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Getting to know library student assistants: Alicia Draper

March 14, 2019

By Keyyatta Bonds '21, W&M Libraries Mosaic Diversity Intern

W&M Libraries is lucky to have many talented student employees. As a library student employee myself -- I am a Mosaic Diversity intern working in Swem Library's External Relations Office -- I decided to get to know my fellow student assistants. I curated a list of questions asking students to reminisce on their childhood favorite books, give insight to their work at the library, and answer the heavily debated question of Coke vs. Pepsi.

Today's post will introduce Alicia Draper:

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Sally Daingerfield’s “Plastic” Photograph Album Cover from 1867

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Recently, Kim Sims, university archivist, and Christina Luers, archives collections specialist, had a unique opportunity to view scientific artifacts at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
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W&M Flight School & the College Airport

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In September 1931 William & Mary established a department of aeronautics.

Jul 2018

Student Voices: CeeCee Bishop

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Hello lovely people! My name is CeeCee and I’m a Student Associate in the Circulation department here at Swem.
A SCRC Volunteer's Exploration of Maps

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I greeted my most recent assignment as a volunteer at the Special Collections Research Center enthusiastically.

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A New Guide for the Budding Genealogist

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What Happens in a Research Appointment? (RA Series #1)

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