W&M Libraries Blog Archive
The changing face of academic publishing
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By Rosie Liljenquist, Publishing and Open Access Librarian
24 SPEED: 16 years of belonging in 24 hours
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Since 2005, W&M Libraries annual 24 Speed contest has invited thousands of students and alumni to spend 24 hours together. This invitation has always been informed and cultivated in a spirit of belonging. 24 Speed is a contest and like all contests it is competitive, but in the last 16 years, it provides students with a spring semester experience that is also creative and collaborative.
Library Staff Members Receive Scholarship Support for Professional Development
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We are excited to announce the winners of the Natasha McFarland Staff Scholarship. The scholarship was named after former librarian Natasha McFarland, who retired in December 2020. McFarland worked for W&M Libraries for 37 years and left behind a legacy after becoming the first employee to progress from a typist to a research librarian over the course of a well-decorated career.
"Belonging": The Library Instruction Approach
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Belonging. We create a welcoming and caring community that embraces diverse people and perspectives.
Introducing Rosie Liljenquist, Publishing & Open Access Librarian
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In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new Publishing & Open Access Librarian, Rosie Liljenquist!
Introducing Emory LaPrade, Metadata Specialist
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In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new metadata specialist, Emory LaPrade!
Library Ambassadors Report: Digital Research Lab is in the Works
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With the Library Ambassadors Report, new member Jenna Massey '24 will provide updates on the how the organization is helping make W&M Libraries a better place to study, discover, and community build.
Making Lemonade, Take Two: The Second Undergraduate Research Summer Workshop Series
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This summer, the Research Department at William & Mary Libraries reprised a workshop series for undergraduate researchers that we'd first held in Summer 2020 as a response to the pandemic. We built on the success of last year's series to offer greater variety, expanded topics, and more flexibility for students.
Introducing Natalie Rue, metadata specialist
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In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new metadata specialist, Natalie Rue!
Introducing Camille Andrews, Instruction & Research Librarian
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In this post, we introduce our new instruction & research librarian, Camille Andrews!
Camp RFID Summer Diaries: Mae Dye
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Our summer staff share their experiences on spending the summer days in the Swem stacks, placing RFID tags on over a million books!
Camp RFID Summer Diaries: Carol Oordt
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Our summer staff share their experiences on spending the summer days in the Swem stacks, placing RFID tags on over a million books!
Camp RFID Summer Diaries: Jamie Brandenburg
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Our summer staff share their experiences on spending the summer days in the Swem stacks, placing RFID tags on over a million books!
Camp RFID Summer Diaries: Max Markel
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Our summer staff share their experiences on spending the summer days in the Swem stacks, placing RFID tags on over a million books!
Camp RFID Summer Diaries: Liz Williams
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Our summer staff share their experiences on spending the summer days in the Swem stacks, placing RFID tags on over a million books!
Camp RFID Summer Diaries: Daniel Tyler
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Our summer staff share their experiences on spending the summer days in the Swem stacks, placing RFID tags on over a million books!
Camp RFID Summer Diaries: Alex Luck
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Our summer staff share their experiences on spending the summer days in the Swem stacks, placing RFID tags on over a million books!
Introducing Jennifer Forbes, Acquisitions Assistant
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In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new acquisitions assistant, Jennifer Forbes!
Finals Fuel: Fresh Tunes to Power Through Finals
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W&M Libraries, Music Library and Special Collections teamed up to bring you "Finals Fuel": some fresh tunes from the last decade for powering through finals season and easing into those upcoming summer vibes.
ScholarWorks Spotlight: Celebrating the Human Side of Research - Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo
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In this series, we are spotlighting researchers who have contributed to W&M ScholarWorks, our institutional repository. We asked each researcher to identify a scholarly work and share the "human story" behind it. Who are the people behind the data and theory, and how were they affected by the scholarship?