2007-2008 Programs
"Emersonian Borrowings: Sufi Poetry in 19th-Century
America"
Presented by Dr. Jeffrey Einboden,
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Wednesday, April 23, 7:30 pm
Founders Memorial Library Staff Lounge
Dr. Einboden will discuss the evolution of Ralph Waldo Emerson's translations
of Sufi poetry.
The Friends of the NIU Libraries is sponsoring our 2nd Annual Book Appraisal Fair.
Sunday, May 4, 2008, 12-4 pm, in the Heritage Room at the Holmes Student Center on the NIU Campus.
Once again, appraisals will be provided by Thomas Joyce of ;Thomas J. Joyce & Co. and the Chicago Rare Book Center, who appeared on HGTV's Appraisal Fair program, and William Butts, of Main Street Fine Books, in Galena, IL, who has extensive experience with appraising ephemera.
Appraisals cost $10 each. Friends of the Library Members get their first 3 appraisals free, and then each subsequent appraisal costs $5. Memberships will be accepted at the door. Please join us!
"The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893"
CANCELLED - will be rescheduled
Presented by Lisa M. Snyder,
Architectural historian at UCLA.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 7:30 pm
Holmes Student Center-Sky Room
"The Interpersonal Intelligence of Abraham Lincoln"
Presented by Robert Cotner,
Independent Scholar and member of the Caxton Club.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007, 7:30 pm
Founders Memorial Library; Lower Level Staff Lounge
"Schoolhouse Memories: from Sawdust to Quilt"
Dr. Lucy Townsend,
curator of the Blackwell History of Education Museum,
will discuss memory making as related to local country schools.
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007, 7:30 pm
Founders Memorial Library; Lower Level Staff Lounge
2006-2007 Programs
"Lincoln
and Black Hawk"
Film screening and discussion with the director of the film,
Dr. Jeffrey Chown
Professor, NIU Department of Communication
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006, 7:00 pm
Diversions Lounge, Holmes Student Center
Click here for
additional information about the film.
Yule Ball
Saturday, December 2, 2006
Altgeld Hall
Co-Sponsored by External Programming, College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
and the Friends of the NIU Libraries
In conjunction with the Mini
Winter Muggle Academy
Book Appraisal Fair
Sunday, March 18, 2007, 1-5 pm
Marshall Gallery, Swen Parson Hall
Friends of the NIU Libraries receive their first 7 books appraised for free.
All other appraisals are $5 per book.
Appraisers:
Thomas Joyce, of Thomas J. Joyce & Company and The Chicago Rare Book Center,
formerly of HGTV's "The Appraisal Fair" program
and
Bill Butts, of Main Street Fine Books, Galena, IL
Please Join Us!
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Free parking in the Visitor's Lot and the Parking Garage is available beginning after 7:00 pm. Click here for a map of Founders Memorial Library and parking lots in the central NIU Campus area.
For more information, please call (815) 753-9838 or e-mail libraryfriend@niu.edu.
Click Here to see a listing of Past Programs (some articles and photos from past events are included)
Thank you for your generous support!
Last Updated: April 22, 2008