W&M Libraries staff have been hard at work over the summer months. A few of them were excited to share their favorite project.
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Dec 2021
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December 3, 2021Since 2005, W&M Libraries annual 24 Speed contest has invited thousands of students and alumni to spend 24 hours together. This invitation has always been informed and cultivated in a spirit of belonging. 24 Speed is a contest and like all contests it is competitive, but in the last 16 years, it provides students with a spring semester experience that is also creative and collaborative.
Oct 2021
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October 27, 2021We are excited to announce the winners of the Natasha McFarland Staff Scholarship. The scholarship was named after former librarian Natasha McFarland, who retired in December 2020. McFarland worked for W&M Libraries for 37 years and left behind a legacy after becoming the first employee to progress from a typist to a research librarian over the course of a well-decorated career. -
October 14, 2021Belonging. We create a welcoming and caring community that embraces diverse people and perspectives. -
October 12, 2021In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new Publishing & Open Access Librarian, Rosie Liljenquist! Name: Rosie Liljenquist Title: Publishing & Open Access Librarian What does your job entail?
Sep 2021
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September 20, 2021In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new metadata specialist, Emory LaPrade Name: Emory LaPrade (they/them) Title: Metadata Specialist What does your job entail? -
September 17, 2021With the Library Ambassadors Report, new member Jenna Massey '24 will provide updates on the how the organization is helping make W&M Libraries a better place to study, discover, and community build.
Aug 2021
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August 16, 2021This summer, the Research Department at William & Mary Libraries reprised a workshop series for undergraduate researchers that we’d first held in Summer 2020 as a response to the pandemic. We built on the success of last year’s series to offer greater variety, expanded topics, and more flexibility for students. -
August 9, 2021In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new metadata specialist, Natalie Rue! Name: Natalie Rue Title: Metadata Specialist What does your job entail? -
August 3, 2021In this post, we introduce our new instruction & research librarian, Camille Andrews! Name: Camille Andrews Title: Instruction & Research Librarian -
August 2, 2021Our summer staff share their experiences on spending the summer days in the Swem stacks, placing RFID tags on over a million books! Name: Mae Dye Year: Class of 2022 Pronouns: She/her Department/Position: Circulation, RFID Team What do you think about the RFID project?