This is What a Librarian Looks Like: New book features W&M librarian
Posted July 19, 2017
Through profiles and photos of over 200 librarians, a new book looks to mind us of how essential librarians and libraries are to our communities.
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Students explore computer music with new Music Library synthesizers
Posted June 23, 2017
Students experimented with various synthesizers available in the Music Library as part of Christopher DeLaurenti’s summer Introduction to Computer Music and Electroacoustics class.
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New publications by W&M faculty
Posted May 11, 2017
At W&M Libraries, we strive to celebrate faculty publications and make them available to our campus community.
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Robert Gates’ papers open to the public
Posted May 8, 2017
The personal papers of William & Mary Chancellor and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates ’65, L.H.D. ’98 are now open to researchers and the public.
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Library-faculty partnership: Teaching of democratic change in Russia
Posted May 4, 2017
Associate Professor Sasha Prokhorov and Cindy Centeno ’16, media specialist at Swem Library, will travel to St. Petersburg, Russia this summer to help W&M students incorporate visual storytelling in…
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W&M Libraries launches Mosaic program
Posted May 4, 2017
The Mosaic Program provides valuable, paid library work experience to students looking to pursue library careers.
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Illuminating royalty: W&M Libraries partners on Georgian Papers Programme
Posted April 27, 2017
Twenty-first century technology has enabled William & Mary Libraries to partner in ways that have never before been possible.
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New prayer and meditation room at Swem Library
Posted March 13, 2017
Room 240, located on the second floor of Swem Library, has been set aside to for purposes of prayer and meditation, individually or in groups.
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W&M alumnus donates almanac collection to library
Posted March 7, 2017
William & Mary alumnus Joseph Daragan ‘71 and his wife, Pam, recently donated their collection of 18th and 19th century almanacs to William & Mary Libraries.
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In Swem Library, students don’t just read books; they create them
Posted March 7, 2017
New class by Eliot Dudik, visiting assistant professor of photography, teaches students the art of bookmaking.
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‘Buffalo Soldier’ exhibit highlights role of black service members in Philippine-American War
Posted February 24, 2017
Photos and illustrations illuminating the lives of Buffalo Soldiers during the Philippine-American War are currently on display in Swem Library’s Botetourt Gallery as part of an exhibit organized by…
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First batch of royal Georgian papers released
Posted January 28, 2017
The first phase of the Georgian Papers Programme – roughly 33,000 digitized documents, including some penned by King George III regarding the American Revolution – will be publicly released and…
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Librarian named co-director of WMSURE
Posted January 23, 2017
Natasha McFarland, a research and instruction librarian for William & Mary Libraries, has been named co-director of the William & Mary Scholars Undergraduate Research Experience (WMSURE).
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Library acquires rare book on natural history
Posted January 5, 2017
William & Mary Libraries recently acquired an 1802 edition of Ferdinand Seidel's "Natural History."
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William & Mary Libraries acquires James Monroe letters
Posted November 30, 2016
William & Mary Libraries has acquired more than two dozen, never before published, letters written by James Monroe, the fifth president of the U.S. and an alumnus of the university.
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Retracing the steps of a 1929 fact-finding mission
Posted October 25, 2016
A W&M Libraries delegation recently retraced the steps of a 1929 visit to England by former W&M President J.A.C. Chandler.
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Swem Library acquires rare 19th-century, handwritten Quran
Posted October 12, 2016
The manuscript is the same kind of Quran the first Muslims in America — enslaved West Africans — would have used.
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W&M Libraries selects new faculty scholar
Posted September 20, 2016
Dr. Ann Marie Stock, professor of Hispanic studies and film and media studies at William & Mary, has been named the William & Mary Libraries Faculty Scholar.
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Be the match: Bone marrow drive to be held at Swem Library
Posted September 9, 2016
William & Mary’s “Be The Match” organization will hold a bone marrow drive in Swem Library’s Read & Relax area (1st floor) on Thursday, Sept. 15 from 10AM-6PM.
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Robert Gates’ papers arrive at William & Mary
Posted September 2, 2016
The personal papers of William & Mary Chancellor and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates ’65, L.H.D. ’98 arrived at Swem Library on Sept. 1.