Archives & Special Collections Hours
The FHU Archives and Special Collections, located on the 2nd floor of the ARC, is available by appointment only Monday - Friday from 8:00am - 5:00pm. Please email library@fhu.edu or call 731-989-6067 for inquiries.
Special Closing Dates for All Libraries:
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Independence Day
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July 4
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Labor Day
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September 5
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Thanksgiving Break
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November 19 - 26
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Christmas Break
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December 17 - January 1
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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January 15 - 16
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Spring Break
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March 19 - 26
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Memorial Day
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May 30
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University Mission
The mission of Freed-Hardeman University is to help students develop their God-given talents for His glory by empowering them with an education that integrates Christian faith, scholarship and service.
Library Mission
Mission
The Library's mission is to foster Christian community and scholarship among university students, faculty, and staff by providing academic resources and learning opportunities in a nurturing environment.
Vision
Helping students become learners who will change the world for the glory of God.
Values
Responsiveness
Our response to customer needs will be fast, friendly, and thorough.
Integrity
We honor our word & our commitments to customers and honor God by doing business in an honest, open manner.
Collaboration
We work together as a team in the library & work with faculty & staff to enrich & improve the overall FHU experience.
Quality
We do quality work with standards of excellence & professionalism.
Learning
We continue to learn & educate ourselves in order to stay current, fresh, and innovative.
Hospitality
We want customers to feel at home in the library & will do what we can to make customers comfortable and welcome.
Support
Our customer's priorities are our priorities. We take seriously our role as a support team for FHU academic programs.
Accessibility
Online, on-site: We ensure that our resources, staff, & services are accessible to customers whenever & wherever they need them.
Library Locations and Collections
Hope Barber Shull Academic Resource Center
Two libraries are located within the Hope Barber Shull Academic Resource Center (ARC): the Loden-Daniel Library and the Hope Barber Shull Library. The facility as a whole offers 49,500 square feet of space devoted to a variety of academic resources and services. The Loden-Daniel Library is the two-story portion of the ARC that is located on the east side. The Loden-Daniel Library was built in 1973 and named in 1974 in honor of the parents of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Loden III. The Loden-Daniel Library was built as an addition to the former Lawhorn Library, which was built in 1956, and named in honor of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Lawhorn of Temple, Texas. The Hope Barber Shull Library is the three-story, 29,000 square foot, portion of the building that was added to the west side of the Loden-Daniel Library and opened in February 2016.
The ARC provides reading and study areas, wireless Internet access, group study rooms, and a quiet room. Print and copy rooms are located on the first and second floors. The university’s archives, Reading Room, and print stacks are located on the second floor, and the Learning Commons and coffee shop are located on the first floor. During the academic year, the ARC is opened 92 hours per week.
Learning Resource Library
The Learning Resource Library (LRL) is located on the ground floor of the Gardner Center in Room G11, across from the Graduate Education Office.
The LRL provides access to over 16,000 juvenile books, education periodicals, textbooks, and teaching kits.
It sells many items for the classroom, such as bulletin board paper, borders, and poster boards; it also provides lamination, die cut, Cutout Maker,
and book binding materials.
Archives & Special Collections
The library's Archives & Special Collections is housed on the second floor of the ARC. The archives cover over 140 years of FHU history and feature nearly 30,000 objects and 500 linear feet of documents.
Because of the special - and very fragile - nature of many of these materials, they can only be used on-site.
Using the Libraries
All guests are welcome in the libraries, whether you are a student or employee of Freed-Hardeman or not.
However, what you can check out and how long you can keep it varies for different library groups. Those specifics are covered on the library's
Policies web page, as well as how to get a library card if you aren't
currently affiliated with the University.
The ARC has printers and copiers that provide both color and black and white printouts; these machines are strictly self-service. The cost is $1.00 for color prints and $.10 for standard prints. These costs can be deducted from current students' $50-per-semester printing balance. Please note that you are responsible for all copies made, even those made in error.