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Librarian Problem Solvers - For the New K-12 Kitchen Table Teachers

April 2, 2020

Who needed help: W&M faculty and staff with children or child care responsibilities

Librarian problem solver: Rebecca Beasley, Librarian and Director of the School of Education’s Learning Resource Center

Problem: Faculty and staff who are suddenly in charge of homeschooling K-12 students are looking for helpful resources beyond what is supplied by the teacher. The amount of information on the Internet is overwhelming; can W&M Libraries highlight quality sites?

Solution: Rebecca...

Oct 2019

"The Silv’ry Moon is Shining Bright and Clear"

October 2, 2019

Jenna Hershberger explores the omnipresent moon imagery in a recent acquisition, the Josephine W. Shinholser Collection of Sheet Music.

Sep 2019

Galileo's Dialogo: Censorship and Early Modern Science

September 24, 2019

In honor of Banned Books Week, Ute Schechter explores censorship and early modern science through an investigation of a clandestine edition of Galileo's Dialogo.
Textbook affordability at W&M

September 20, 2019

Have you heard about textbook prices? National surveys indicate that students are now spending about $1200 each year if they purchase all of the textbooks required for their classes. This may be surprising to those of us who graduated from college some time ago, but the increase in textbook prices has far outpaced the increase in inflation, nearly doubling from 1998-2008 alone, and going up over 1,000% since 1977.

Aug 2019

Murder, They Wrote

August 28, 2019

Tracy Melton '85, member of the William & Mary Libraries Board of Directors, considers the words we use to describe crime and death in archival work. Read on to learn more about a nineteenth-century fatality recounted in the Galt Papers.
Language, Identity, and Control: Print Culture and Early Native American History

August 23, 2019

A 1677 document in Special Collections explores how the British used print and language to both build relationships with and exert control over Native peoples.
Making a Queen: The Symbolic Imagery of Elizabeth I's Reign

August 7, 2019

In 1574, as well as the rest of her reign, Queen Elizabeth I’s place as England’s monarch was continually challenged based on her mother’s reputation, her lack of a husband, her religion, and her gender. Even as one of the most powerful women in the 16th century, she still needed to prove herself.

Jul 2019

Libraries in the Library: How We Know What Early Virginians Liked to Read

July 30, 2019

Do you keep your receipts? Special Collections has a good number of receipts and these seemingly mundane documents can provide valuable insight into early Virginians’ lives.
Explain’d From History: Euhemeristic Mythology and its Ties to Colonialism

July 25, 2019

L'abbé Antoine Banier and his Mythology are unique in the position they take on the historical nature of myth and legend. Banier was a proponent of euhemerism, a school of thought that claims myths, legends, and folklore all have real historical basis.
Redrawing France with the "La Hire Map"

July 18, 2019

Joe Catanzaro explains a pivotal moment in cartography captured in our collections.
Arthur Lee "Philanthropos" and 18th Century Abolitionism

July 11, 2019

Abolition was not a radical nineteenth century idea that miraculously emerged from the political ideologies of the Age of Revolution. A 1767 address from Arthur Lee of Virginia serves as a reminder that the abolitionist movement did not have a linear trajectory, and that individuals protested slavery throughout its existence.

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Librarian Problem Solvers - For the New K-12 Kitchen Table Teachers