The library will be open for limited hours over Winter Break: Van Wylen Friday: 8am – 5pm; Saturday: closed; Sunday: closed; Monday: 8am – 5pm; Tuesday 8am – midnight; Music Library Friday: 8am – 5pm; Saturday: closed; Sunday: closed; Monday: 2pm – 4pm; Tuesday: 3pm – 11pm — Jessica Hronchek, reference librarian
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
Christmas Reading
Looking to get into the Christmas spirit? Consider checking out some of Van Wylen’s Christmas books. The library has large variety of books ranging from children’s books to popular reading. Some titles the library has include Skipping Christmas by John Grisham, The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clark Moore, The Christmas Box by Richard Paul …