Classes have started, the syllabi have been passed around, and the seemingly endless amount of research and writing assignments has begun! Don’t know how to get started on that 20-page paper? Need a little extra help with finding sources? Or do you want to get some help with proofreading? Van Wylen Library can help! Van …
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Van Wylen Library has over 375,000 volumes in print, but did you know that the library also has access to over 120,000 ebooks through the library catalog? This includes 78,000 titles in ebrary’s Academic Complete. The Academic Complete collection from ebrary contains a broad selection of e-books in all academic subject areas. Ebrary just added …
Over the summer, the library acquired a new large scanner. Located on the second floor of the library near the printers, the Indus BookScanner 9000 has replaced the Indus Color Book Scaner 5002. Used for InterLibrary Loan, the scanner is also available to everyone. The Indus is quicker and more efficient, making it easier for …
Van Wylen Library would like to welcome Brianne Hagen to the library faculty. Brianne is the library’s new metadata librarian in the Technical Services and Systems Department at Van Wylen. As the metadata librarian, Brianne will connect library users with both print and digital collections using emerging metadata standards and traditional cataloging. She will also …
Welcome to new and returning students to campus! All of us at Van Wylen Library, the Joint Archives, and the Music Library promise to do our best to help make this your best year ever. Our goal is to create a comfortable, open, and stimulating environment for research and study. As you go about your …
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Check out the Van Wylen Library’s newly added database, IBISWorld, which contains industry market research reports geared for business, economics, management, and accounting. We are so excited about this new addition! IBISWorld is one of the biggest sources of industry information in the U.S., housing a comprehensive listing of US Industry Reports and containing extensive …
Chistine Cho, who has served as our Metadata Librarian since 2010, will be leaving Hope College and the Library at the end of June. While we are saddened to lose a colleague and friend, we have been fortunate to benefit from Christine’s expertise and hard work for the past two years.Along with performing traditional cataloging, …
The Hope College yearbooks, Milestone, are now available online to view, print, or download. This past month, Van Wylen Library added the yearbooks to its institutional repository, Digital Commons. One of the oldest publications both in Holland and Hope College, the Milestone is an invaluable resource that documents the rich history of the school and …
This past April, Priscilla Atkins announced that she was on the brink of completing her final semester at Van Wylen Library. For eighteen years, Priscilla has been a highly active, influential, and respected member of the Hope College community; the ways in which she has impacted the lives of both students and faculty colleagues are …
This summer the library is beginning a large-scale deselection project for monographs at the Van Wylen Library and the Music Library. We will be making evidence-based decisions to carefully manage the deselection of low-use print monographs and also identify monograph titles for preservation. This effort is part of a larger state-wide effort to cooperatively preserve …
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