As the circulation of print books by students continues to decline and access to e-books become ubiquitous, the library is working to develop monograph collection strategies that consider the impact of new technologies on reading styles, communication preferences and learning outcomes. The Library is seeking to understand how Hope students are using library books and which formats they prefer (print or e-books). The library …
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Research Practices Survey March 25 through April 25
The college is in the third year of administering a national survey on student research practices and information literacy skills. The Research Practices Survey will be administered to all first-year students and to seniors this spring. Email invitations will go out to students on March 20 and will be open until April 24. Through this …
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Sustainable Collections Project
For the past several years, the library has been working on a “sustainable collections” project which involves removing older, unused, readily-available books from the library collection. The final part of the current phase will occur this summer when we look at books on the 4th floor and the Art section on the 2nd floor. Call …
Let Us Get That for You
The library now offers a service where we will retrieve the items you want to check out and hold them for you at the Circulation Desk. When searching HopeCat, simply click the Place a Hold link just above the search bar. If the item is currently checked out, you will be notified when it is …