Thank you to our student employees!

Hewes Library is grateful for our student employees who gracefully and skillfully navigated a very different fall 2020 semester. Thank you for all your hard work, Hewes Crew, and we wish you the very best for winter break!

25 Years of Service

Hewes Library is thrilled to recognize two employees celebrating 25 years of service to Monmouth College!

Mindy Damewood began her Monmouth career in 1995 as a part time library supervisor, and soon transitioned to career services, assisting students in the Wackerle Center for Career, Leadership & Fellowships. Mindy has since returned to Hewes Library, serving our patrons as the Technical Processing Manager.

Marti Carwile has worked in several different offices over the years (Campus Services, Alumni Programs, Development Office) and currently serves as the Acquisitions Manager in Hewes Library.  Marti says the best part of working in so many places on campus always comes back to meeting the students and following their growth and success at Monmouth College and post-graduation.

Congratulations! 

#ItsGreatToBeAScot

Library Services Available Remotely

No matter if you are on campus, or remote, all of our library services are available to you!  

Hewes Library offers the following services, just to name a few:

• research help via chat, text, Zoom, email or in person
• all online resources are available through website
• scan book chapters
• mail books
• provide articles in full text and if we don't own it, we can help obtain via interlibrary loan
• citation assistance

Learn more and don't hesitate to #JustAsk!
 
https://library.monmouthcollege.edu/remotestudy/home

 

New Items at Hewes Library

New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included:

• Calling Philosophers Names: On the Origin of a Discipline by Christopher Moore
• Evolution of Moral Progress: A Biocultural Theory by Allen Buchanan & Russell Powell
• Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote by Ellen Carol Dubois
• Globalization and Health by Jeremy Youde
• Afterlife: A novel by Julia Alvarez
  
• English Teaching Survival Guide by Mary Lou Brandvik & Katherine S. McKnight
• From Conflict Resolution to Peacebuilding by Charles Haus
• Habits of Racism: A Phenomenology of Racism and Radicalized Embodiment by Helen Ngo
• Seeking Rights From the Left: Gender, Sexuality and the Latina American Pink Tide edited by Elisabeth Jay Friedman
• Dinner Party: A commemorative Volume Celebrating a major Monument of Twentieth Century Art by Judy Chicago
  

Wunderlich Art in Gallery

Janis Mars Wunderlich, of the Monmouth College Art Department, is exhibiting work in the Hewes Library Everett Gallery October 19 through November 19, 2020.  The exhibit, Still I Rise, is open during gallery hours (below) and can be viewed on the website: https://www.janismarswunderlich.com/still-i-rise/

Gallery Hours:

Sunday	1pm – 4pm
Monday	noon – 4pm
Tuesday	9am - noon
Wednesday	4pm – 8pm
Thursday	noon – 4pm

Take a Virtual Library Tour

Library tours are a hallmark of the freshman experience at Monmouth College, however, Fall 2020 is a bit different. While new and returning students, faculty and staff are already enthusiastically utilizing Hewes Library this semester, a new video created by the Library, gives a quick tour, showing behind-the-scenes locations that, due to COVID19 restrictions, are not available this semester.

Enjoy this video, part of the #HewesYouCanUse series on YouTube.

Special thanks to Chemistry major, Raman, for lending his talents as a tour guide!

Senior Art Show final view: Thur 10/8 12-4pm

Final viewing of the Monmouth College 2020 Senior Art Exhibition is Thursday, October 8th, 12-4pm in the Hewes Library Everett Gallery.

• Emily DeWitt is an on-campus student this semester and will graduate in December; she is showing work completed in the past year, including work from this semester.

• Gabrielle Nance is an online student this semester and will graduate in December; she is showing work through an online exhibition.

• Amy Vellenga-Buban graduated last May and is showing work in the gallery completed during her time at Monmouth. She has recently updated her website.

• Natalie Cordoba graduated last May; she has a sculpture installation in the gallery. The majority of her work takes the form of short films that can be found here.

• Emily Mathews graduated last May and is showing works in the gallery that were mostly created after the stay-at-home orders were given in last spring.

