New Summer Library Hours

The Darling Library will be operating fewer hours this summer than in the past. Since classes do not meet on the Fullerton Campus following the May Term class sessions, the Library's summer hours are as follows:

Monday - Thursday: 12:00 Noon - 6:00 PM
Friday: 12:00 Noon - 5:00PM
Saturday - Sunday: Closed

We will be closed on Friday, July 3, 2009 in observance of the Independence Day Holiday.

Regular Library Hours begin on Wednesday, August 19, 2009.

Library Staff Changes

May is a time of transition: graduations, promotions and relocation. This month the Darling Library will see the following staff changes:

Farewell to Sarah Kimakwa
Sarah has served as our Acquisitions Manager since 2004, has completed her MLIS degree at San Jose State University and will participate in convocation exercises there on May 16th. Then she will be off to Chicago where she will begin working as the Acquisitions Librarian at Chicago State University. We will miss her laugh, her smile, and her thoughtful questioning spirit. But before she leaves, she passes the baton.

Congratulations to Young Il Kang
Young has been our part-time Serials Assistant since he arrived on campus to study in February 2008. He graduates on May 16th with the MBA and will continue on with us as our new Acquisitions Manager.



Welcome to Samuel Adjei
Samuel is our new Serials Assistant. He has been an MBA student at Hope since the fall 2008. He comes to Hope from Ghana by way of the UK where he received a degree in Environmental Information Systems from Greenwich University in London.


Farewell to Student Library Assistants
Congratulations to Kara Harvey and Josh Hughes as they graduate from Pacific Christian College this month. They both have been model Student Library Assistants for public services. As is our custom, a book representing their major or interest is being placed in the Darling Library in their honor.

The rest our faithful Student Library Assistants , will be scattering for the summer months and return to us in the fall. (There will be a few who will be working through the summer.)

Celebrate National Library Week

National Library Week is April 12 - 18 this year. Why not celebrate by availing yourself of services offered by your Library for free. "First celebrated in 1958, National Library Week is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support."[1]

Did you know that the library is one of the best bargains in town -- if you use it? Many public libraries have a Library Value Calculator on their web sites to show their patrons what it would cost to pay for the services they offer for free. (Check out this one on the Prescott [Arizona] Public Library site. It even gives their patrons their personal Return On Investment after taxes!)

Look at it this way. Have you ever borrowed a movie from Blockbuster or NetFlix? Borrowing a book is much the same thing -- only it's free.

Last year the average cost of a book purchased by the Darling Library was $83.50. If you borrowed one of these 350 books just once you saved yourself a lot of money! Needless to say, in hard economic times, the library usually sees a lot of "business!"

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[1] The Campaign for America's Libraries. American Library Association. Accessed April 13, 2009.

Library Hours - Easter

The Darling Library will be closed Good Friday through Easter Sunday and will re-open on Monday, April 13th at 2:00PM.

Good Stewardship in Tough Financial Times

How to Get More Mileage from Your Used Books and a Bigger Bang for Your Buck

Would you rather:

1. Donate money to support the Hope International University Darling Library?
2. Donate books to support the Darling Library?
3. Raise funds for global literacy?
4. Make a dent in landfills?
5. Buy books at a great price?

Guess what? You don’t have to choose! You can do all of the above in two very easy ways: You can donate books to the Darling Library and/or you can buy used books from the Darling Library’s online used book sale.

Here’s how it works.

Donations
We consider each donated book carefully. We receive many duplicate donations as well as books that do not fit in our collection (children’s books, cookbooks, etc.) While it is common for a library to have an ongoing book sale, it takes space and personnel to manage it – two resources that are at a premium in the Darling Library. Therefore, we have commissioned Better World Books to manage our book sale online. They send us packing materials and pay for shipping. We box up the books and send them to their headquarters. The only thing left for our staff to do is receive a quarterly check from the sale of those books. We now receive more money annually for discarded books than we ever did from on campus book sale revenues. This money can be used to purchase books we do need in our collection.

Purchases
If you don’t have any books to donate but need to buy books instead, you could still support the Darling Library through the Better World Books online store. Before you go to Amazon or another bookseller, go to http://www.betterworldbooks.com/library.aspx and enter our zip code (92831). From here you can browse or search the Darling Library’s online sidewalk books sale. We get a quarterly check and the satisfaction of knowing we have partnered together to make an impact on the world. Of course, you can also shop the entire BWB database of used books and support other libraries and literacy programs if our sale does not include books you need.

Better World Books collects used books and textbooks through a network of college campuses and partnerships with libraries nationwide (including ours) then sells these books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. Because of the personal passion of our Acquisitions Manager, Sarah Kimakwa, the Darling Library has chosen to support Books for Africa (http://www.booksforafrica.org/) with proceeds from our unwanted books.

Especially in these economic hard times, it makes good stewardship sense to purchase used books from Better World Books and to donate books you don’t need to us.

Diversity and Librarianship: Hope Hosts CARL-DIAL Meeting

Members of the CARL-DIAL South Interest Group

Diversity is a common concern in most business forums. Libraries are no exception. Librarians know that diverse populations enhance work relations, productivity and enrichment of culture. Institutions of higher education that serve students, staff and faculty from diverse people groups know that diversity within the academic library is a great strength of the institution.

The Diversity in Academic Libraries (DIAL) interest group of the California chapter of the American Library Association’s Academic and Research Libraries group (CARL) is committed to "advocate equality and diversity, primarily for racial/ethnic communities but also other diverse populations within the library profession and academic libraries." As a member of CARL-DIAL South, our Acquisitions Manager (a brand new professional librarian), Sarah Kimakwa, participates in the planning of activities that promote these objectives in the Southern California region.

On Friday March 20, 2009, Hope International University hosted members of the CARL-DIAL South interest group. The agenda was to plan a conference open to all California academic librarians scheduled for May 29 at USC. The conference will focus on reaching out to first generation college students. DIAL members met at HIU to plan the program to address the psychological, emotional, and cultural issues that first generation college students face.

Dr. Steve Edgington, VP of Academic Affairs, welcomed the members to campus and Robin Hartman, Director of Library Services, addressed the group briefly before they commenced with the business of the day. She affirmed the mission and objectives of the group calling it a “watchdog organization” of the American Library Association which helps the profession make practical steps toward its goals. “It’s easy to say you’re committed to diversity. It’s more difficult to implement it. It’s a systemic problem that can only be addressed intentionally by groups [such as DIAL].”

"As a former student and now a new and upcoming librarian it has always been my desire to help and reach out to the less fortunate people of our community. I feel that as a former international student from a less developed country and having worked with many communities around the world, I feel that I have a responsibility to share my knowledge and skills with these populations."

"After completing my MLIS degree in December 2008, I had to quickly affiliate myself with an association that would help me in my professional development and one whose mission and objectives are very dear to me personally. It was almost a natural thing for me to join CARL DIAL--first meeting was the day I submitted my final paper in the program. I thought this was such a good coincidence and a nice welcome into the librarianship profession. I have a niche in serving populations that are underserve-—based on the long tail theory these people are many."

Senate Candy Desk

Did you know that there is a Candy Desk in the United States Senate Chamber? No, I'm not speaking metaphorically. There is an actual desk with a drawer full of candy located in the back row on the Republican side of the Chamber. Read about it here.



For more information about traditions of the United States Senate, go to their Traditions Reference page. Scroll down to the Legacies section to read about Seersucker Thursday or Senate Bean Soup.