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Jun 2022
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Posted on June 22, 2022Dr. Anne K. Rasmussen, Professor of Music and Ethnomusicology and Bickers Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, discusses her new book, Music in Arabia: Perspectives on Heritage, Mobility, and Nation, co-edited by Issa Boulos and Virginia Danielson. -
Posted on June 15, 2022The SCRC is accepting applications for the 2022-2023 round of Research Travel Grants. -
Posted on June 14, 2022Fair use can be tricky to navigate because the legal benchmarks for this exemption are intentionally vague. You’ll never actually know if your use of copyrighted material is considered fair use unless a judge decides (which usually means you’ve been sued). -
Posted on June 9, 2022In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new instruction and reference librarian, Rick Mikulski! -
Posted on June 3, 2022“Queer joy,” according to the corporate giant understanding, is made of brightly-colored silhouettes, hands clasped together, and flashy letters declaring “Proud” and “Love is Love.” This approach skyrocketed in popularity after the legalization of gay marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015. -
Posted on June 6, 2022Dr. Lawrence Lemis, a mathematics professor, discusses his new book the second edition of "Learning Base R."
May 2022
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Posted on May 18, 2022In this post, we introduce the newest member of our digital services team! -
Posted on May 16, 2022Copyright legally grants for a limited time the monopolistic use of a work. The copyright holder has the sole ability to make copies, distribute, edit, perform, and display. Rather than allowing all copyrighted works to sit in a vacuum where their uses are incredibly limited to everyone except the rights holder, certain exemptions are allowed. The most familiar to us in higher education is fair use. -
Posted on May 9, 2022David Wiley once said that using OER the same way we use a commercial textbook is like driving a plane down a highway, it can be done but defeats the purpose.
Apr 2022
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Posted on April 27, 2022In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new music library assistant, Brigid Cryan '22! Name: Brigid Cryan Title: Music Library Assistant