 

*artist descriptions courtesy Professor Stephanie Baugh

New Items at Hewes Library

New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included:

• Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons
• The Pioneers by David McCullough
• Colorblind Shakespeare: New Perspectives on Race and Performance edited by Ayanna Thompson
• Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race and Sexuality in America by Miriam J. Abelson
• Nonviolent Struggle: Theories, Strategies, and Dynamics by Sharon Erickson Nepstand
• Saving American Cities by Lizabeth Cohen
• The Rise of the Latino Vote: A History by Benjamin Francis-Fallon
• Violence Against Women of African Descent: Global Perspectives edited by Anita Kalunta-Crumpton
• Women in the American Revolution edited by Barbara B. Oberg
• The Historian's Huck Finn: Reading Mark Twain's Masterpiece as Social and Economic History annotated by Ranjit S Dighe

Banned Books Display

Celebrate Banned Books and Your Freedom to Read!

Hewes Library is celebrating the freedom to read, highlighting challenged and banned books in a current display starting September 28th. The display features books challenged and banned in all types of United States libraries:  school, public, and prison.

This year’s display also features the importance of books in prisons, with information about Monmouth’s faculty led bookclub with inmates at Galesburg’s Hill Correctional Center. Also highlighted is a 2019 incident of materials removed from the Danville Correctional Center library. This case study features Monmouth College MLK Jr. Day convocation speaker, Rebecca Ginsburg, who spearheaded public pressure to reverse the action.

Nationwide, the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 377 challenges to library, school, and university materials in 2019. Monmouth’s pre-service teachers, and everyone concerned with retaining access to ideas and information, are encouraged to explore the display and learn more at: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom.

Also part of the week's celebration is a fun online quiz featuring banned literature. The quiz is free, fun, and will end on Saturday, October 3rd, 8pm. 

Browse the Catalog Virtually!

Although our library book stacks may be closed due to COVID-19, our NEW library catalog interface has a fantastic feature that will give you a VIRTUAL browsing experience no matter where you are!

Here's how:

Locate book of your choice in the catalog.

Click to view the full catalog record.

Scroll down to reveal a browsing carousel of books nearby on the shelf!

When you find a book(s) you wish to check out, #JustAsk at the library's information desk and a staff member will retrieve them for you asap.

WorldShare/I-Share Tutorials

Over the summer, Hewes Library transitioned to a new interlibrary loan interface (WorldShare Interlibrary Loan) AND a new library catalog system. Both interfaces will continue to evolve as the library tweaks and modifies them to be as useful as possible for our community of researchers.

Here's how to decide which to choose:

• Books and media may be requested via I-Share and WorldShare Interlibrary Loan.

• Articles may only be requested via WorldShare Interlibrary Loan. 

Helpful tutorials outlining the basic steps of each process:

·        Video outlining the steps to create WorldShare Interlibrary Loan requests (articles and books)

·        Video outlining the steps to request books via I-Share (remember: books only)

·        WorldShare and I-Share guides:  https://library.monmouthcollege.edu/home/otherlibraries

Don’t hesitate to stop by the Information Desk in Hewes Library and ask for a librarian if you would like any assistance. Librarians can also be reached via chat, text, email and phone. We are here to help!

Senior Art Show

Now showing in the Hewes Library Everett Gallery is the Monmouth College 2020 Senior Art Exhibition featuring: 

• Emily DeWitt is an on-campus student this semester and will graduate in December; she is showing work completed in the past year, including work from this semester.

• Gabrielle Nance is an online student this semester and will graduate in December; she is showing work through an online exhibition.

• Amy Vellenga-Buban graduated last May and is showing work in the gallery completed during her time at Monmouth. She has recently updated her website.

• Natalie Cordoba graduated last May; she has a sculpture installation in the gallery. The majority of her work takes the form of short films that can be found here.

• Emily Mathews graduated last May and is showing works in the gallery that were mostly created after the stay-at-home orders were given in last spring.

 
The show will be open September 18 - October 8, 2020.  

Gallery hours:

Sunday  1pm – 4pm

Monday  noon – 4pm

Tuesday  9am - noon

Wednesday 4pm – 8pm 

Thursday noon – 4pm

Friday CLOSED

Saturday CLOSED

*artist descriptions by Professor Stephanie Baugh

 

Borrowing via I-Share & WorldShare

Hewes Library offers two ways to borrow materials from other Libraries:  I-Share and WorldShare.

