
Posted on January 16th, 2020
Join us in celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day and African-American Heritage Month with a collection of films, both entertaining and educational, and all of them important. Art, photography, cinema, music, space travel, sports, politics, social reform — African-American heritage is everywhere, and what we have on display here is only a small cross section of its continuing influence on our daily lives.
The display runs until the end of February. Check it out up on the 4th floor, and let us know if we’re missing something you feel would be an essential addition to our catalog.
Check out a Literary Valentine @ Booth
Posted on January 15th, 2020
Everyone loves a love story, and Valentine’s Day is approaching soon! Check out these new and classic works of romance on display near the Booth Library research help desk on the main level (3rd floor).
Library tours to be offered
Posted on January 8th, 2020
Eastern students, faculty and staff members are encouraged to take a tour of Booth Library and find out what the library has to offer.
Twenty-minute tours will be offered regularly during the first four weeks of the semester. There’s no need to sign up; just come to the Research Help desk on the north end of the library to join in any of the tours Monday through Thursday. Tours will be offered at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Jan. 13 through Feb. 6. The library will be closed on Jan. 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Tours are also offered by appointment. Contact a research help librarian at 581-6072 to schedule a tour.
Study rooms can now be reserved!
Posted on January 8th, 2020
Students: You asked, and we delivered! Over the years Booth has had many patron requests that our fourth-floor study rooms be made available by reservation. We now have a system in place to do that.
Study rooms may be reserved by groups of two or more people for up to two hours per day. Unreserved study rooms will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that our study rooms are intended for group use; rooms cannot be reserved for individual use.
Only current EIU students with a valid Panther Card may reserve a room. Reservations for a group study room can be made up to two weeks in advance.
Rehearsal and viewing rooms on the fourth floor also can now be reserved.
To reserve a study room, click here.
