News & Events at the Darling Library

New Summer Library Hours

2009-06-20T18:49:00.000-07:00

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

2009-05-06T10:33:00.001-07:00

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

2009-04-13T09:12:00.001-07:00

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!"

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