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The library serves BYU-Hawaii students in different areas they might not even know about, said Michael Aldrich, the library director. As the new semester starts, the doors of the library are open to help students succeed academically.“We approximately provide help up to 5,000 students each year,” said Aldrich. “Librarians are our main resource in the library. They are able to meet with students one-on-one and be very helpful.” If students are creating videos, slideshows, etc., the library workers are there to assist them in a very advanced way, Aldrich said.He also said librarians help students with research papers by guiding them through the whole process: finding sources, creating a thesis statement, writing citations, and integrating sources into their papers. "We don’t write papers for them, but we provide them everything they need,” said Zoia Falevai, a university librarian.The library has collections of books, academic databases, periodicals, subject guides, online tutorials, REFWORKS (citation program), and more, according to Falevai.She also said, “We help them with the computer lab, provide a study area, and we provide jobs to students as well." She added, “We have so much on our library websites, where we have way better resources that they can use, more helpful than Google.”The library is always open for new ideas from students, said Aldrich. “We are open to listen to any ideas they might have. Recently, we got rid of the ‘no food’ policy that was partially based on the student feedback. Also, the textbook reserve program works great, which was also recommended by students.”The ideas of improving library service comes from others libraries, students’ feedback, and the library administration, said Aldrich.The library is open Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. until the midnight. On Friday, it is open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. and on Saturday, 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. More information can be found on https://library.byuh.edu/Uploaded January 22, 2015
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