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  • Azana Carr, External Relations Assistant, struggles to put into words what it feels like to be a graduating senior during the Covid-19 pandemic and describes how her love of libraries has kept her going through such a tumultuous time. 

  • W&M students, faculty, and staff aren't the only people who write into the Research desk looking for assistance. Here Paul Showalter, Coordinator of Library Instruction and Assessment, recounts an especially tricky community researcher request. 

  • Getting access to materials for courses is on all of our minds. Professors need course materials they assigned available in electronic formats and librarians were here to answer the call.

  • Acquiring a resource that would enable Professor Phaedra McNorton to continue teaching voice lessons to her students despite the inability to meet face-to-face was an interesting conundrum that was tackled in our latest Librarian Problem Solver post. 

  • Throughout recent years, discussion of sustainability, environmental justice, and generally being kinder to Mother Earth have become mainstream topics. While being mindful of our consumption habits has been a big discussion point, many still feel lost when it comes to everyday environmentally positive swaps.

  • The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic stormed into Williamsburg the middle weeks of March. When W&M students left campus for spring break on Friday, March 6, normal prevailed. A week later, profound changes were underway.