2015 comes to a close
Posted December 14, 2015
Reduced hours for the library and special collections, winter break and year-end giving deadlines.
Posted December 14, 2015
Reduced hours for the library and special collections, winter break and year-end giving deadlines.
Posted December 4, 2015
From free coffee and tea to therapy dogs, the library provides students with a variety of activities to help them relieve stress during final exams.
Posted December 1, 2015
The library adds new resources that offer access to thousands of hours of streaming video.
Posted November 13, 2015
Brushing up on American photographer Eadweard Muybridge and Japanese painter Ando Hiroshige was the mission of a group of docents from Muscarelle Museum of Art.
Posted November 11, 2015
Tim Brooks, who retired in 2007 as executive vice president of research for Lifetime Television, met last week with several groups of students and faculty at William & Mary.
Posted October 21, 2015
It is Homecoming week at William & Mary, and there are a lot of activities planned. Here at Swem Library, we are celebrating Homecoming with a very special open house.
Posted October 19, 2015
This fall Swem launched the university’s first pilot OER grants. Supported by the Provost’s Creative Adaptation Fund, the grants support the incorporation of open educational resources into courses…
Posted October 14, 2015
Swem Library recently obtained a collection of photography books from art gallery owner Kathleen Ewing.
Posted October 8, 2015
Swem Library received a nearly $2 million commitment from the late Frances Lightfoot Robb ’48 to meet the most pressing needs of the library.
Posted September 16, 2015
James S. Heller, director of the Wolf Law Library, received the American Association of Law Libraries' (AALL) Hall of Fame Award.
Posted September 15, 2015
Swem Library has a new Graduate Student Commons. Brought to you by Swem and Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies, this area is a dedicated study space for all graduate students.
Posted September 2, 2015
William & Mary will observe the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 7. While many campus offices will be closed, classes will be held. Swem Library will be open, 8 a.m.-2 a.m.
Posted August 31, 2015
More than three dozen students from Japan's Keio University recently visited William & Mary as part of a cross-cultural collaboration.
Posted August 11, 2015
Swem Library has instituted a new online registration and request system for Special Collections services.
Posted August 4, 2015
William & Mary is among the best colleges in the nation and can boast one of the top libraries and commitments to community engagement.
Posted August 3, 2015
The Menokin foundation has partnered with Swem Library to help share the story of Menokin, the home of Declaration of Independence signer Francis Lightfoot Lee, through a photography exhibit in the…
Posted June 29, 2015
The American Library Association recently awarded William & Mary arts librarian Kathleen DeLaurenti the 2015 Robert L. Oakley Memorial Scholarship.
Posted June 22, 2015
Swem Library will be open, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., on Friday, July 3. The library and its branches will be closed July 4.
Posted June 16, 2015
During the Service Awards Ceremony on June 16, three William & Mary staff members were honored for 40 years of service.
Posted June 10, 2015
William & Mary has launched a new campus walking tour that allows guests to explore the people, places and events in the university’s history.