**SATURDAY, JUNE 1 - LIBRARY CLOSED**

The Library will be closed on Saturday, June 1, due to a campus-wide water outage.  The Library will re-open on Monday, June 3, at 9AM.

LIBRARY CLOSED - May 27, Memorial Day

The library will be closed on Monday, May 27, 2019 in observance of Memorial Day. The library will re-open on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 9 am.

Congratulations, Graduates!

To our Spring 2019 graduating class --

Today is your day! All your late nights and long days are coming to a head with your graduation from Chaminade University of Honolulu. May you look back at your time spent here with fondness as you remember the lessons you learned and the friendships you created. We are wishing you the best of luck in all of your future endeavors and hope that you visit us after graduation to keep us up-to-date on all of your adventures!

Warmly with Aloha,
The Sullivan Family Library staff

Spring 2019 Library Hours

Spring 2019 Library Hours (BEGINNING MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2019)

Sullivan Family Library
Hours Open:
Monday – Thursday 8:15 am – 11:00 pm
Friday 8:15 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday 4:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Reference:
Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Friday 8:30 am – 5:45 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 3:45 pm
Sunday 4:00 pm – 9:45 pm

Closed Holidays:  
Monday, January 21           Martin Luther King / Fr. Chaminade Day
Monday, February 18         Presidents’ Day
Tuesday, March 26            Prince Kuhio Day
Friday, April 19                  Good Friday
Sunday, April 21                Easter Sunday

National Nurses Week Book Display

The Sullivan Family Library's National Nurses Week book display.

May 6th is a special day at the Sullivan Family Library because it is the day we kick off the week-long celebration of National Nurses Week!  Running from May 6th to 12th, this is a special time where we can show our appreciation for the valuable role that nurses play in the American healthcare industry.

This year's Nurses Week theme: 4 Million Reasons to Celebrate

to honor the 4 million registered nurses in America.

Long days and late nights are common to nurses who spend their work hours on their feet caring for and supporting their patients yet they are often the unsung heroes of the medical field. Our librarians have cultivated a special collection of books on nursing and pioneers in the field to help celebrate National Nurses Week and highlight the important role nurses play in healthcare and the prevention of disease.

Portrait of Florence Nightingale, Augustus Egg (1840)

Image courtesy Wikipedia Commons

National Nurses Week culminates with the honoring of Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of modern nursing, whose birth date was May 12, 1820 in Florence, Italy. Born into an upper-middle class and well-connected family, she went against her parent's wishes and enrolled in a 3-month nursing education program in Dusseldorf, Germany because she felt it was her God-chosen profession to become a nurse. Upon completing the program, Nightingale returned to Britain where she worked as a superintendent of a hospital that catered to "gentlewomen". Throughout her career, her policies on record keeping, sanitation, and statistical analysis changed nursing and laid the groundwork for systematic change in the design and practice of nursing today.

For a rare opportunity to listen to an audio recording of Nightingale's voice, check out this YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax3B4gRQNU4

Please stop by the Sullivan Family Library to see our Nurses Week book display and learn more about this profession! For more information, please go to nationalnursesweek.org.