During the month of March, Van Wylen Library collected the waste paper left at the end of the day from the printers on the first and second floors of the library. The paper was then assembled into a display on the second floor of the library near Tech Services in order to raise awareness about …
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Hope is celebrating National Poetry Month with five special readings throughout the month of April. Kicking off the celebration is Jean Valentine, who will read Monday, April 1 at 4 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall. Dream Barker, Valentine’s first book, won the Yale Younger Poets Award. She has written eleven books of poetry …
Van Wylen has special hours this weekend due to Easter. They are as follows: Friday, March 29: 8 a.m. to noon; Saturday, March 30: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 31: 7 p.m. to midnight The staff at Van Wylen wishes you a safe and blessed Easter! –Madalyn Muncy, Library Student Blogger
Hope College’s Visiting Writers Series welcomes author Mark Winegardner on Tuesday, March 26. Winegardner is a fiction and nonfiction writer from Bryan, Ohio. Graduating from Miami University, he went on to earn his MFA from George Mason University. His novels include The Godfather Returns, Crooked River Burning, and The Veracruz Blues. He also has published a collection of short stories, That’s …
Van Wylen Library is pleased to announce a trial subscription to a new primary source database, Nineteenth-Century Collections Online. This resource will be available to all Hope students and staff through the end of March. You’ll find a link to NCCO on our Trials page. I have been sitting here for the past 30 minutes, …
As spring break approaches, please keep in mind the library’s hours: Thursday, March 14: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, March 15: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 16: Closed Sunday, March 17: Closed Monday, March 18 to Friday, March 22: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 23: Closed Sunday, March 24: 12 …
“Migrant Mother” (LOC.gov) March is Women’s History Month, which pays tribute to the generations of women who have contributed invaluably to art, culture, politics, and social movements. Women’s History Month originated as a week-long national celebration in March of 1981. In 1988, Congress requested that the President proclaim March as Women’s History Month. The government …
With the increased usage of smartphones and other mobile devices, Van Wylen has taken steps to improve your mobile use experience for library resources. Did you know that you can access a mobile-friendly version of the library’s homepage on your smartphone? When viewed on a smartphone, the page looks like the photo to the right. …
The open access movement saw major developments in the past two weeks. Last Friday, the Obama Administration mandated that federal agencies develop open-access policies in the next six months. Just a week earlier, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), a bi-partisan effort to increase access to federally funded research information, was …
Van Wylen Library is constantly adding new journals to their collection. In 2013 alone, the library has added or will add over 300 new titles. Many factors go into the purchase of new journals for the library’s collection. “The library tries to support new endeavors or programs with the purchase of new journal titles,” said …
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