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.

Streaming Film Collection

Hewes Library's subscription to the streaming film database, Academic Video Online, contains several "channels" of interest to the Monmouth College community, for educational and entertainment purposes.

Searchable by keyword (try "holocaust" or "climate change"), this collection of thousands of films includes content from BBC, PBS, Sony and independent filmmakers worldwide. Channels, such as "Black Studies in Video"  and "Filmmakers Library Online" are also browsable collections

Monmouth College faculty, staff and student need no special setup or software — just access the database from the Hewes Library website - find Academic Video Online on the "Databases A-Z" tab.

Sample titles: 
Finding Vivian Maier
Call me by your name 
Silence broken: Korean comfort women

New Exhibits: Qur'an and Bookmaking

Hewes Library has several new exhibits to view on the main floor.

West entrance: 1788 Handwritten Qur'an


This exhibition case will rotate often to showcase materials from the Monmouth College Special Collections & Archives. Currently on display is a handwritten copy of the Qur'an donated to Monmouth College by Reverend Gulian Lansing, who also donated the college's copy of the Conopus Stone.












East entrance: "Books as Art"


Currently on display are handmade books created in Professor Stephanie Baugh's ARTD 231. Examples of accordian, coptic, and stab binding are displayed throughout the two cases. This exhibit will be available throughout the month of January.

Library Closed 12/23-1/1

Hewes Library wishes everyone a restorative winter break!

Renew Library Materials

If you have checked a book out from Hewes Library or an I-Share institution, don't forget to RENEW your materials before the due date.  

To check due dates and renew materials,  simply log in to your library account on the library homepage and select the titles that you would like to renew.

You may request a renewal for ILLiad (interlibrary loan) borrowed materials, although the renewal is at the discretion of the lending library. You'll receive an email with more information after you place your request. 

Questions? Contact the information desk @ 309-457-2190.

Hewes Library winter break hours:
12/16 Monday - 12/20 Friday (8am - 4:30pm)

CLOSED 12/21-1/1

1/2 Thursday - 1/3 Friday (8am - 4:30pm)
1/6 Monday - 1/10 Friday (8am - 4:30pm)
CLOSED Weekends 

1/13 Monday - 1/15 Wednesday (8am - 4:30pm)
Term hours begin 1/16 Thursday (7:30am - midnight)

Winter Break Hours

Hewes Library winter break hours:

December 12 - January 15

Monday - Friday

8am-4:30pm

Closed Weekends

Closed Monday, December 23rd - Wednesday, January 1st

Regular hours resume Thursday, January 16th, the first day of classes.

Image courtesy of Flickr Commons

Wednesday, January 1st

New Recreational Reading

New titles are now available in our Scots Read recreational reading collection.

These titles, and many more, can be found on the main floor of Hewes Library.  Materials circulate for two weeks and may have three renewals - so feel free to take a few home over winter break!

New this month:

Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb	Sam Kean
Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on The Navajo Nation	Michael Powell
Joy of Cooking 2019 Edition: Fully Revised and Updated	Irma S. Rombauer…. et el
After the Flood: A Novel	Kassandra Montag
Dapper Dan Made in Harlem: A Memoir	Daniel R. Day
The Farm	Joanne Ramos
The Girl In the Photograph: The True Story of a Native American Child, Lost and Found in America	Sen. Byron L. Dorgan
Mother Tongue	Julie Mayhew

Chat with a Librarian!

Have a question about APA citation style?  Looking for scholarly sources for your paper?
 #JustAsk a librarian with the chat/text feature on the library's website!

Reach us by clicking on the “Ask a Librarian” graphic (see image below) or texting us at 309-204-9275.

Chat is available during regular Research Desk Hours.

Try it and tell us what you think!  Feedback: reference@monmouthcollege.edu

Finals Hours

It's finals time!Hewes Library Finals Hours

12/02 Monday - 12/06 Friday (7:30 am - Midnight)

12/07 Saturday - 12/08 Sunday (9 am - Midnight)

12/09 Monday - 12/10 Tuesday (7:30 am - Midnight)

12/11 Wednesday (7:30 am - 4:30 pm)

12/12 Thursday - 12/13 Friday (8 am - 4:30 pm)

12/14 Saturday - 12/15 Sunday CLOSED