“Restoring Williamsburg’s Woods, One Plant at a Time” was written by Tracy Melton ’85 and published in the Alumni Magazine August 28th, 2024. Tracy is a current W&M Libraries Board member and environmentalist. He spent more than 2,000 hours in the woods removing a range of invasive species from Williamsburg. Here is a reshare of that story.
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Nov 2022
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Posted on November 16, 2022Although National Thanksgivings were periodically proclaimed from Colonial times in America, Thanksgiving as a Holiday was not formally adopted until Abraham Lincoln declared a day of Thanksgiving in 1863. -
Posted on November 2, 2022In this post, we introduce the newest member of the Special Collections staff, Afua Ferdnance! -
Posted on November 2, 2022In this post, we introduce the newest member of our digital services team!
Oct 2022
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Posted on October 28, 2022Pumpkins are squash plants native to Americas and did not make an appearance in Europe until the early 1500’s. -
Posted on October 17, 2022Swem Library has carved out a space on our second floor for a comics/graphic novel collection! Located in the nook at the front of the building, this collection contains approximately 500 titles, although new ones will be added regularly. -
Posted on October 12, 2022In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new Development Associate, Daneen Resnick! Name Daneen Resnick Title Development Associate -
Posted on October 11, 2022Say hello to our newest institutional access citation management tool available to William & Mary faculty, staff and students – Zotero! Zotero is an open access citation management tool – which means it has always been free to use, however, starting now, William & Mary Libraries is funding institutional access to Zotero’s cloud storage.
Sep 2022
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Posted on September 28, 2022Chris Howard (Professor of Government and Public Policy) recently published "Who Cares: The Social Safety Net in America." -
Posted on September 21, 2022Once upon a time, so all the stories go, there was a librarian and an English professor who wanted to not only save their students money on textbooks but also innovate their teaching. Luckily, the concept of open education was familiar to them both and they set out to create a curriculum that would support their teaching objectives and hopefully be easy on their students’ wallets. -
Posted on September 16, 2022Dr. Fiona Shen-Bayh, (Assistant Professor, Government and Data Science) recently published "Undue Process: Persecution and Punishment in Autocratic Courts."