The Friends of the NIU Libraries is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the educational mission of the University through development of library resources.
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- DeKalb, IL, 60115
- Phone:
- 815-753-9838
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- Slavery, Anti-Slavery, and the...
Rare Books and Special Collections,...
Wednesday, November 11 at 7:30pm - The John Deere Story: Building...
Rare Books and Special Collections,...
Tuesday, October 6 at 7:30pm - Wine Tasting & Faculty Social
Rare Books and Special Collections
Wednesday, September 2 at 4:00pm - Friends of Northern Illinois U...
Rare Books, Founders Library 4th Floor
Thursday, July 9 at 3:30pm - Book, Autograph and Ephemera A...
Rare Books and Special Collections,...
Sunday, May 3 at 11:00am - Death By Chocolate
Carriage House, Ellwood House
Saturday, April 18 at 2:00pm - Pizza with an author: E.E. Knight
Pizza Villa "Party Room"
Thursday, April 9 at 7:00pm - Picturing Hemingway
Rare Books and Special Collections,
Thursday, March 5 at 7:30pm - The World's Columbian Expositi...
Regency Room, Holmes Student Center...
Wednesday, November 5 at 7:30pm - Searching For Platform 9 ¾
Altgeld Hall, Northern Illinois Uni...
Friday, October 31 at 7:00pm
Friends of Northern Illinois University Libraries
Did you know that John Deere never saw a tractor? In fact, he died thirty two years before the company's first production tractor was introduced. Join Neil Dahlstrom, co-author of The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere, as he provides insights into the first seventy years of John Deere. ...From the "invention" of the steel plow in 1837 to becoming the largest steel plow manufacturer in the world by 1900, see how John and Charles Deere, father and son, together built a thriving business on the edge of the frontier.
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Time:7:30PM Tuesday, October 6th
Location:Rare Books and Special Collections, 4th Floor
Friends of Northern Illinois University Libraries
Owen Muelder, Director of the Galesburg Colony Underground Railroad Freedom Center at
Knox College, will discuss the Underground Rail Road in Illinois and the Dekalb area.
Owen Muelder, Director of the Galesburg Colony Underground Railroad Freedom Center at Knox College
Time:7:30PM Wednesday, November 11th
Location:Rare Books and Special Collections, Founders Library, 4th Floor
Friends of Northern Illinois University Libraries Friends members and NIU faculty are invited to join us for a chance to socialize and meet new colleagues and Friends over a selection of wine and cheeses from Inboden's.
Meet & Greet with the Friends of the NIU Libraries
Time:4:00PM Wednesday, September 2nd
Location:Rare Books and Special Collections
Friends of Northern Illinois University Libraries Seeking Programming ideas for next semester. Any suggestions?
Friends of Northern Illinois University Libraries Please join us for Ollie's Frozen custard and a brief business meeting.
Ice Cream Social--featuring Ollie's frozen custard
Time:3:30PM Thursday, July 9th
Location:Rare Books, Founders Library 4th Floor
Friends of Northern Illinois University Libraries
Friends of NIU Libraries presents:
Death by Chocolate: An event celebrating the publication of Chicago Blues: 30 Stories of Grit and Grime in the Windy City
Saturday, April 18, 2009. 2:00-4:30 pm. Ellwood House Carriage House.
Featuring refreshments by Sweet Dreams Desserts.
Members of The Outfit, a mystery writers’ colle...ctive, will speak briefly on a short panel about mystery writing in Chicago. Books will be available for purchase and each author will be happy to sign copies of their work.
Appearing authors include:
Libby Fischer Hellmann, the author of 5 novels; she writes the Ellie Forman series, and her most recent novel is Easy Innocence.
Jack Fredrickson writes the Vlodek (Dek) Elstrom series of crime novels. His first novel, A Safe Place for Dying, was nominated for a Shamus Award. His most recent novel, Honestly Dearest, Your’e Dead was released in February 2009, and was positively reviewed by both the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Michael Allen Dymmoch is the author of 9 novels, including his most recent, M.I.A.
Barbara D’Amato’s most recent book, Death of a Thousand Cuts, was published in 2004. She writes a mystery series starring Chicago freelance investigative reporter Cat Marsala, a series starring Chicago patrol cops Suze Figueroa and Norm Bennis, and standalone novels. She has won numerous reader’s choice awards, an Agatha, an Anthony, and a Mary Higgins Clark Award for her work.
Sam Reaves is the author of five crime novels. His forthcoming novel, Mean Town Blues, will be available in January 2010. His most recent novel, Homicide 69, was selected by Barbara Fister as one of her Crime Fiction Top Ten in 2007.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Death by Chocolate: An event celebrating the publication of Chicago Blues: 30 Stories of Grit and Grime in the Windy City
Saturday, April 18, 2009. 2:00-4:30 pm. Ellwood House Carriage House.
