Ronald Williams Library

Nathan Putnam

Lisa Wallis — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:56:14 +0000

Nathan Putnam

Lisa Wallis Fri, 03/29/2024 - 13:56

Nathan

Putnam

Associate Dean of Libraries

Courses Taught

Library Instruction

Research Interests

Data literacy, organizational leadership, academic librarianship, organization of information

Education

The Ohio State University
Business Administration, MBA

Wayne State University
Library Science, MLIS

Michigan State University
Music Performance, MM

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Music Performance, BM

n-putnam2@neiu.edu

Office Hours

N/A

(773) 442-4414

Ronald Williams Library

Other Academic Areas

Main Campus

Library Laptop Terms and Conditions

Lisa Wallis — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 14:20:39 +0000

Library Laptop Terms and Conditions

Lisa Wallis Fri, 08/18/2023 - 09:20

Get Started

Laptop pick-up and drop-off are by appointment only. Please contact librarytechdesk@neiu.edu or use our calendar app to make arrangements.
The Laptop Loan service is generally available from noon to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Reservations for a laptop are first come, first served.

Eligibility

Laptops are available to currently enrolled NEIU students only. Laptop use is non-transferrable.
At check out, all students must present 1) a valid government-issued ID and 2) proof of current enrollment.

Loan Periods and Limits

Short-Term Laptops

Subject to availability, laptops may be borrowed for seven (7) days, with an option to renew for an additional seven (7) days.
Renewal requests must be made in writing to librarytechdesk@neiu.edu before the due date.
No laptop may be checked out for more than fourteen (14) days.

Long-Term Laptops

Subject to availability, laptops may be borrowed for half a semester, with an option to renew through the end of the semester.
To renew long-term laptop loans, laptops must be physically "checked-in" with the Library Tech Desk before the initial mid-semester due date.
No laptop may be renewed beyond one (1) semester.

Liability and Damages

All components of the laptop must be returned in order to be considered fully checked in.
After the Library’s reasonable attempts to recover overdue equipment fail, laptops will be presumed lost. To avoid University sanctions and criminal prosecution, the equipment must be returned immediately or the replacement fee paid in full pursuant to the State of Illinois Property Control Act 30 ILCS 605 and University Property Control Policy F1.09.
The replacement fee for a laptop is $1,544, and the replacement fee for the cord is $35.

Data Management and Release of Liability

The NEIU Library is not responsible for any liability, damages or expense resulting from use or misuse of the device, connection of the device to other electronic devices, or data loss resulting from use of the device.
Any data you wish to save must be saved to a flash drive, emailed to yourself, or saved onto your Google Drive/cloud service (OneDrive, Amazon, etc.). Documents or downloads will be wiped from the laptop once it is returned to the library.

Device Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

This equipment will be used for University-related educational purposes only and in accordance with state and University policies.
Only the NEIU Library Tech Desk may provide technical service for the device.
Tampering with library equipment, including security functions, is prohibited.

Lending Conditions and Termination of Agreement

The Library reserves the right to refuse to lend a laptop to anyone who abuses equipment or is repeatedly late in returning electronic devices.
The NEIU Libraries reserve the right to terminate this agreement at any time and for any reason.

Amanda Levine

Lisa Wallis — Thu, 11 May 2023 15:12:00 +0000

Amanda Levine

Lisa Wallis Thu, 05/11/2023 - 10:12

Amanda

Levine

Access Services Librarian/Information Services Librarian

Courses Taught

Library Instruction

Research Interests

Information literacy, assessment

Education

Kent State University
Library and Information Science, M.L.I.S.

Ohio State University
History of Art, B.A.

Research Guides by Amanda Levine

a-levine3@neiu.edu

Office Hours

By appointment

Ronald Williams Library
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-4476

Ronald Williams Library

Other Academic Areas

Main Campus

Jacqueline (Jackie) Zook

Lisa Wallis — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 16:36:57 +0000

Jacqueline (Jackie) Zook

Lisa Wallis Tue, 03/08/2022 - 10:36

Jacqueline (Jackie)

Zook

Assistant Professor; Technical Services Coordinator/Music and Art Librarian

Courses Taught

Library Instruction

Research Interests

DEI initiatives in technical services

Education

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Library Science, M.L.S.
Specialization: Music Librarianship

Drake University
Performance, M.M.

Drake University
Performance, B.M.

