Japanese-American Redress Movement Talk

The University Library is pleased to announce a talk in conjunction with the Building Evidence Exhibition in the University Archives.

Japanese American Redress Movement Remembrance.

On Feb. 16, 2012, at 3 p.m, Dr. Mitch Maki, Vice Provost of Academic Affairs at Dominguez Hills, will speak on the Japanese American redress movement and its meaning for all Americans . The talk will take place at the Archives and Special Collections Reading Room on the fifth floor of the south wing of the University Library.

Thursday February 16, 2012, 3 pm University Archives LIB 5039

Call 310 -243-3895 for more information

Building Evidence: Japanese Americans in Southern California During Mid-Century. 40 Years of Collecting. An Exhibition, October 2011-March 2012.

Archives and Special Collections, University Library, CSU Dominguez Hills.

Leo Cain Library North (New) Wing, #5039. Fifth Floor, University Archives.

For over 40 years historians and archivists at CSU Dominguez Hills have been gathering materials documenting the lives of Japanese Americans in the South Bay and Los Angeles. A large segment of material focuses on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, but there is also material on Japanese Americans before and after the War.

Consisting of photographs, yearbooks, artwork, letters, leases, the exhibition focuses on the lives and obstacles faced by Japanese Americans in the South Bay and Los Angeles prior, during and after World War II. Topics include the location of some Japanese American tenant farmer families on Dominguez/Rancho San Pedro lands before World War II and the removal of those families after Pearl Harbor; the mass evacuation of citizens and incarceration in concentration camps such as Manzanar and Granada, Colorado; letters from various Japanese Americans searching for jobs and places to live after the camps were closed. Several of the recently-rescued Ninomiya Studio photographs show Japanese American life in the 1950s. In addition the exhibition features artwork of Mary Higuchi, Henry Fukahara and H. Takata as well as a scale model of a camp barracks made by former Torrance resident Min Sueda.

New Library Home Page

The University Library has a new home page. Here are the biggest changes, to help you orient yourself.

Tabbed Search Box – We've made it easier to start your research. You can now search the library's catalog and website, as well as Google Scholar and other resources, from one centralized location. Just click the relevant tab to access the different search bars.

Cleaner Layout – We've streamlined the website, removing unnecessary design aspects until all that's left is what needs to be there: the content you need to help you with your research.

More Links – Although our design is minimalist, we've increased the amount of information on the home page. You can now access more pages with one click, reducing the amount of time spent trying to find what you need.

Dropdown Menu – We've added a dropdown menu to the home page with direct links to important and frequently visited pages. It's now easier to find department web pages, information on the library, and research materials.

Easier to Understand – We've tried to remove some of the library jargon from our web page, so that our links are more intuitive and easier to understand.

Social Media Links – The library is now on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. We've added links to these social media services at the top of our home page, so you can easily keep abreast of library news, announcements, and other information in realtime.

Spring Semester Hours

The University Library will observe the following hours during the spring semester.

Monday through Thursday - 8AM to 8PM
Friday - 8AM to 5PM
Saturday - 10AM to 5PM
Sunday - CLOSED

Please note the following special dates:
February 20 - CLOSED
March 26 - March 31st - CLOSED
May 28 - CLOSED

These hours may be subject to change. For an updated list of hours, please see the library hours web page: http://library.csudh.edu/info/hours.php

January Hours

The library will observe the following hours in January of 2012:

Tuesday, January 3rd - Saturday, January 21st
8AM to 5PM, Monday through Friday
10AM to 5PM, Saturday

Please note that the library will be CLOSED on Monday, January 16th, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. day. The rest of the CSUDH campus will also be closed.

Regular library hours (8-8 M-TH; 8-5 F; 10-5 Sat) will resume on Monday, January 23rd.

Holiday Hours and Closures

The CSUDH Library will observe the following special hours and closures over the 2011/2012 winter break.

Friday, December 23rd, 2011
8:00AM to NOON

Saturday, December 24th, 2011 through Monday, January 3rd, 2012
CAMPUS CLOSED

Winter Session hours will begin on Tuesday, January 4th, 2012. At this time, the library will be open from 8:00AM to 5:00PM Monday through Friday, and 10:00AM to 5:00PM on Saturday, unless otherwise noted.

Notice of Network Downtime in Library

Due to an IT project which will upgrade the network switches in the university library buildings, we regret that there will be limited computer access on Friday, December 16th and Monday, December 19th. This includes Internet, Printing, and the ability to log on to computers on some floors.

Please see the chart below for full details:

Plan your work accordingly and make other arrangements while the network/internet is unavailable.

Also note that if you are already logged onto your computer you can use the local resources. You may not be able to log on after the switch is taken off line.



Friday, December 16

8:00 – 10:00am South Library 5th floor

10:00 – 12:00pm South Library 4th floor

1:00 – 5:00pm South Library all floors

1:00 – 6:00pm South Library 2nd floor east

The internet café in the North Library will be functional; however there is limited software and no printing from those computers.



Monday, December 19

8:00 – 10:00am South Library 3rd floor west

10:00 – 12:00pm South Library 3rd floor east

1:00 – 3:00pm South Library 2nd floor west

Extended hours for Final Exams

The library will be open until 10PM Monday through Thursday between the dates of 12/05/2011 and 12/15/2011 to assist students with studying for final exams.

We will be open regular hours both Fridays and the Saturday of 12/10/2011, but we will be closed on Saturday the 17th.

For a full list of library hours, please see our calendar on the library website.