In 2006/2007, Northern Illinois University, together with seven other Illinois academic libraries--North Park University (Hosting Institution), Benedictine University, National Lewis University, Illinois State University, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, and Eastern Illinois University--formed a partnership to respond to an increase in higher education courses and majors in Illinois colleges. We decided to develop existing collection of materials on Higher Education Leadership available to users within the State. The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) has decided to support this project by awarding the group $19,500 to purchase relevant materials. The individual areas of focus and amounts awarded to the participating institutions are outlined below.
Benedictine University (Jack Fritts): Growth, Development, and Training of Academic Administrators; $3,000
Eastern Illinois University (Jan S. Sung): Impact of Technology on Higher Education; $2,000
Illinois State University (Sharon Naylor): International Higher Education in Africa and South America; $3,000
National Lewis University (Rob Morrison): Educational Leadership; $2,000
Northern Illinois University (Ladislava Khailova): International Perspectives on Adult and Higher Education – Asia and Europe; $3,000
North Park University (Katie Maier-O’Shea): Faculty Issues in Higher Education; $2,000
Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville (Matt Paris): Sustainable Development and Campus Planning; $2,500
University of Illinois –Urbana Champaign (Nancy P. O’Brien): Higher Education Association Publications; $2,000
This website focuses on materials acquired by Northern Illinois University. To learn more about the purchases made for the purposes of this grant by other participating institutions, please contact the appropriate subject bibliographer by clicking their name above.
Bibliographer: Ladislava Khailova
Subject: International Perspectives on Adult and
Higher Education–Asia and Europe
Amount Awarded: $3,000
Reflective Summary
Collecting
materials in the areas of adult and continuing education, as well as in
comparative/international education, has been a recognized strength of NIU
Libraries for some time. In the past, we have specifically focused on Europe and
Asia, as our catalog holdings as well as NIU's renowned, interdisciplinary Donn
V. Hart Southeast Asia Collection indicate. NIU used the grant money to purchase
additional materials targeting this subject area. We selected print resources,
including (but not limited to) handbooks, encyclopedias, historical studies,
comparative studies, curriculum-supporting materials, and dissertations that are
not readily available in the state. We included titles in English as well
as in native languages.
NIU's geographical
focus on Asia and Europe complements collecting efforts of other Illinois
institutions targeting the field of comparative/international higher education,
most importantly ISU, acquiring materials on African and South American higher
education. We are delighted with the number of quality titles we acquired with the CARLI
funds, and firmly believe that,
with the
increasing emphasis on global and international topics, the collection
will benefit the entire state of Illinois.
The following tabs allow users to browse the individual geographic subcategories of the NIU International Higher Education collection, as well as to view a cumulative A to Z Title List.
This website was developed by Ladislava Khailova, with the generous help of TJ Lusher and Charles Larry.