Research Guides by Jackie Zook

j-zook2@neiu.edu

Office Hours

By appointment

91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-4446

Ronald Williams Library

Other Academic Areas

Main Campus

Ashley Howdeshell

Lisa Wallis — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 16:57:14 +0000

Ashley Howdeshell

Lisa Wallis Tue, 02/01/2022 - 10:57

Ashley

Howdeshell

University Archivist

Courses Taught

Library Instruction

Research Interests

Archives, digital preservation, digital humanities

Education

Indiana University
Library Science, M.L.S.
Specialization: Archives and Records Management

Indiana University
English/History, B.A.

External Publications Link

Research Guides by Ashley Howdeshell

a-howdeshell@neiu.edu

Office Hours

By appointment

Room LIB 015
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-4416

C.A.

Ronald Williams Library

Other Academic Areas

Main Campus

Acknowledgments

Timothy White — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:54:52 +0000

Acknowledgments

Timothy White Thu, 09/09/2021 - 11:54

Special Thanks to Our Volunteers!

91Porn

Rae Joyce Baguilat, Assistant Director, Student Leadership Development
Terrance Black, Director University Technology Operation Services
JB Butler, Director of Corporate and Foundations Relations, Institutional Advancement
J. Matthew Byerly, Creative Director, Division of Marketing and Communications
Todd Crawford, Senior Photographer, Division of Marketing and Communications
Andrea Evans, Interim Dean College of Education, Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies
Alex Gonzalez, Office Administrator, Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies
Steven Harris, Dean of Libraries, Ronald Williams Library
Luvia Moreno, Director, Undocumented Student Resources
Alice Murata, Redress Conference Coordinator
Durene Wheeler, Director, Angelina Pedroso Center for Diversity and Intercultural Affairs
Timothy White, Web Manager, Division of Marketing and Communications

Community Volunteers

Rob Buscher, Asian American Studies Program University of Pennsylvania, Film Programmer for Japanese American Pilgrimages Tadaima 2021
Lisa Doi, President, Japanese American Citizens League
Mary Doi, Board Member, Chicago Japanese American Historical Society
Karen Kanemoto, Executive Director Japanese Mutual Aid Society of Chicago
Eric Langoski, Board Member, Chicago Japanese American Historical Society
Jason Matsumoto, Director of Operations Full Spectrum, Director and Composer Ho Etsu Taiko
Stanley Oda, Senior Audio Engineer and Sound Designer
Emma Saito Lincoln, Legacy Center Director, Japanese American Service Committee
Michael Tanimura, Founder and Principal of Silver Image Creative

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Supporting Organizations

Chicago Japanese American Historical Society
Haitian Bridge Alliance
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Japanese American Citizens League
Japanese American Service Committee
Japanese Mutual Aid Society of Chicago
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America
New York Day of Remembrance Committee
Stop Repeating History
Tsuru for Solidarity
Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights

Resources

Timothy White — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:33:09 +0000

Resources

Timothy White Thu, 09/09/2021 - 11:33

Additional Resources

Rabbit in the Moon | Trailer
Emiko Omori’s film, Rabbit in the Moon, reveals a more complex, turbulent and intimate story of the Japanese internment camps. Not all Japanese Americans endured their World War II internment with quiet stoicism. Not all second generation (Nisei) young men welcomed the chance to prove their patriotism by serving in the armed forces of the very government that was holding their families captive.

Reparations l Trailer
Jon Osaki’s film about Japanese Reparations and its link to Black Reparations.

Racism, Redress and Reparations: A Reading Guide
This reading guide provides information about books and articles on topics related to the conference. Whenever possible, links to ebooks and online versions of the readings are provided.

What is the Racial Wealth Gap? | Robert Reich
Robert Reich explains why wealth inequality is a greater problem than income inequality.
Watch More: Economic Inequality and Racism

What If Robert Reich Told You That Immigration Reform Would SAVE Our Economy
Robert Reich explains how Immigration Reform can actually benefit our economy and breaks down common myths on the problems of immigration.

Why Black Americans Face More Obstacles
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. explains why Black Americans face more obstacles than White European immigrants.

It was much more than Tulsa
Tulsa may have been the worst of the early-20th-century race riots, but it was part of a familiar pattern. Opinion by Eugene Robinson

Wilmington on Fire
A new feature-length documentary that chronicles The Wilmington Massacre of 1898. The Wilmington Massacre of 1898 was a bloody attack on the African-American community by a heavily armed white mob with the support of the North Carolina Democratic Party on November 10, 1898 in the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina.