Featuring refreshments by Sweet Dreams Desserts.
Members of The Outfit, a mystery writers’ colle...ctive, will speak briefly on a short panel about mystery writing in Chicago. Books will be available for purchase and each author will be happy to sign copies of their work.
Appearing authors include:
Libby Fischer Hellmann, the author of 5 novels; she writes the Ellie Forman series, and her most recent novel is Easy Innocence.
Jack Fredrickson writes the Vlodek (Dek) Elstrom series of crime novels. His first novel, A Safe Place for Dying, was nominated for a Shamus Award. His most recent novel, Honestly Dearest, Your’e Dead was released in February 2009, and was positively reviewed by both the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Michael Allen Dymmoch is the author of 9 novels, including his most recent, M.I.A.
Barbara D’Amato’s most recent book, Death of a Thousand Cuts, was published in 2004. She writes a mystery series starring Chicago freelance investigative reporter Cat Marsala, a series starring Chicago patrol cops Suze Figueroa and Norm Bennis, and standalone novels. She has won numerous reader’s choice awards, an Agatha, an Anthony, and a Mary Higgins Clark Award for her work.
Sam Reaves is the author of five crime novels. His forthcoming novel, Mean Town Blues, will be available in January 2010. His most recent novel, Homicide 69, was selected by Barbara Fister as one of her Crime Fiction Top Ten in 2007.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Chicago Mystery Writers Discuss their Work
Time:2:00PM Saturday, April 18th
Location:Carriage House, Ellwood House
Friends of Northern Illinois University Libraries
The Friends of the NIU Libraries have postponed their event scheduled for tomorrow, January 15th, at 7:30 pm. Redd Griffin's talk, entitled "Picturing Hemingway," has been re-scheduled for Thursday, March 5th at 7:30 pm in the Rare Books and Special Collections Department of Founders Memorial Library at NIU. For furthe...r information, please contact Angie Schroeder at aschroeder@niu.edu, or dial 815-753-9838.Read More
The Friends of the NIU Libraries have postponed their event scheduled for tomorrow, January 15th, at 7:30 pm. Redd Griffin's talk, entitled "Picturing Hemingway," has been re-scheduled for Thursday, March 5th at 7:30 pm in the Rare Books and Special Collections Department of Founders Memorial Library at NIU. For furthe...r information, please contact Angie Schroeder at aschroeder@niu.edu, or dial 815-753-9838.Read More
Friends of Northern Illinois University Libraries
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. Mr. Butts, who has appeared on PBS's "History Detectives," has extensive experience with appraising ephemera and autographs.
Time:11:00AM Sunday, May 3rd
Location:Rare Books and Special Collections, Founders Library 402
Friends of Northern Illinois University Libraries
Join us for pizza and a lively discussion with SF author E.E. Knight about his book Choice of the Cat, the April selection for the DeKalb Public Library's Destination Wonder SF Book Club.
Co-Sponsored by the Friends of the DeKalb Public Library
This event is free and open to the public.
A pizza party and book discussion
Time:7:00PM Thursday, April 9th
Location:Pizza Villa "Party Room"
Friends of Northern Illinois University Libraries
Here is more information about the White City event:
http://www.niu.edu/northerntoday/2008/se
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This event is included in the conference fee or tickets can be purchased separately @ $10 Adults, $5 Student. Call 815-753-1456 to purchase tickets. Everyone is encouraged to dress up as their favorite characters, dress formal or just come as they are and dance the night away. There will be plenty of free candy too!
Bri...ng as many new and slightly used books as you can to be donated to Neighbors House non-for profit group the night of the dance
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Bri...ng as many new and slightly used books as you can to be donated to Neighbors House non-for profit group the night of the dance
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A Family-Friendly Harry Potter Experience
Time:7:00PM Friday, October 31st
Location:Altgeld Hall, Northern Illinois University
Friends of Northern Illinois University Libraries
Lisa M. Snyder, Architectural historian at UCLA will present a 3-dimensional architectural reconstruction of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center.
This event is Free and Open to the Public.
A virtual walk through history
Time:7:30PM Wednesday, November 5th
Location:Regency Room, Holmes Student Center, NIU Campus
Friends of Northern Illinois University Libraries Peter Sagal, host of NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" will give a talk and sign copies of his new book, The Book of Vice. Tickets are $25 each, and can be purchased by emailing aschroeder@niu.edu or calling 815-753-8091.
Celebrating 25 Years of the Friends of NIU Libraries
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, October 28th
Location:Barsema Alumni & Visitors Center
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