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.

Reminder: Library Talk today at 4:30

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. The University Library, Archives and Special Collections Reading Room LIB 5039

Dr. Hata will speak on the issues raised in the fourth edition of his book, “Japanese Americans and World War II — Mass Removal, Imprisonment, and Redress” (with Nadine Ishitani Hata) as well as issues in the “Building Evidence” exhibition in the Archives.

http://www.csudhnews.com/2011/11/archives-exhibit-explores-mid-20th-century-lives-of-japanese-americans-in-southern-california/

Holiday Hours and Closures

Please keep in mind the following library hours and closures over the Thanksgiving break.
Wednesday, November 23rd: 8AM to 5PM
Thursday, November 24th through Sunday, November 27th: CLOSED

Normal hours will resume on Monday, November 28th. For more information on library hours and closures, check our official calendar online.

Thank you, and we hope you have a pleasant holiday.

Japanese-American Talk and Exhibit

The University Library Presents

A talk by Emeritus history Professor Donald T. Hata

In Conjunction with the Exhibition, “Building Evidence.”

Tuesday, November 29, 2011. 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 310 243-3895

The University Library, Archives and Special Collections Reading Room LIB 5039

Dr. Hata will speak on the issues raised in the fourth edition of his book, “Japanese Americans and World War II

— Mass Removal, Imprisonment, and Redress” (with Nadine Ishitani Hata) as well as issues in the “Building Evidence” exhibition in the Archives.

http://www.csudhnews.com/2011/11/archives-exhibit-explores-mid-20th-century-lives-of-japanese-americans-in-southern-california/

The exhibit, described below, will be on display until March 2012.

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.

Student Scholarship Opportunity from TELACU

TELACU is currently seeking students who meet the following criteria for scholarship opportunities available with their program:

• Business majors (e.g. Business Administration, Economic, Finance, Management, Marketing & International Business) or related field:
  * Minimum 3.0 G.P.A.
  * Low-income, first generation college students
  * Must be entering their Junior Year

• S.T.E.M. majors (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics. Emphasis in Mechanical, Electrical & Chemical Engineers):
  * Minimum G.P.A. 2.70
  * Low-income, first generation college students
  * Juniors or Seniors

Students who meet these criteria can learn more at http://www.telacu.com/site/en/home/education/applications.html or by e-mailing Daniel Garcia, the associate director of the scholarship program. The application deadline for these scholarships is August 5th.

New Library Floor Plans

Floor plans for both library buildings (North and South) are now available on the library's floor plans web page. The plans are to scale and show the location of books, offices, and other pertinent features of the library like computers and photocopiers.

You can also download a printable PDF copy of the map on the page, which includes a separate list of the items on each floor.

Laptop Loan Office May/Summer Schedule

Laptop rentals and Group Study room checkouts will be unavailable from May 23rd through May 27th. However, the laptop loan office will still be open from the 23rd through the 25th for the return of equipment.

The office will be closed the 27th through the 30th, and will re-open for laptop and group study room checkouts throughout both summer sessions, from May 31st through August 19th.