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Gift honors family legacy while expanding student learning, academic inquiry, and community dialogue. Charleston, Ill. — ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s Mary J. Booth Library has announced the Shakir Islamic Perspectives Initiative, a new academic and cultural initiative made possible through a generous gift from Dr. Abdur Rahman Shakir. The initiative honors the legacy of his parents, Dr. Hassan and […]

News originally submitted by the Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation, dated December 30, 2025 *NOTE UPDATED TIMES BELOW AS OF JANUARY 9, 2026* (Champaign, IL) —  The Auschwitz Experience in the Art of Prisoners, a traveling exhibit about the Holocaust, will be displayed in the West Reading Room at the iconic Booth Library on the Eastern Illinois Campus, located at […]

Booth Library’s collections are constantly growing to meet the research and information needs of the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ community. In December 2025, Booth Library acquired and cataloged 383 physical items (books, DVDs, government documents, archival resources, and more) and 4519 electronic resources (including ebooks, ejournals, digital audiobooks, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ student theses, and streaming videos). Individual issues of current periodicals […]