News & Events

Finals Week Activities at Swem Library

Posted April 27, 2018

Take a minute each day during final exams to recharge with these free activities at Swem! All events will take place in the first floor lobby area:

Students partner with library to address textbook affordability

Posted April 23, 2018

Recently two W&M student organizations, Student Assembly (SA) and W&M Libraries Student Ambassadors, turned to the libraries to seek ways to address textbook affordability.

W&M Libraries partners with Williamsburg Regional Library to expand reach

Posted April 9, 2018

In celebration of National Library Week, William & Mary Libraries and Williamsburg Regional Library announce a unique partnership that will significantly benefit local residents and the W&M community…

One Tribe One Day Celebrates 5th Anniversary

Posted March 28, 2018

The William & Mary community, here and afar, will come together on Tuesday, April 10 to celebrate One Tribe One Day — the university’s fifth annual giving day. For 24 hours, students, alumni, parents…

32-hour hackathon evolves into recruiting tool for big tech

Posted March 7, 2018

William & Mary’s annual student-run coding marathon tribeHacks returns for its fourth year March 23-25.

Apply for a Special Collections Research Travel Grant

Posted February 26, 2018

The Special Collections Research Center of William & Mary Libraries will award travel grants up to $1,500 each to professors, graduate students and/or independent researchers to support research use…

Washington, DC trip: Interactive Teaching Spaces

Posted February 21, 2018

On Friday, March 23 W&M Libraries and the Provost’s Office are co-hosting a trip to Washington, D.C.

William & Mary Libraries welcomes new head of research

Posted February 8, 2018

Candice Benjes-Small comes to W&M Libraries from Radford University where she served for 16 years at the McConnell Library.

Library receives diary of soldier imprisoned at William & Mary during Civil War

Posted January 29, 2018

The Scandrett family has donated the diary of their great-grandfather, a Union soldier imprisoned at William & Mary during the Civil War, to William & Mary Libraries.

New way to search special collections materials at Swem

Posted January 22, 2018

The Special Collections Research Center recently underwent a database migration. Our new database is now accessible.

Learning about the Civil Rights movement through primary resources

Posted January 17, 2018

The Special Collections Research Center at Swem Library holds a number of important collections related to the Civil Rights movement.

Funding available to attend Digital Humanities Summer Institute

Posted January 17, 2018

William & Mary Libraries and Arts & Sciences are pleased to provide funding to cover registration costs for up to five faculty and graduate students to attend the Digital Humanities Summer Institute,…

Access New York Times online

Posted January 16, 2018

Enjoy complimentary access to NYTimes.com, courtesy of W&M Libraries!

William & Mary librarian serves as judge on Chinese talent show

Posted December 4, 2017

This summer Carrie Cooper, dean of university libraries, represented William & Mary as a judge on the “Star of Outlook English Talent Competition,” the largest, most influential English speaking…

Reducing textbooks costs through OER adoption

Posted November 20, 2017

Faculty are invited to explore alternatives to traditional textbooks in a workshop hosted at Swem Library in December.

In their words: Preserving William & Mary’s history through oral storytelling

Posted November 8, 2017

William & Mary’s oral history collection, preserved in Swem Library’s Special Collections Research Center, will gain exciting new additions in the coming years as the university celebrates the 50th…

W&M Libraries publishes new research guides for Open Access Week

Posted October 25, 2017

In honor of Open Access (OA) Week, W&M Libraries have released a collection of research guides within “scholarly communications” to help the W&M community learn more about these important topics.

W&M hosting conference on race, memory and digital humanities

Posted October 6, 2017

The three-day event runs Oct. 26 to 28 and is free and open to the public. Nearly 30 scholars from as far away as London will participate.

From St. Petersburg to Swem

Posted October 5, 2017

Sasha Prokhorov had seen St. Petersburg many times through the eyes of the William & Mary students participating in his study-abroad classes to Russia. Never had he seen it through the lenses of the…

Author Kwame Alexander to visit William & Mary

Posted September 20, 2017

New York Times Bestselling author Kwame Alexander will visit William & Mary on Friday, Oct. 6 for a number of special events, including a writing workshop exclusively for W&M students.