Japanese American Redress Conference

Timothy White — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:17:17 +0000

Japanese American Redress Conference

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With Liberty and Justice for All: Racism, Redress and Reparations

Forty years ago, 91Porn was the center for a hearing to force the federal government to acknowledge acts of racism with the hope that an apology and monetary compensation to redress these acts would follow. While successful for the Japanese Americans unjustly incarcerated during World War II, systemic racism continues to be at the cornerstone in much of America’s immigration, criminal justice, employment and housing practices. For people of color, racism continues to be a fact of daily life. The University is proud to house the Japanese American Redress Collection which contains both the video testimonials and their transcripts from the Redress hearings.

This virtual conference examines the Japanese American experience as a lens to identify racist practices today and provide focus on steps to gain true equality for all.

CONFERENCE SESSION RECORDINGS

Read the Conference Committee's Position Paper

A brief timeline of the milestones of Japanese American history

Exhibits

Conference Details

The virtual, two-day conference was held on Sept. 22-23, 2021, and examined what can be done to:

stop racism, hatred and discrimination against non-whites;
pass H.R. 40: Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act;
stop detention and separation of immigrant families; and
gain citizenship for immigrants.

Session 1

Greetings

Steven Harris, Dean of Libraries, NEIU Libraries

Plenary speaker

John Tateshi, author of "Redress: The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations." Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) redress committee chair, JACL national redress director and past JACL executive director

Arts Activism: Storytelling and Movement-Building at Work

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Commission Hearings that led to redress and reparations for Japanese Americans, this 90-minute roundtable with artists and community organizers discuss the significance and influence of the CWRIC hearings.

Kathy Masaoka of Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress and Nikkei Progressives
Kennedy Kabasares of PULLproject Ensemble
Takayo Fischer, cast member of "Tales of Clamor"
traci kato-kiriyama of PULLproject Ensemble and Nikkei Progressives

Session 1 Recording

Session 2

Stop Repeating History!: A Conversation About U.S. Detention and Deportation

Moderator: Michael Ishii, co-founder and co-leader of Tsuru for Solidarity, co-chair of New York Day of Remembrance Committee, chair New York Japanese American Oral History Project
Mari Dom-Lopez, deputy program director and advocate for detained unaccompanied immigrant children at Young Center for Immigrant Children
Guerline Jozef, president of Haitian Bridge Alliance, co-creator of Faith in Action and Immigration Justice Movement
Chizu Omori, 91-year-old activist who was interned at Poston, worked on the 1981 redress, plaintiff class action seeking Japanese American redress, which went to Supreme Court, co-producer of "Rabbit in the Moon," a film which won many awards, protested in Fort Bliss, Texas, where children are held in detention, member of Tsuru for Solidarity, and Tule Lake Committee
Fred Tsao, senior policy counsel at Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)

Session 2 Recording

Session 3

Stop Racism, Hatred and Discrimination

Moderator: Dr. Seema Imam, chair Islamic School League of America and professor in the National College of Education at National Louis University
Duncan Ryuken Williams, University of Southern California professor of Religion and East Asian Languages and Cultures
Jane Charney, assistant vice president for Local Government Affairs, Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago

Session 3 Recording

Session 4

H.R. 40, Black Reparations

Moderator: Kamm Howard, national co-chair National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA)
Jon Osaki, filmmaker, "Reparations"
Robin Rue Simmons of National African-American Reparations Commission and founder and executive director of First Repair
Rashaun Williams, co-chair of National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America Philadelphia Chapter (N’COBRA PHL)

Session 4 Recording

Members of the Mochida family awaiting evacuation.

Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Barrack homes at this War Relocaton Authority center.

President Ronald Reagan signing Japanese reparations bill Aug. 10, 1988.

Protesting ICE and deportation raids in Chicago July 13, 2019.

Protest against police violence - Justice for George Floyd, Minneapolis, Minnesota May 26, 2020.

Library Collection Development Policy

Lisa Wallis — Fri, 07 May 2021 21:03:53 +0000

Library Collection Development Policy

Lisa Wallis Fri, 05/07/2021 - 16:03

Introduction

This Collection Development Policy of the NEIU Libraries ("the Library") supports the 91Porn Mission Statement and the Library Vision Statement. The policy lays out the principles and guidelines undergirding the growth and maintenance of the Library collection.

