Finals Week Hours

 Van Wylen will have extended hours during finals week that are as follows: Friday, December 10: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. Saturday, December 11: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. Sunday, December 12: 1 p.m. – 2 a.m. Monday, December 13: 8 a.m. – 2 a.m. Tuesday, December 14: 8 a.m. – 2 a.m. Wednesday, December …

Library and Information Science Graduate School Information

Interested in pursuing a career in library and information science? This LibGuide contains useful information to help you in your graduate school search. In it, you will find a collection of links related to becoming a librarian, including lists of American Library Association accredited programs, advice on how to pick a graduate school, and current …

Community Action House Drive

The staff at Hope College Libraries are holding a food and care product drive for the Community Action House during the month of December. The Community Action House provides food, clothing, and housing assistance, as well as educational outreach and case management services. The CAH would like to collect 150,000 pounds of food for families, …

Foreign Language Films at Van Wylen

Do you need to fulfill cultural activity credits for a foreign language class? Consider checking out a foreign language film from Van Wylen. An advanced search in HopeCat can help guide you. Let’s say you are interested in watching a film in German. In order to search the entire video collection, put an asterisk in …

Off-Campus Access

The end of the semester is fast approaching, which means deadlines for research projects are also coming near. Thinking of getting a head start over Thanksgiving break? There are two ways to access the library’s databases and journals when you’re not on campus. Visiting the off-campus database list gives you “off-campus friendly” links to use. …

Information on Government Websites

When looking for resources on the web, one group of high quality and authoritative sources are publications from the United States Government. Websites managed by the United States government have a wealth of information you may not stumble across at Van Wylen, since we are not a federal depository. Government websites have a wide variety …

Mobile Friendly Resources

Imagine this: you’re meeting with a professor to talk about a research paper, and they mention a book that would be relevant to your topic. You would like to see if the library owns this title, but you aren’t near a computer. What can you do? Van Wylen Library is currently working on a mobile …

Great Performance Series: Turtle Island Quartet

On November 12, the Turtle Island Quartet will perform in Dimnent Memorial Chapel at 7:30 p.m. as part of this year’s Great Performance Series. This two-time Grammy Award winning ensemble last came to Hope in 1992 and will be performing here again as part of their 25th anniversary season. The Turtle Island Quartet has been …

Visiting Writers Series: David Shields

Writer David Shields will give the last reading of this semester’s Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre. Shields has authored 10 books, including New York Times bestseller The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead and the February 2010 release Reality Hunger: A …

Library Book Sale

This semester’s library book sale begins on November 1 and last through November 8. Various items will be for sale, including books, videos, CDs, and LP records. CDs, hardback books, and videos are $1.00, paperback books are $.50, and records are $.25 The book sale will be held on the first floor of the library …