Learning about the Civil Rights movement through primary resources
Posted January 17, 2018
The Special Collections Research Center at Swem Library holds a number of important collections related to the Civil Rights movement.
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Funding available to attend Digital Humanities Summer Institute
Posted January 17, 2018
William & Mary Libraries and Arts & Sciences are pleased to provide funding to cover registration costs for up to five faculty and graduate students to attend the Digital Humanities Summer Institute,…
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Access New York Times online
Posted January 16, 2018
Enjoy complimentary access to NYTimes.com, courtesy of W&M Libraries!
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William & Mary librarian serves as judge on Chinese talent show
Posted December 4, 2017
This summer Carrie Cooper, dean of university libraries, represented William & Mary as a judge on the “Star of Outlook English Talent Competition,” the largest, most influential English speaking…
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Reducing textbooks costs through OER adoption
Posted November 20, 2017
Faculty are invited to explore alternatives to traditional textbooks in a workshop hosted at Swem Library in December.
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In their words: Preserving William & Mary’s history through oral storytelling
Posted November 8, 2017
William & Mary’s oral history collection, preserved in Swem Library’s Special Collections Research Center, will gain exciting new additions in the coming years as the university celebrates the 50th…
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W&M Libraries publishes new research guides for Open Access Week
Posted October 25, 2017
In honor of Open Access (OA) Week, W&M Libraries have released a collection of research guides within “scholarly communications” to help the W&M community learn more about these important topics.
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W&M hosting conference on race, memory and digital humanities
Posted October 6, 2017
The three-day event runs Oct. 26 to 28 and is free and open to the public. Nearly 30 scholars from as far away as London will participate.
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From St. Petersburg to Swem
Posted October 5, 2017
Sasha Prokhorov had seen St. Petersburg many times through the eyes of the William & Mary students participating in his study-abroad classes to Russia. Never had he seen it through the lenses of the…
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Author Kwame Alexander to visit William & Mary
Posted September 20, 2017
New York Times Bestselling author Kwame Alexander will visit William & Mary on Friday, Oct. 6 for a number of special events, including a writing workshop exclusively for W&M students.
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William & Mary kicks off 50th commemoration with mural unveiling
Posted September 7, 2017
Over 200 people attended the opening reception, held at Swem Library, to honor the three women, Lynn Briley ‘71, Janet Brown Strafer ‘71 and Karen Ely ’71, who moved into Jefferson Hall in 1967.
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William & Mary eclipse viewing party goes 'old school' — kind of
Posted August 21, 2017
A vendor's cancellation of solar eclipse viewing glasses spurs a creative solution a Swem Library.
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Symbolic mural created for 50th commemoration of first African-American residential students
Posted August 21, 2017
Students, faculty, alumni and community members created a mural that will be permanently installed in Swem Library, as part of William & Mary’s 50th anniversary commemoration of its first African…
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This is What a Librarian Looks Like: New book features W&M librarian
Posted July 19, 2017
Through profiles and photos of over 200 librarians, a new book looks to mind us of how essential librarians and libraries are to our communities.
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Students explore computer music with new Music Library synthesizers
Posted June 23, 2017
Students experimented with various synthesizers available in the Music Library as part of Christopher DeLaurenti’s summer Introduction to Computer Music and Electroacoustics class.
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New publications by W&M faculty
Posted May 11, 2017
At W&M Libraries, we strive to celebrate faculty publications and make them available to our campus community.
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Robert Gates’ papers open to the public
Posted May 8, 2017
The personal papers of William & Mary Chancellor and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates ’65, L.H.D. ’98 are now open to researchers and the public.
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Library-faculty partnership: Teaching of democratic change in Russia
Posted May 4, 2017
Associate Professor Sasha Prokhorov and Cindy Centeno ’16, media specialist at Swem Library, will travel to St. Petersburg, Russia this summer to help W&M students incorporate visual storytelling in…
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W&M Libraries launches Mosaic program
Posted May 4, 2017
The Mosaic Program provides valuable, paid library work experience to students looking to pursue library careers.
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Illuminating royalty: W&M Libraries partners on Georgian Papers Programme
Posted April 27, 2017
Twenty-first century technology has enabled William & Mary Libraries to partner in ways that have never before been possible.