News & Events

Six students selected for Libraries' 2019 Mosaic Diversity Program

Posted May 8, 2019

William & Mary Libraries has selected its next set of members for the Mosaic Diversity Program, which is granted to both post-baccalaureate and undergraduate students.

California Elsevier Decision: A Virginia Response

Posted April 11, 2019

The following open letter has been prepared and released by the deans and directors of the seven research libraries at public doctoral institutions in Virginia. It is part of an ongoing conversation…

Finals Week Activities at Swem Library

Posted April 12, 2019

Take a minute each day during final exams to recharge with these activities at Swem! All events will take place in the first floor lobby area, unless otherwise noted.

W&M to establish Studio for Teaching & Learning Innovation

Posted April 8, 2019

William & Mary will establish a Studio for Teaching & Learning Innovation at the start of the 2019-20 academic year. Plans are for the Studio eventually to be located in Swem Library.  

Swem Library debuts short story dispenser, first of its kind in Virginia

Posted March 25, 2019

On the first night of its debut in Swem Library, the new short story dispenser printed so many short stories – 200 to be exact – that the machine ran out of paper.

W&M Libraries Faculty Scholar: A Call for Proposals

Posted February 1, 2019

William & Mary Libraries seeks proposals for the next W&M Libraries Faculty Scholar.

W&M Library of Congress 2019 faculty trip

Posted January 24, 2019

W&M Libraries and the W&M Washington Center have partnered with the Library of Congress to offer a day trip to Washington, DC exclusively for W&M faculty.

Research travel grants available

Posted January 11, 2019

The Special Collections Research Center will award travel grants of up to $1,500 to faculty, graduate students, and/or independent researchers to support use of its collections. 

Digital Virginias brings together historical materials from universities in Virginia and West Virginia

Posted January 10, 2019

William & Mary Libraries has partnered with five universities in Virginia and West Virginia to create a digital hub of historical materials related to the region.

Volunteer Spotlight: Margaret Cook '60

Posted December 14, 2018

For more than five decades, Margaret Cook '60 has been a staple in Swem Library’s Special Collections Research Center, first as a graduate student, then an archivist, a volunteer and now a researcher…

Grants available for adoption of open education resources

Posted December 11, 2018

Interested in textbook affordability for students? Virginia’s academic library consortium, VIVA, is funding grants up to $30,000 for adopting, adapting or creating openly-licensed textbooks or course…

Students selected for library diversity internship program

Posted November 28, 2018

William & Mary Libraries is pleased to announce the second cohort of the Mosaic Diversity Program for post-baccalaureate and undergraduate students.

New librarians join W&M

Posted November 2, 2018

William & Mary Libraries welcomes Morgan Davis, Jessica Ramey, Mary Oberlies, and Liz Bellamy ’13 as new instruction and research librarians.

Nearly a century of W&M scholarship now openly accessible online

Posted October 25, 2018

Researchers and scholars around the globe can now freely access nearly 100 years of William & Mary scholarship online in the university’s institutional repository, W&M ScholarWorks.

Faculty books published in 2018

Posted October 8, 2018

The following books were authored or edited by William & Mary faculty members and published in 2018.

Rock star' librarian Carla Hayden takes center stage at W&M

Posted October 8, 2018

U.S. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden visited William & Mary Sept. 28, 2018.

100 years of coeducation at W&M

Posted September 27, 2018

In 1918, 24 women arrived for their freshman year. It was the birth of a new era, at William & Mary and in the world.

William & Mary signs historic partnership agreement with Cuban media organization

Posted August 23, 2018

This summer William & Mary signed a partnership agreement with Television Serrana (TVS), in conjunction with the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT), becoming the first U.S. university to…

Employees celebrated for longtime service to W&M

Posted July 11, 2018

Last month, William & Mary employees were recognized for reaching milestones in their years of service to the university. Those recognized served W&M for five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 or 50…

Making W&M scholarship freely available online

Posted June 28, 2018

W&M Libraries has initiated an extensive and exciting project to digitize W&M masters theses and doctoral dissertations. The Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) retrospective conversion project…