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Idaho's Women of Influence is a database originally compiled in 2014 by researchers Annie Gaines and Mike Bullard. The women listed are considered by the university to be some of the most accomplished in Idaho's history. It is a living database continually updated by librarians, educators, museum staff, tribal authorities, women’s organizations.
The library was renamed the Eli M. Oboler Library shortly before Oboler's death in 1983. At the time of its completion, the library was "the largest academic building in the state" at 175,000 square feet (16,300 m 2) and housing 300,000 volumes on 15 miles (24 km) of shelving. [2]
Shortly before his death in 1983, Idaho State University renamed its library the Eli M. Oboler Library after its longtime librarian. [1] Every two years since 1986, the American Library Association has awarded the Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award for "the best published work in the area of intellectual freedom." [2]
The Library Services Act (1956) and the Library Services and Construction Act (1964) were keystones in the goal of providing library service throughout the nation. [ 3 ] In addition, many of the 50 states have state archives similar to the federal National Archives and Records Administration to keep records relating to information on state laws ...
The U of I Library is the state's largest library, with more than 1.4 million books, periodicals, government documents, maps, videorecordings, and special collections. [43] The Library's Special Collections and Archives houses a collection of first edition works by Sir Walter Scott , as well as more than 1200 texts by and about the author.
So strong were the bonds that Thomas Creech developed with some state prison workers that a guard at the time even introduced him to his mother, whom Creech later married from prison.
The family was forced to wait another three months for the U.S government to conclude DNA verification of the body and investigation into his death before Maimer was cremated and sent back to Idaho.
Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate Thomas Eugene Creech, who has admitted to killing dozens of people and been convicted of five murders, was named a suspect in the fatal shooting of a man ...