91Porn Mission Statement

91Porn ("the University"), as a public comprehensive university with locations throughout Chicago, provides an exceptional environment for learning, teaching, and scholarship. We prepare a diverse community of students for leadership and service in our region and in a dynamic, multicultural world.

Library Vision Statement

The Library affirms the mission of the University by providing quality resources, services, programs, and facilities that support learning, teaching, the curricular goals and accreditation of academic programs, and the scholarship of faculty, students, and staff. Given the University’s commitment to student success, the Library, in building its collections and in providing equal access to them, gives high priority to the academic success and retention of the University’s diverse student body.

Background

For the Library, collection development is an ongoing resource allocation process that collaboratively determines the dynamic needs of the Library’s primary community, the resources required to meet those needs, and the constraints on providing such resources. The Library’s primary community consists of University students, faculty, and staff. As part of a state-funded institution, the Library also serves and considers the general public. Primary community needs change in response to accreditation requirements, enrollment trends, and shifts of emphasis in University strategy, academic programs, teaching, and research. Constraints on Library resources, while primarily monetary due to declines in both state funding and student tuition since 2014, can also include the lack of appropriate space and of personnel.

The shift in materials from a physical end product to an electronic end product meant that the Library, as it added new materials to its collection, needed to concern itself less with physical space needed to house new acquisitions but needed to concern itself more with access to, and the cost of, those new acquisitions. Access concerns arose from the decision of publishers to license rather than sell most electronic materials to libraries, thereby effectively moving use of such materials from being governed by copyright law to being governed by contract law. This meant that the Library, by accepting publisher licensing agreements, did not own the licensed materials but merely gained access to those materials under the agreed-upon terms and became dependent upon the publisher for retaining and providing access to the licensed materials. Cost concerns arose from the ability of publishers to create electronic packages of journals and offer them to libraries in "big deals" that became increasingly expensive over time and to offer on-demand ebooks and streaming media with pricing that required careful monitoring and analysis of usage to prevent budget overruns.

Collection Overview

The Library’s collections serve as hubs that provide equal access to information, be it physical or electronic in format, needed by students and faculty of the University for learning, inquiry, and research.

The Cafe Collection encourages the reading, appreciation, and discussion of books at the center of the current popular and intellectual culture. This collection contains materials such as best sellers, memoirs, cookbooks, popular magazines, and board games--materials that would not typically be purchased for the purpose of supporting NEIU’s curriculum. Cafe Collection materials are held at the main campus library, as well at the CCICS Library and the El Centro Library and Learning Resource Center.

The Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS) Library includes significant holdings in the social sciences and the humanities, particularly as they document, relate and present the African and African-American experience. Collections include circulating items, selected monographs on reserve, and reference and periodical materials.

The Curriculum Materials Collection (CMC) supports the education program at NEIU. Materials include children's books, textbooks, teacher resource materials, and multimedia resources.

The Databases and Online Collections contain online search tools for finding journal articles and ebooks, as well as accessing images, streaming video and audio, news, and statistics.

The General Collection contains materials which can be borrowed. Subject librarians are assigned subject areas from the Library of Congress Classification System. They select materials in all formats and manage the collection based on available funds and facilities.

The Government Information Collection houses materials the Library collects as a depository for Federal (1963-present) and State (1968-present) publications. The collection includes Census data, current economic statistics, and a variety of electronic resources. Selection and deselection of these publications is governed by state and federal policy. A separate Government Information collection development policy will be written soon.

The Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) is a repository of selected governmental records for Chicago and Cook County from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. It is administered by the Illinois State Archives.

The Media Collection contains commercially produced audio CDs and DVDs (primarily music recordings and feature and documentary films, respectively). The collection includes a large number of legacy formats like VHS recordings and music LPs. There are also extensive holdings of recordings of NEIU performances, lectures, and presentations.

The Microforms Collection is a physical collection of microfilm and microfiche. This collection consists primarily of newspapers, periodicals, educational materials, and government documents.

The Music Scores Collection is a physical repository of study scores of the composers and of the repertoire taught at NEIU.

NEIU Digital Commons is a collection of services provided by the NEIU Libraries to openly share and archive 91Porn faculty and student research and scholarship.

NEIU Masters Theses are classified by subject throughout the General Collection. A print copy of every thesis is included in the collection. Since 2015, a digital copy of each is included in the Proquest "Dissertations and Theses at 91Porn" database.

