News & Events

Swem announces plans for new patio

Posted October 22, 2020

William & Mary Libraries is adding a new space with outdoor enthusiasts in mind. The Libraries announced it will begin constructing a patio outside of Swem in summer 2021.

Virtual Homecoming 2020: Library events

Posted October 6, 2020

Celebrate Homecoming 2020 with W&M Libraries! Even though Homecoming is going to be a little different this year – fully remote – it still will be fun! 

Swem relocates collection to expand study space

Posted September 9, 2020

Students noticed a significant change when they entered Swem Library in the fall. The popular study area on the first floor, Read & Relax, has been expanded to provide an additional 5,000 square feet…

W&M joins other VA universities to host Sustainable Scholarship Virtual Forum

Posted September 3, 2020

Public academic research library deans from across the commonwealth will speak to faculty members, staff, and librarians about issues related to bundled journal packages, including concerns with the…

Libraries host collaborative community art project

Posted August 31, 2020

The community’s pandemic reflections will be on display in an exciting collaborative exhibition, <em>Our Town: Williamsburg 2020 Community Art Project</em>, made possible by a partnership between the…

Campus libraries prepare to reopen to W&M community

Posted August 6, 2020

As the fall semester grows close, staff members at William & Mary Libraries feel prepared to safely reopen and operate through the uncharted waters of a pandemic. Swem Library will open to students,…

Dive into W&M books

Posted July 30, 2020

Find your next “must read” in the quarterly book roundup of titles written by W&M alumni and faculty.  

Faculty requests required for Kanopy

Posted July 21, 2020

Beginning in summer 2020, all Kanopy film titles will require a faculty request for access and approval by W&M Libraries. Once approved, the film will be available for viewing to everyone in the W&M…

New virtual series features W&M alumni children’s authors

Posted July 16, 2020

W&M Libraries has partnered with the W&M Alumni Association to host virtual talks with alumni children’s authors. The new “Summer Story Time Series” features authors reading their books and answering…

W&M Libraries unveils evolving Antiracist Bookshelf

Posted July 10, 2020

As Americans make efforts to learn more about the social justice and racial equity issues that are front and center in the nation right now, William & Mary Libraries has joined other institutions…

Charles Center & Swem Library forge Plan B for summer undergraduate research

Posted May 27, 2020

The upheaval and restrictions of COVID-19 won’t stop undergraduate research over the summer at William & Mary. But prudence and social-distancing measures will make the experiences quite a bit…

Reeder Media Center Collaborates on Oral History Course

Posted May 19, 2020

Michelle Lelièvre, instructor in American Studies and Anthropology, collaborated with W&M Libraries staff on a multimedia assignment for her course, Hear Here: The Oral History of Williamsburg. 

W&M Libraries expands access to materials via HathiTrust

Posted May 18, 2020

For a limited time, while the Libraries’ book collections are closed to the public, HathiTrust is offering temporary online access to books they've digitized which W&M Libraries owns in its print…

W&M Libraries creates archive to document life during COVID-19

Posted May 8, 2020

The William & Mary community has found an assortment of creative ways to document life during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Shouldering the Heavy Burden of Textbooks

Posted April 27, 2020

William & Mary Libraries has launched a Textbook Affordability Initiative on campus to address the rising costs of textbooks. The effort is managed by a task force of librarians, faculty, staff and…

W&M approaches online learning with positivity and ingenuity

Posted April 10, 2020

Professors examine best practices for online instruction and students consider new habits for learning, all the while considering the unique challenges that everybody is facing.

Online class collaboration is turning out real PPE for first responders during the pandemic

Posted April 2, 2020

An entrepreneurial, engineering-based mindset allowed one William & Mary class to make a real contribution to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic during its second week of online instruction.

Principia mystery annotations: We’re pretty sure whodunit — but what was he thinking?

Posted March 4, 2020

A persistent mystery surrounding one of William & Mary’s most treasured possessions apparently has been solved, by a 19-year-old sophomore.

Local community member donates comic book collection to W&M Libraries

Posted February 28, 2020

W&M Libraries has received a valuable collection of comic books and other graphic arts depicting African Americans, donated by Richard Percy Wright, an avid collector who lived in Williamsburg.  

W&M Libraries Announces Undergraduate Library Research Award Winners

Posted February 12, 2020

William & Mary Libraries announced the recipients of its inaugural Undergraduate Library Research Awards. The winners are students who submitted papers that illustrated exemplary use of W&M Libraries…