In brief, I-Share offers Monmouth College patrons the opportunity to search a common catalog, identify materials in approximately 90 academic libraries in Illinois, and request materials directly from those libraries.  Materials are delivered Monday - Friday to Hewes Library.  Patrons should note that COVID-19 procedures now include a 5 day quarantine of incoming materials.  

Patrons receive an email when the borrowed items are ready to pick up at the library information desk.

For more information on requesting materials via I-Share, please see this tutorial and written guide.

Gallery Hours

The Everett Galleries have restricted access this semester due to COVID-19. We hope you will visit during these hours:

Sunday 1 – 4pm

Monday noon – 4pm

Tuesday 9am – noon

Wednesday 4 – 8pm

Thursday noon – 4pm

We welcome you to enjoy Professor Stephanie Baugh’s exhibition, “Context,” in the gallery through Thursday, September 9th or visit the exhibit online.

Latinx Bookclub

Monmouth College students are encouraged to join the Latinx book club in conjunction with the Monmouth College Department of Modern Language, Literatures and Cultures this September, reading "In the Country We Love" by actress Diane Guerrero.

Free books are available, while supplies last, at the Hewes Library information desk (limited to members of the Monmouth College community.)

See posters on campus for more information on Zooming the discussion Wednesday, September 23rd, 7pm.

Read more in the Pipeline!

Take a Virtual Library Tour

Library tours are a hallmark of the freshman experience at Monmouth College, however, Fall 2020 is a bit different. While new and returning students, faculty and staff are already enthusiastically utilizing Hewes Library this semester, a new video created by the Library, gives a quick tour, showing behind-the-scenes locations that, due to COVID19 restrictions, are not available this semester.

Enjoy this video, part of the #HewesYouCanUse series on YouTube.

Special thanks to Chemistry major, Raman, for lending his talents as a tour guide!

Writing Center Tutors in Hewes

Starting September 1st, the Monmouth College Writing Center peer-tutors will be available on the main floor of Hewes Library, in the room just adjacent to the east entrance.

Tutors are available for drop-in consultation and will maintain appropriate social distancing using dual monitors on each table.

Sunday - Thursday, 7-9 p.m.

Baugh Exhibition Open

Professor Stephanie Baugh’s exhibition, “Context,” has opened in the upper level gallery of Hewes Library. View more information on this year's exhibition schedule: https://library.monmouthcollege.edu/home/gallery

Important Note: due to COVID19 restrictions, access to the gallery is available during select hours this semester: Sun 1 – 4pm, Mon noon – 4pm, Tu 9am – noon, Wed 4 – 8pm , Th noon – 4pm.

New Library Catalog!

Hewes Library, along with all CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) institutions, transitioned to a new library catalog interface July 2020.

The catalog is accessible from the library's homepage "Search" box.

The catalog WILL permit borrowing from other I-Share institutions, however, that feature is still being tested for our location. Patrons who wish to borrow materials from other libraries should use the WorldShare interlibrary loan form on the library's homepage. (more about WorldShare)

The new interface has several "scopes" that search distinct and overlapping resources. Scopes include:  

Hewes Library Catalog	Searches all physical books, dvds and media available in Hewes Library, and some digital resources (government documents, Monmouth-owned Ebooks).  Learn more
Everything	Searches Hewes Library-owned physical items, I-Share Libraries catalogs, some Ebook collections, AND popular and scholarly journal articles (some citation-only, some full-text) from select databases.
I-Share Libraries Catalog	Searches materials owned in I-Share consortium libraries (Illinois academic libraries). Book materials are requestable via I-Share. Ebooks are not available to borrow due to publisher restrictions.  Learn more
Articles	Searches millions of popular and scholarly journal articles (some citation-only, some full-text) accessible through Hewes Library databases.
Course Reserves	Searches a subset of materials on reserve for a Monmouth College course.

More information on the new catalog interface can be found at https://library.monmouthcollege.edu/catalogs.  Additional tutorials coming soon!

