Book Arts in the Library

Interested in seeing ways to take your reading materials to a whole new level? The main display case in the library is currently displaying the creations of Stephanie Milanowski’s Design II class. For one of their assignments they were required to create a work of art out of a used book, which comes from a …

Visiting Writers Series: Elizabeth Bradfield and Sean Hill

This semester’s first installment of the Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series will feature poets Elizabeth Bradfield and Sean Hill. Both will give readings of their work on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre. Bradfield has released two books of her poetry: Interpretive Work, which received the Audre Lorde Award, and Approaching Ice. …

Goodbye Orange Cones

Many of you have likely noticed the lovely orange cones that have graced the foot of the main staircase in Van Wylen for the last few months. These were placed after library staff became aware of the long-term problem of frequent trips, stumbles and outright falls on this staircase. Part of the problem cames from …

Musings on First-Year Students in the Library

September and October are First Year Seminar season at Van Wylen. During these months the reference and instruction librarians hold sessions for all forty plus FYS sections, essentially bringing every new Hope student into the library. We design these sessions to provide students an introduction to the library’s resources and services, and to introduce them …

Great Performance Series: Claremont Trio

The Claremont Trio will perform at Hope on Jan. 27 as part of this year’s Great Performance Series. The trio, composed of twin sisters Emily (violin) and Julia (cello) Bruskin and Donna Kwong (piano), formed in 1999 at The Juilliard School. Since then, they have been featured in radio and television programs in the United …

Google News Archive Search

Looking for additional tools to locate historical newspapers for your primary source research? Consider trying out Google News Archive Search. Though the engine does not provide quite the functionality of the library’s archival news databases (New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Times of London), it provides access to a substantial number of articles from …

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. day, and throughout this week, Hope College will celebrate Civil Rights Commemorative week with a variety of events. If you are interested in brushing up on your Civil Rights history, the library has a good collection on this topic as well as on Martin Luther King Jr. specifically. The …

Veritas Forum

The Veritas Forum begins this evening with a lecture by Hope’s own Mark Husbands at 7pm in Dimnent. For the next three days, Hope will host a variety of events centered on the theme of “True Communities True Selves: Exploring True Community in a Virtual World.” The library has a featured collection highlighting materials related …

2010 Faculty Bibliography

Today faculty, staff, administrators, and trustees gathered at the Haworth Center to celebrate the many achievements of the previous year, including grants, performances, awards and publications. The library maintains a complete list of faculty publications for each year, and the 2010 list is now available. Take a look to see some of the things that …