November 14, 2007 == MEDIA ADVISORY
Summary: Calvin College will celebrate 40 years as a federal depository library with treats made from government recipes, a Dr. Seuss book, a U.S. Congressman and much more!
Full story see http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2007-08/depository-library.htm
On Monday, November 19 the Hekman Library at Calvin College will celebrate its 40th anniversary as a federal depository library.
The festivities will begin with a 3 p.m. reception in the Meeter Center Lecture Hall, and the program for the event will commence at 3:30 p.m., featuring Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers as guest speaker.
The congressman will also present the library with a commemorative plaque from the Government Printing Office. Refreshments for the occasion will be a sampler of treats made from recipes found in government documents.
And on display for the event will be an assortment chosen from the universe of federal documents acquired by the Hekman Library over four decades -- everything from the Warren Commission Report to a rare (and valuable) malaria pamphlet illustrated by Theodore Seuss Geisel or "Dr. Seuss."
"There's just a wealth of material here, so many wonderful resources," said Hekman documents librarian Diane Vander Pol of the federal document collection.
Designation as a federal depository library is a distinction allowed to only two libraries in any given congressional district. The Calvin library has selective status as a federal depository. Unlike the Library of Michigan at Lansing, which must accept and retain every document published by the federal government, the Hekman can pick and choose which documents to add to the collection.
Approximately half of the federal collection at the Hekman consists of Congressional publications, including the Congressional Record. The library also receives health publications, statistical information and lots of educational material, which can mean anything from a fact sheet on "No Child Left Behind" to a whole curriculum.
Some of the items the Hekman has acquired, such as This is Ann, the Dr. Seuss malaria pamphlet which Vander Pol recently spotted on eBay for $650, are valuable enough to be stored in the rare book room at Calvin.
As a federal depository, the Hekman is required to serve the entire citizenry of the 3rd district, which includes Ionia and Barry and most of Kent Counties.
Contact VanderPol at dvpo@calvin.edu or 616-526-7072
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