I greeted my most recent assignment as a volunteer at the Special Collections Research Center enthusiastically.
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July 18, 2018Posted in: Special Collections
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June 28, 2018Posted in: WM LibrariesThere is no doubt that the Williamsburg area is steeped in history. From the first permanent British settlement in the U.S. at Jamestown to the battlefield at Yorktown, and of course Colonial Williamsburg right next to the William & Mary campus, the area it is truly America’s Historic Triangle.
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June 20, 2018Posted in: WM LibrariesWhen people meet me, they often ask what I do, and when I give them my title, Digital Scholarship Librarian, they are just as unclear on my job duties as before they asked. Then, I flesh out the role a bit more. Essentially, I work to promote and support scholarship which goes on around campus.
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June 13, 2018Posted in: WM LibrariesMany students are intimidated by making a research appointment because they don't know what will or can happen. I'm here to dispel the myths and rumors around the conundrum that is the Research Appointment. This blog post will be the first in a series about how we conduct our Research Appointments.
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May 31, 2018Posted in: Special CollectionsLast week, I had the opportunity to meet HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and show him some of the rich materials held in Special Collections. I wanted to make sure to highlight the dog book collection, and I came across titles related to HRH's grandfather, King George V, as well as his first cousin, Queen Elizabeth II. Of the ones I chose to display, the following titles are my favorites.
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May 24, 2018Posted in: WM LibrariesRecently I had the opportunity to attend a conference at Radford University called The Innovative Library Classroom, or TILC. Radford University which is in, yep, you guessed it, Radford, Virginia, is about 270 miles from Williamsburg; therefore, road trip! The route from Williamsburg went along Interstate 64 and then south on Interstate 81.
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May 18, 2018Posted in: WM LibrariesDid you know that May is National Photography month? Well if you didn’t, now you do! I bet you’re wondering -- what sorts of resources does Swem have for budding young students of photography?
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May 11, 2018Posted in: Student VoicesI started working at Swem in my very first week of freshman year and fell in love with the place immediately. On my first day, I wandered the library to fill out a scavenger-hunt-esque training exercise that introduced me to the labyrinth of books that serves as the cultural capital of our campus. The building really does it all.
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May 9, 2018Posted in: Special CollectionsThe quotation in the title of this post is from a letter about an 1890 revolution in Buenos Aires known as The Revolution of the Park.
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May 9, 2018Posted in: Student VoicesMy name is Elisabeth Merrifield. Yes, it is spelled with an ‘s’ and not a ‘z’ mainly because my parents did not want me to be called ‘Liz’ (it did not work). I am a senior at the College. I am double majoring in government and history. I transferred in the Fall of 2015 and have loved it here. I play for the Gold Women’s Club Volleyball team and love my team. They are outstanding and ridiculously smart people.
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