PEEPS diorama winner

The PEEPle's Choice votes have been counted...and the winner of the National Library Week "Monmouth Moments" diorama contest is:

"PEEPS Out, Monmouth" created by Sydney Dockins and Madison Meldrum!

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who shared their creativity!

https://youtu.be/U8_aHzlBpCU

Happy National Library Week!

National Library Week (April 4 - 10, 2021) is a time to celebrate our nation's libraries, library workers' contributions and promote library use and support.  

The theme for National Library Week 2021 is "Welcome to Your Library" celebrating the ability of libraries to reach far beyond the four walls of the building to welcome everyone!  

Hewes Library staff continue to provide support to the faculty, staff and students, on and off campus this semester. Staff scan articles and chapters, mail books, facilitate research assistance in-person and virtually, and provide instructional support to classes tailored to their needs.

This week, Hewes Library is sponsoring a PEEPS Diorama contest, "Monmouth Moments," on display in the library, that includes an award for PEEPle's Choice!  Voting is April 7th - April 11th.  Take a moment to stop in and vote!

Happy National Library Week from the Hewes Library staff!

~Sarah, Lynn, Mindy, Marti and Anne

PEEPS Diorama Contest

Monmouth PEEPS are invited to register and pick up a PEEPS pack and create a Monmouth inspired diorama!. Registration: https://tinyurl.com/namxjk2h

Show your creative side and decorate your diorama with a memory or scene inspired by our Scots' campus. Individuals and student groups are welcome to participate!

Bring your diorama to Hewes Library by 9pm on Tuesday, April 6th and our campus will vote for the PEEPle's Choice Award starting April 7th!

Have fun!

National Library Week

Celebrate National Library Week at YOUR favorite library!

April 7th - 13th is National Library Week, celebrating "Libraries = Strong Communities." A few highlights:

• Hewes Library belongs to a consortium of 90 other libraries in the state dedicated to sharing resources.  The consortium catalog, I-Share, contains over 14.7 million unique records, a collection that ranks among the world's most extensive research catalogs.  Monmouth College patrons can request I-Share materials be sent to Monmouth for free (see directions here) and can visit any I-Share library in person to borrow materials on-site.

• Monmouth College patrons can also apply for a Warren County Public Library card. Just blocks away, the Public Library serve adults and children in our community, and has a wealth of children's literature, popular fiction, and an array of non-fiction materials to supplement Hewes Library's collection. To obtain a card, bring the following items to WCPL: MC ID, piece of mail with your MC address, State ID (e.g. driver's license). 

• See below for additional National Library Week highlights. 

Mindfulness in the Gallery

In recognition of National Library Week’s 2019 theme, Building Strong Communities, Hewes Library is pleased to host “Mindfulness in the Gallery.”

Join us in the Hewes Library Everett Gallery for a mindfulness and meditation session on Tuesday, April 2^nd beginning at 12noon. Rev. Dr. Teri Ott will lead this 20 minute session in the gallery, surrounded by the art of Sandra Williams. Bring a yoga mat or towel to sit on the floor; additional mats and chairs will be provided.

Thank you to Scots Wellness, the Office of Religious & Spiritual Life, and the Monmouth College Art Department for their assistance with this event.

National Library Week (April 8-14)

Celebrate National Library Week at Hewes Library!

Stop by the library all week for these events celebrating National Library Week.

Monday: Free copies of the NEA Big Read book, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears will be available at the Reference Desk (while supplies last!) Learn more about Big Read activities in our area, sponsored by the Galesburg Public Library.

Tuesday:  National Library Workers Day celebrates the contributions of our staff (including our student staff). Come give your favorite library worker a high-five!

Wednesday: Scotty, the library mascot, turns 18! Scotty was dedicated on April 11, 2000, decorated by Professor Mary Phillips and Library Director Rick Sayre. He's been a popular pig on campus ever since. In lieu of gifts, Scotty is accepting donations for the Warren County Public Library. Stop by for some candy corn and to make a donation, however great or small!

Friday:  Library Director Rick Sayre shares what he has learned about our Canopus Stone over the past twenty years, how it found its way Monmouth, and what happened after it arrived.  Learn why the Canopus Stone has been considered the second-most important discovery next to the Rosetta Stone for 19^th century archaeology! Please rsvp to rsayre@monmouthcollege.edu - and bring your lunch!