Library Reopens

Hewes Library is again open to the public as of Monday, August 17th.  Hours of operation have changed:

Monday-Thursday 7:30am - 9pm

Friday 7:30am - 4:30pm

Saturday Closed

Sunday 1pm - 9pm

Please note additional changes due to COVID-19: https://library.monmouthcollege.edu/reopeninghome​​​​​​​

        Welcome back!

Important Library Information

In light of the campus, state, and national response to COVID-19, and with support of Monmouth College, Hewes Library will be closed until further notice.

Please note that library staff will be monitoring communication during closed hours and will assist patrons as much as possible.

Have questions? Librarians will be available, remotely, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm.

• Call: 309-457-2190
• Email:  ILL@monmouthcollege.edu
• Chat with a librarian. When chat is offline, you'll be prompted to email.
• Text a librarian:  309-204-9275. When service is offline, texts will be answered the next business day.

Please monitor the library website for current information, and visit this FAQ for students and faculty. Thank you for your patience and understanding in this extraordinary time!

Spring Break Hours- UPDATE

Due to the campus schedule change next week, Hewes Library has updated hours. Please monitor our website & social media, or contact us with questions.

3/9 Monday - 3/13 Friday (8am - 4:30pm)
3/14 Saturday CLOSED
3/15 Sunday CLOSED
3/16 Monday (8am - 4:30pm)
3/17 Tuesday (8am - 4:30pm)

The campus COVID-19 update page: https://ou.monmouthcollege.edu/life/covid-19.aspx

Art Exhibition, Connections, Open

A new exhibition titled, Connections, is now open through April 3, 2020 in the Everett Gallery of Hewes Library.

About the artist:

Guadalupe Lanning Robinson is a quilt-maker and ceramic artist from Huntsville, Alabama.

She writes:

A great fascination with different-colored clays and the textures that can be produced with stoneware has led me to experiment with and study clays for the past thirty years. Continuous respect for the material is a factor I try to maintain in my work. I also have a great reverence for the idea of “craftsmanship” and it is a strong element when creating my work. My work has developed from the respect I have for clay and the joy I experience when working with it.

                I was born and grew up in Mexico City, a place with strong cultural ties and great tradition, full of sights, energy, sounds and flavor. Bringing together my Mexican heritage with the richness and tranquility of the Deep South has enriched my life. This constantly moves my work toward blending the two cultures.

This exhibition is part of the Visions & Verse program: celebrating collaborations between Artists & Poets.  Poet, James Miller Robinson, will join Guadalupe for special presentations and class visits in April.

The exhibition's  reception will take place on April 3rd 3pm-4:30pm. All are invited.

Thursday Free Film Showing: Detroit 48202

Please join the Office of Intercultural Life, Hewes Library, and the Center for Civic and Social Change for the final movie and discussion event of Monmouth College's Black History Month activities.

Thursday, February 27 @ 7PM

Barnes Classroom, Hewes Library

Recreational Reading Titles

New ScotsRead titles are available for your recreational reading pleasure!

This collection, found on the main floor of Hewes Library, contains best sellers and intriguing just-published titles spanning autobiography, non-fiction, mystery and fantasy - even cookbooks!  Check them out for two weeks and renew up to three times.

The newest ScotsReads include:

The Black Jersey, by Jorge Zepeda Patterson
The Bodies in the Library, by Marty Wingate
Definitely Hispanic, by LeJuan James
This Land is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto, by Suketu Mehta
What Happened That Night, by Deanna Cameron
Deep State: Trump, The FBI,  and the Rule of Law, by James B. Stewart
Death and Other Happy Endings, by Melanie Cantor
Jet Girl, by Caroline Johnson
A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee, by Danny Fingeroth
Edison, by Edmund Morris
Blue Moon:  A Jack Reacher Novel, by Lee Child 
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers, by  Andy Greenberg
Let Justice Descend, by Lisa Black
Coached To Death, by Victoria Laurie

Hewes Hygge - what's that?

Stop by Hewes Library on Friday, February 21 between 2pm-4pm and enjoy a hygge. 
(More on the concept here and here.)


Hewes Hygge (HOO gah) will feature a roaring virtual fire, free cocoa, tea and treats.
Stop by to read, converse, construct a puzzle with new friends and relax!

