Tuesday is Earth Day, first commemorated on April 22, 1970. The library’s archival access to digitized images of The New York Times means that we can easily see the newspaper’s coverage of Earth Day that first year. Under the headline Millions Join Earth Day Observances Across the Nation appeared this article summarizing events across the …
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Van Wylen Library is Twenty
April marks Van Wylen Library’s twentieth anniversary.The dedication of Van Wylen Library on April 21, 1988 was celebrated with a convocation in Dimnent Chapel, a luncheon in Phelps Hall, and a renaissance fair in front of Van Wylen and Van Zoeren.Classes were cancelled to emphasize the importance of dedicating a new library.In his dedication address, …
Connection: Karen Joy Fowler Closes 2007-2008 Visiting Writers Series
Novelist and short story writer Karen Joy Fowler will close this year’s Jack Ridl Visting Writers Series on Wednesday. The Seattle Times interviewed Fowler during her 2007 visit to the area. When asked about the setting of her debut novel Sarah Canary in the Puget Sound region, Fowler provided insights into the research that is …
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Connection: Disability Awareness Week
This is Disability Awareness Week at Hope College. Numerous events are planned, including a wheelchair basketball game between members of Hope’s men’s basketball team and the Grand Rapids Pacers at the Dow Center on Wednesday, April 9th at 7:00. Read more about wheelchair basketball and the National Wheelchair Basketball Association, known for being “every bit …
Connection: Illinois Chamber Music Festival Performers and LehrerDance Visit Hope College
Performers from the Illinois Chamber Music Festival will be performing at Hope on Thursday, April 3rd (press release). This summer, they will perform and teach at Illinois Wesleyan University which provides biographical information of interest. The first image above is of cellist Tanya Remenikova, member of the faculty at the University of Minnesota School of …
Connection: Tenth Annual Cesar Chavez Celebration
The Tenth Annual Cesar Chavez Celebration is Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Events are described in the Hope College press release. Dolores Huerta, co-founder with Chavez, of the United Farm Workers of America, gave an interview to the Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy in 2006 in which she reflects on the successes and continued …
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Connection: Lecture by Wildlife Biologist Dr. Rolf Peterson
One week from today, Monday, March 24, 2008, wildlife biologist Dr. Rolf Peterson will be speaking in the A. Paul Schaap Science Center at 4:00. Read more about Dr. Peterson and his research in the Hope College press release. In 2005, Peterson co-authored “Monitoring and Habitat Analysis for Wolves in Upper Michigan” in the Journal …
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The Content Keeps Coming
At least once a week I am notified of new content that has been added to our databases and electronic resources. Here are a few of the interesting items to come across my desk lately. Three new scholarly journals have been added to Project MUSE; the Journal for the Study of Radicalism (Michigan State University …
Parliament of Fowls Reading
The Cup & Chaucer, located in the lobby of the Van Wylen Library, will be hosting a read-aloud of Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Parliament of Fowls” on Valentine’s Day at 11a.m.This poem is the first reference to the idea that St. Valentine’s Day is a special day for lovers.All are welcome to come and be part of …
Getting citations just right
We receive countless questions about formatting citations. We help by using tools built into many databases, checking style guides, and using the bibliographic manager RefWorks. As a shortcut to answers to some of the most common citation-related questions, we recently updated our Services for Students web page. Use it to discover online tools that will …