Looking for something to watch this weekend? The library has more than 3,500 DVDs to choose from, including Academy Award winners, new releases, cult classics, foreign films, as well as many other categories. If you have suggestions for DVDs we should purchase, please let us know! And if you’re a fan of grainy VHS …
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Library Support for the Hateful Things/Resilience Exhibit
Now through October 7th the DePree Gallery is hosting a dual exhibition, “Hateful Things / Resilience.” This exhibit features racist memorabilia from the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University, in parallel with works by major contemporary African American artists. The exhibit is “intended to encourage thoughtful, sensitive, and scholarly dialog concerning the history …
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Welcome students!
Welcome to the 2016-2017 school year! The Van Wylen Library is excited to welcome new and returning students back to campus! We have spent the summer getting ready for you. Make sure you start off the new school year right by taking advantage of all our services and resources. Over the summer, the …
Brand New Website
You might notice that the Van Wylen Library website looks a bit different these days. Check it out here – hope.edu/library With the help of Public Affairs & Marketing, we’ve made the site mobile-friendly, introduced new features, and streamlined the navigation. All of your favorite resources and services are still available, but now they’re even …
¡Hola! Guten Tag! Bonjour!
Want to brush up on your foreign language skills? The library subscribes to several popular foreign language magazines. Among them are People en Espańol (Spanish), das Fenster (German), and L’Express (French). They are available on the library’s current periodical shelves at the north end of the first floor. We also have many foreign language books, …
Borrow a Chromebook at the Library
Did you forget your laptop? Want to avoid the computer labs? The library has five brand new Chromebooks available for checkout. Just ask for them at the second floor Media Services Desk. With a Chromebook, you can write papers in Google Docs, check email, search the library’s databases, watch cat videos, or do pretty much anything …
Changes Afoot at the Research Help Desk
The sign says “ASK HERE,” and ask you shall! At least, that’s what we hope. The Research Help Desk is the library’s epicenter for all things “research.” Need to check if the we own a particular book? ASK. Want help figuring out the best database to search for your research topic? ASK. Don’t know how …
Digital Video Streaming with Films on Demand
The Library is pleased to announce the availability of Films on Demand, a new campus-wide digital video-streaming database. Films on Demand includes educational films from some of the best producers, including the BBC, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, Open University, PBS, A&E, National Geographic, Bill Moyers, ABC, NBC, CNBC, California Newsreel, WNET/Thirteen, TED, Films for the Humanities & …
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Summer Projects are Finishing Up
As the summer winds down, our projects are finishing up. There have been quite a few changes in the library from top to bottom. Starting at the top, the 4th floor had many older, unused books withdrawn from the collection. This finished a project that began on the lower level 4 years ago. The 3rd …
Summer Projects at the Library
Summer is traditionally when the library puts aside the typical day-to-day functions and works on major projects that would be too disruptive during the academic year. This summer is no exception, with several projects in the works. The final phase of our Sustainable Collections project is under way on the 4th floor. We are withdrawing …