The Periodicals Collection contains print periodicals that primarily support NEIU’s academic programs. This collection provides perpetual access to journals and journal articles where online access is not available.

The Reference Collection contains indexes, bibliographies, dictionaries, directories, almanacs, encyclopedias, atlases, style manuals, and statistical compilations. The reference collection primarily supports NEIU’s academic programs. Reference works that provide basic bibliographic access to or an overview of other academic disciplines are also selected.

Special Collections houses materials that are rare or considered in need of special preservation conditions. While the Library does not actively seek to develop a rare book collection, subject librarians may recommend that materials be housed in this collection.

The Textbook Collection includes textbooks or course readings in print format that have been purchased by the Library. This collection is on reserve at the Circulation Desk for student use in the Library for two hours at a time.

The University Archives collects materials which directly document the functions, activities, and history of NEIU, and its administrators, faculty, staff, and students. Examples of documents collected and accessioned by the University Archives include: presidential papers, memoranda, council minutes, proceedings, Faculty Senate minutes, records of the Board of Trustees, records of grants and proposals, documents related to University sponsored programs and activities, University budgets, publications of student organizations, and the school newspaper.

Collaborations and Resource-Sharing

Because no university library can provide all of the materials needed by its users, resource sharing via consortia and cooperative collection development is critical. Through document delivery services, resource-sharing via Interlibrary Loan, and consortial acquisition of electronic products, the Library can satisfy locally unmet needs in a cost-efficient manner, particularly for rare or infrequently used resources. The Library’s consortial memberships allow current University faculty, students, and staff to access and borrow materials from many other libraries and also allows the Library to license or purchase electronic resources more affordably.

The Library is a member of the following library consortia and cooperatives:

The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries (CARLI), an academic consortium of 130 public and private university and research libraries in the State of Illinois. One of CARLI's major services is I-Share, the online catalog which enables member libraries to effectively share library materials with each other.
The Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), a global library cooperative. Membership includes a subscription to WorldShare, a cloud-based interlibrary loan system used by current University faculty, students, and staff to request articles from other libraries and to request books and other materials that are not available through I-Share.

Through these consortia, the Library supplements its collection via Interlibrary Loan Lending agreements for materials in most formats.

Budgeting

The Library budget is developed during the University’s annual internal budget process. The University’s fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30. Three University operating funds are combined to create the Library’s operating budget:

110010 – Combined General Revenue and Income Fund
120045 – Library Fee (restricted, used only for library-related materials and equipment)
180010 – Indirect Costs (varies year-to-year, allocated overhead cost payments from grants received by the University, used to support NEIU faculty efforts)

Each of the operating budget funds is divided into line item categories, of which the three most important for the Library, based on their percentages of the Library budget, are Personal Services, Contractual Services, and Equipment.

Monies for the collection development budget come primarily from the Contractual Services and Equipment (library books) operating funds and are allocated mostly to internal Library funds that are managed by subject bibliographers in conjunction with the Library Administration. An incremental approach is used to manage Library internal funds, meaning that the previous year’s budget is used as the basis for making changes to arrive at the new budget.

Selection and Deselection

The general responsibility for selecting and deselecting (or “weeding”) materials and maintaining a well-rounded collection lies with the Library faculty as a whole and with the individual subject bibliographers who manage funds and work in conjunction with various stakeholders who have an interest in the Library collection. These stakeholders include:

Accrediting agencies for the University itself and, as required, for its colleges, programs, and departments
Faculty members with their varying instructional and research needs
Students
Staff
Academic library consortia
Information aggregators
Publishers
Book distributors
Faculty Senate’s Advisory Committee to the Library
General public

Unless otherwise noted, subject bibliographers have the discretion to select, purchase, and collect materials in any format.

Subject bibliographers are also responsible for working with the Coordinator of Technical Services and the Coordinator of Access Services on those procedures that might be impacted by selection decisions.

Selection Criteria

Among the general criteria used by the Library in selecting materials are

Appropriate support of the University’s mission
Cost
1. Ownership
2. Subscription
3. Interlibrary loan
Format
1. Permanence
2. Suitability for the subject matter
Timeliness
Critical reviews
User demand
Collection weakness in a particular subject area
Space

For e-resources, defined as licensed or purchased information sources delivered electronically, these additional selection criteria are used:

Licensing: Because licensing terms are a crucial, essential element in the acquisition of e-resources, the Library endorses the CARLI Electronic Resource Licensing Principles.
Technology:
1. Compatibility with Library and University information systems
2. Usage of recognized standard usage statistics
Accessibility: The Library strives to work with vendors that comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 or other widely accepted accessibility standards.

