Mark O. Hatfield Library
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| Mark O. Hatfield Library | |
| Location | Willamette University |
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| Number of branches | 1 |
| Collection size | 400,000 volumes |
| Director | Michael Spalti |
| Employees | 19 |
| Website | library.willamette.edu |
The Mark O. Hatfield Library is the main library at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, United States. It is a member of the Hatfield Library Consortium and is a designated Federal depository library with over 300,000 volumes overall in its collections.[1]
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[edit] Building
Located in the middle of Willamette’s campus along the Mill Race, the Hatfield library was built in 1986 with the design by Theodore Wofford of MDWR Architects, St. Louis, Missouri.[1] The building is two-stories tall and has a total of 58,000 square feet.[1] The library is a modern looking structure with orange brick and clear glass and is adjacent to Jackson Plaza and Hudson's Bay.[1] This building also contains a 24-hour study area, private study rooms, listening rooms, and the Mark O. Hatfield Room.[1] Prior to 1986 Willamette's library was housed in Smullin Hall.[2]
[edit] Collections
The library contains over 390,000 volumes, more than 297,000 titles, and over 1,900 journal subscriptions.[3] These collections include periodicals, books, newspapers, microforms, sound recordings, videos, government documents, CD-ROMS, and musical scores.[1] The library also offers access to electronic sources through FirstSearch, RLIN, OCLC, EPIC, and DIALOG among others.[1]
Additionally, the library is a member of ORBIS,[3] Northwest Association of Private Colleges and Universities (NAPCU), Summit, Valley Link, and the Hatfield Library Consortium lending networks.[1] These networks allow students to borrow additional materials from other member libraries and institutions from around the Pacific Northwest.[1]
Hatfield Library also contains the Mark O. Hatfield Archives containing the papers, memorabilia, and books of the former United States Senator and Willamette alumni.[1] The papers include those from his time in the Oregon legislature through his time in the senate and after leaving the Senate.[4] Hatfield’s personal library is part of the regular library catalog, however the books are non-circulating.[1] The rest of the collection is not open to the public.[1]
Willamette’s library was designated as a Federal Depository Library in 1969.[5] It serves as the library for the 5th Congressional District population.[5] The library selects around 20% of the documents available with areas of concentration in earth sciences, education, history, politics, economics, health, accounting, business, government, public policy, human resources, and others.[5] Additionally, the university selects major items from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the office of the President, and Congress. Other materials come from the Smithsonian Institution, the Small Business Administration, the Department of State, and the Department of Education to list a few.[5]
[edit] HLC
The Hatfield Library Consortium is a cooperative library catalog shared between several libraries in Salem. Participating libraries are the State of Oregon Law Library at the Oregon Supreme Court Building, the Oregon State Library, the Hatfield Library, and Willamette University College of Law’s J.W. Long Library.[6] This public-private cooperative network allows students and the state government to share resources to expand the breadth of research.[7]
[edit] Namesake
The Mark O. Hatfield Library is named for the former Senator and Governor of Oregon, Mark O. Hatfield.[1] Mark Odom Hatfield was born west of Salem in Dallas, Oregon in 1922.[8] He graduated from Willamette University in 1943 and then joined the U.S. Navy to fight in World War II.[8] After the war Hatfield obtained a graduate degree from Stanford University before returning to Willamette as a professor and administrator.[8] During this time he also served in Oregon’s legislature before becoming Oregon Secretary of State, and then in 1958 he was elected as Oregon’s governor.[8] Then in 1966 he was elected to the United States Senate and served there until his retirement in 1997.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m WU: Hatfield Library Collection
- ^ WU: Library About Us
- ^ a b Petersons
- ^ U.S. Congress: Biographical Directory Research Collections
- ^ a b c d University of Michigan: Government Documents
- ^ OJD: Library
- ^ Willamette University: HLC
- ^ a b c d e U.S. Congress: Biographical Directory Mark Odom Hatfield
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