Boyz N the Hood Showing 2/13

The Monmouth College Office of Intercultural Life and The Center for Civic & Social Change present a showing and discussion of director John Singleton's 1991 film "Boyz N the Hood". 

Thursday, February 13th
7pm
Hewes Library, Barnes Classroom (lower level)
Everyone is invited!


Below is a bit of background on Singleton from the African American Almanac available on the Hewes Library CREDO Reference resource:

"Singleton was soon approached by Columbia Pictures to sell the film rights to Boyz n the Hood, his original screenplay and college thesis. Singleton agreed, but only if he could be the movie's director. The movie was released in July of 1991 to mixed critical reviews. Although its first showings were marred by movie-house violence, the film garnered Singleton an Academy Award nomination for best director. He became the youngest director and the first African American to be so honored."

View additional library resources on the film, cast and director.

Writing Workshop: Idea Generation

The Monmouth College Writing Center will host the second in a series of semester workshops in Hewes Library this week. All students are welcome!


IDEA GENERATION
Wednesday, February 12th and Thursday, February 13th
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Main Floor of Hewes Library, Room 124

This workshop will provide tools for generating and keeping track of ideas. The session will help students brainstorm for topics. Students can bring their own prompts or use the example prompts at the workshop.

Get Cozy in the Library

Join us for Hewes Hygge right here in the Library on Friday, February 7th!

Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) is the Danish art of comfort, contentment and connection.  Students are invited to come and relax, put together a puzzle, have conversation, browse a book, and watch a soothing fireplace.  Bring a mug for hot chocolate!

Find the hygge on the main floor, by the east entrance. Bring a friend and decompress!

Writing Workshops 2/5 & 2/6

The Monmouth College Writing Center will host the first of a series of semester workshops in Hewes Library this week. All students are welcome!

UNDERSTANDING WRITING PROMPTS 
Wednesday, February 5th & Thursday, February 6th, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. 
Main Floor of Hewes Library, Room 124 

This workshop will focus on understanding the writing prompts that students receive from instructors. The session will help the students in understanding the assignment requirements for a current assignment in particular, and for future assignments in general. Students can bring their own prompts or use the example prompts provided at the workshop.  

New Items At Hewes Library

New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included:

• Ethical Veganism, Virtue Ethics, and the Great Soul by Carlo Alvaro
• Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts
• Identity Politics in the United States by Khalilah L. Brown-Dean
• Pan's Labyrinth by Mar Diestro-Dopido
• Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy
• Comic Books Incorporated by Shawna Kidman
• Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn
• Writing for Psychology by Mark Mitchell and Janina M. Jolley and Robert P. O'Shea
• Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Lea Penniman
• Obesity: Your Questions Answered by Christine L.B. Selby

Recognizing Professor McNamara

Hewes Library recognized Monmouth College Professor Emeritus of English, Jeremy McNamara, on his recent birthday with a library proclamation. The certificate, signed by library director Sarah Henderson and Dean of the College, Mark Willhardt, declared January 25th to be “R. Jeremy McNamara Day” in appreciation of his longstanding patronage of Hewes Library.

Professor McNamara taught in the English Department of Monmouth College from 

1964–1995 and is a regular visitor to Hewes Library winter, spring, summer and fall.

Professor Jeremy McNamara with the Hewes Library proclamation, January 25, 2020.

The Great Book Move to Hewes Library

50 years ago - on January 21, 1970 - the Monmouth College community moved an entire library in one day! 

Over 120,000 volumes were carried from the Carnegie Library (Poling Hall) to the college's newest facility: Hewes Library. Classes were cancelled while over 800 volunteers marched up and down the hill carrying books against negative windchill. The new library opened for business the next day! What an extraordinary accomplishment!

Visit the west lobby of Hewes Library on Tuesday, January 21st to see this slideshow, and be sure to venture to the upper level display cases (west wall) to enjoy an archival exhibit of memorabilia celebrating the history of Hewes Library. 

Brian Baugh Exhibition

Join us for an opening reception for new paintings by Professor Brian Baugh of the Monmouth College Art Department.

Friday, January 17, 3pm-4:30pm

Gallery talk at 3:30pm

Exhibit will be available January 17 - February 16, 2020. Free and open to the public.