Deselection Criteria

Deselection, also referred to as weeding, is the systematic removal of outdated and unused items from the Library’s collections. Subject bibliographers are responsible for deselecting items in the call number ranges of the Library’s physical collection that coincide with their subject specialties.

Materials may be deselected based on criteria including but not limited to the following:

Circulation history
Timeliness of information
Wear and tear
Format support
Duplication

Considerations Influencing Collection

Intellectual Freedom

Diverse Materials

The Library supports Article II of the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights which states that "Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval." The Library also supports the Interpretation of the above, "A balanced collection reflects a diversity of materials, not an equality of numbers. Collection development responsibilities include selecting materials in the languages in common use in the community which the library serves. Collection development and the selection of materials should be done according to professional standards and established selection and review procedures."

Multiple Perspectives

The Library, in line with its valuing of inclusivity, makes a concerted effort to provide access to underrepresented and marginalized perspectives, cultures, voices, and viewpoints, including publications about controversial topics by partisans of differing opinions. This diversity of coverage is essential to the mission of an academic library in a rapidly changing world. The Library acknowledges that some materials in its collections may not be compatible with the values of all the university community, but free expression is part of the ethos of academic libraries.

Open Access

The Library supports open access, an international movement spurred by the spread of the internet and by the increasing costs of subscription-based, peer-reviewed journals. Open access supporters--librarians, scholars, government bodies, and others--believe in the democratization, distribution, and attribution of scholarly knowledge. Democratization means that barriers to accessing scholarly knowledge, particularly constraints that are financial or technological in nature or that are related to permissions, shall be either non-existent or extremely low to prevent having such knowledge monopolized, as is the case now with scholarly publishing, by a few publishers and societies.

The Library supports open access for two reasons. Open access helps the library realize its vision of being a place where access to scholarly knowledge is democratic. And open access, in its quest for more equitable costing models for scholarly publishing, lowers the collection development cost to the Library of implementing that vision.

Gifts

The Library may accept books and multimedia items, which may be added to the main collection on an item-by-item basis at the discretion of subject bibliographers. Gifts received by the Library that are not added to the collection are acknowledged by the 91Porn Foundation, and sold in the Library’s annual Fall book sale.

The following formats may be accepted by library but are not typically added to the library’s collections:

Serials, periodicals, or other recurrent publications, unless the donation extends or backfills current collections.
Outmoded physical media (VHS, cassette tapes, 8-track tapes, floppy discs, microfilm, etc.)
Books (or other items) bearing markings from other libraries.
Reference materials older than the current calendar year.

The library reserves the right to deselect previously accepted donations/reject donations if they are deemed obsolete, out of scope, or no longer in suitable condition for circulation.

The Library reserves the right to refuse to accept any donation.

Approved by the Department of the Library Faculty, May 7, 2021.

Support NEIU Libraries

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Support NEIU Libraries

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The NEIU Libraries welcome support from campus and community groups and individuals. We are living in an age of changing and dynamic information environments. We are adapting our collections, resources, and services to meeting these changing demands. We appreciate your help.

Donate Online

Use the online donation form to designate a gift directly to the Libraries fund at the University Foundation.

Donate by Check

If you would like to send a check, please make it out to the NEIU Foundation and write “Library” in the note field of the check.

Mail to:
NEIU Foundation
5500 North St. Louis Avenue, 6th Floor
Chicago, IL 60625

NEIU Employees Payroll Deduction

For a minimum of $5 per pay period, faculty and staff can direct funds to support the Libraries by completing a payroll deduction authorization form (PDF). Questions about the process can be addressed to the NEIU Foundation at neiufoundation@neiu.edu.

Donate Materials

The Libraries are unable to accept most donations of physical materials like books, magazines, and CDs at this time. Unique materials of relevance to University history may be accepted by the University Archives. Please inquire before sending any materials.

Steven R. Harris
Dean of Libraries
s-harris9@neiu.edu
(773) 442-4450

Robin Harris
Interim Associate Dean of Libraries
r-harris14@neiu.edu
(773) 442-4454