Coloring Poetry Event April 11

Join poetry and coloring enthusiasts alike at this free event on Tuesday, April 11th. A generous donation from the Galesburg Public Library, via the NEA Big Read, provided 25 copies of an Emily Dickinson coloring chapbook. The first 25 people attending will receive a copy, and everyone will enjoy coloring and snacking and listening to guest readers. Come any time between 4pm - 5:30pm to the upper level of Hewes Library! 

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National Library Week: Honorary Chair Judy Blume

National Library Week's Honorary Chair Judy Blume on the importance of libraries today:

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National Library Week, April 13-19, 2014: Lives change @ your library

National Library Week will be celebrated this year from April 13-19 and the theme is "Lives Change @ York Library." First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country every April. The time is a celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. This year's Honorary Chair is famed author Judy Blume.

With the advent of televisions in the mid-1950s, research showed that Americans were spending less money and time on books and reading. ALA helped form the National Book Committee in 1954 and three years later, the committee developed the plan for National Library Week. The first National Library Week was celebrated in 1958 with the theme “Wake Up and Read!” as assembled by ALA and the Advertising Council.

National Library Week: Statistics on Libraries

The Institute of Museums and Library Services recently released it's 2010 Public Library Survey Results.  The report highlighted some interesting statistics and the overall theme that was noted was the fact that libraries are doing more with less.  We've highlighted a few statistics from the report to round out our features on National Library Week:

Public Library Services and Operations

• Public libraries offered 3.75 million programs to the public in FY 2010, which amounts to an average of at least one program a day for every library system in the country. The majority of these programs (61.5%) are designed for children. Attendance at programs has continued to rise, indicating an increased demand for these services.
• Public libraries circulated 2.46 billion materials in FY 2010, the highest circulation in 10 years, representing a continued increasing trend. Circulation of children’s materials has increased by 28.3 percent in the last 10 years and comprises over one-third of all materials circulated in public libraries.
• The composition of public library collections has changed dramatically in recent years. While books in print continue to dominate the physical portion of the collection, making up 87.1 percent of the total in FY 2010, the share of non-print materials, including audio and video materials and electronic books, has increased. The number of e-books has tripled since FY 2003. In FY 2010, there were 18.50 million e-books available for circulation.
• Public access computer use continued to be one of the fastest growing services in public libraries. In FY 2010, public libraries reported a computer use rate of more than one use for every five visits to the library. Public libraries have responded to demand by increasing access, doubling the number of public computers in the past 10 years.
• Physical visits to libraries decreased 1.1 percent in 2010. (Note: the survey does not collect data on online visits or transactions of public libraries.) Physical visits remain strong with an overall 10-year increase of 32.7 percent from FY 2001-FY 2010. On average, Americans visited a public library 5.3 times per year, a ten-year increase of 21.7 percent.

Public Library Resources

• Public libraries had $11.3 billion in revenue in FY 2010, a decrease of 3.5 percent from FY 2009, after adjusting for inflation. Although local governments have generally been the largest source of revenue for public libraries, they have had to take on an even larger role as state support declined over 10 years.
• Public libraries reported operating expenditures of $10.77 billion dollars in FY 2010, the first decrease since FY 2001. Although expenditures across all U.S. public libraries were $36.18 per capita, per-capita expenditures varied greatly by state, with spending as low as $15.99 and as high as $67.78.

National Library Week: Libraries in the Community



National Library Week: Challenged Books

As part of National Library Week, the American Library Association releases the names of book titles that were the most frequently challenged in the previous calendar year.  The most frequently challenged books of 2012 were:

Out of 464 challenges as reported by the Office for Intellectual Freedom

1. Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey.
   Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group
2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie.
   Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group
3. Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher.
   Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group
4. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James.
   Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit
5. And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.
   Reasons: Homosexuality, unsuited for age group
6. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.
   Reasons: Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit
7. Looking for Alaska, by John Green.
   Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group
8. Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
   Reasons: Unsuited for age group, violence
9. The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
   Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit
10. Beloved, by Toni Morrison
    Reasons: Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence

National Library Week: Libraries Are 'Tabernacles of Personal Freedom'

From @ your library:

As part of the Auditorium Speaker Series at the American Library Association’s 2013 Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Caroline Kennedy, Honorary Chair of 2013 National Library Week, spoke to an enthusiastic crowd about her passion for libraries and the role that reading and poetry has played in her family members' lives.

Kennedy said that all types of libraries are, “tabernacles of personal freedom: freedom of thought, freedom of expression, freedom of opportunity and the true test of liberty – freedom to dissent,” and noted that, “Libraries have a critical role in teaching the higher order thinking skills that students need under the Common Core curriculum, and the research techniques and analytics that are so critical in the information age.”

Video of Caroline Kennedy’s speech is available online.

National Library Week: Spotlight on Poetry

Just in time for National Poetry Month and National Library Week: Check out Poetry Beats Studio, an interactive studio designed for students, educators and poetry lovers, where they can explore the rhythm and sound of spoken word.

 

Hewes Library's resources on poetry can be found in the library catalog as well as our online databases.  A few databases of interest:

• Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography: Indexes 4,000 international periodicals covering literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore. Coverage: since 1969. Updated ten times annually.
• Literature Resource Center (LRC): Contains 400,000+ full-text articles, 40,000+ critical essays, 122,000+ biographies, and more, covering all topics related to literature in all genres. This also includes Contemporary Authors.
• Literature Online (LION): Covers 350,000+ works of literature, including tens of thousands of primary sources, 880,000+ records of literary criticism via the ABELL index (138 journals of which are full-text), and eight renowned reference works. Coverage: since 1920.
• MagillOnLiterature Plus: Provides online access to Salem Press' editorially reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries, combined with thousands of biographical records and images. Source materials include Masterplots, Masterplots II, and other Magill review publications.

Access to Hewes Library databases is limited to current students, staff, and faculty of Monmouth College.

National Library Week: Caroline Kennedy

 

Caroline Kennedy is this year's National Library Week spokeswoman.  Watch her PSA for libraries:

 

National Library Week: Fact Sheet

National Library Week will be observed April 14-20, 2013 with the theme, "Communities matter @ your library®."

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and special - participate.

Celebrations during National Library Week include: National Library Workers Day, celebrated the Tuesday of National Library Week (April 16, 2013), a day for library staff, users, administrators and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers; National Bookmobile Day, celebrated the Wednesday of National Library Week (April 17, 2013), a day to recognize the contributions of our nation's bookmobiles and the dedicated professionals who make quality bookmobile outreach possible in their communities; and Celebrate Teen Literature Day, celebrated the Thursday of National Library Week (April 18, 2013), aimed at raising awareness among the general public that young adult literature is a vibrant, growing genre with much to offer today's teens.

History of National Library Week

 In the mid-1950s, research showed that Americans were spending less on books and more on radios, televisions and musical instruments. Concerned that Americans were reading less, the ALA and the American Book Publishers formed a nonprofit citizens organization called the National Book Committee in 1954. The committee's goals were ambitious. They ranged from "encouraging people to read in their increasing leisure time" to "improving incomes and health" and "developing strong and happy family life."

In 1957, the committee developed a plan for National Library Week based on the idea that once people were motivated to read, they would support and use libraries. With the cooperation of ALA and with help from the Advertising Council, the first National Library Week was observed in 1958 with the theme "Wake Up and Read!"

National Library Week was observed again in 1959, and the ALA Council voted to continue the annual celebration. When the National Book Committee disbanded in 1974, ALA assumed full sponsorship.

Author Brad Metlzer for National Library Week

Author and host of the History Channel's “Decoded”, Brad Meltzer is this year's Honorary Chair of National Library Week.  His take on libraries and their value:

On Display: National Library Week

On display for National Library Week is a selection of materials relating to libraries, museums, and archives.  Stop by the East Lobby on the library's main level to take a look.  To check an item out, please stop by the library's Circulation Desk.

National Library Week: You Belong @ Your Library

National Library Week will be celebrated this year from April 8-14 and the theme is "You Belong @ York Library." First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country every April. The time is a celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. Author and host of the History Channel's “Decoded”, Brad Meltzer is this year's Honorary Chair of National Library Week.

With the advent of televisions in the mid-1950s, research showed that Americans were spending less money and time on books and reading. ALA helped form the National Book Committee in 1954 and three years later, the committee developed the plan for National Library Week. The first National Library Week was celebrated in 1958 with the theme “Wake Up and Read!” as assembled by ALA and the Advertising Council.