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For four days, Tijeras Avenue and 2nd Street in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico was immersed with people who worked in libraries, and most were people of color.

My name is Keyyatta Bonds, and I am part of the second cohort of the William & Mary Libraries Mosaic Program. I am Sophomore at the College, planning to major in International Relations (even though taking more ECON classes is not what I envisioned for my future).

On December 25, 1918, Edith Neele Gibbons, of Cleveland, Ohio, was aboard the S. S. Coronia en route to London.

This year is the 200th anniversary of the release of Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

October 21 is the start of Open Access Week, that time every year when we salute all things open access. This year, W&M Libraries is focusing on Open Education Resources (OER), which are freely accessible, openly licensed text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research purposes.

During the month of October we celebrate National Archives Month! Often the profession of an archivist can seem ambiguous, since the role can entail varied duties and areas of expertise.

This exhibit celebrates the return of Lord Botetourt's coffin plate to the University Archives and commemorates the anniversary of his death on October 15, 1770. This is the first time it has been exhibited on the William & Mary campus since 1956.

August 12-18 was the Society of American Archivist's Annual Conference, held in Washington, D.C. This year, two William & Mary staff members presented at the conference: Christina Luers, CA, Archives Collections Specialist for Special Collections Research Center, and Jay Gaidmore, Director of Special Collections. Their sessions were among 73 presentations at this year's conference that were selected from a record-setting 277 submitted proposals.

Cruising for pleasure in 1926 was not quite the same as a cruise ship vacation ride today.

Recently, Kim Sims, university archivist, and Christina Luers, archives collections specialist, had a unique opportunity to view scientific artifacts at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

TDM helps us discover, through the analysis of complex data sets, new information in the form of trends, patterns, and relationships. 

In September 1931 William & Mary established a department of aeronautics.

I greeted my most recent assignment as a volunteer at the Special Collections Research Center enthusiastically.

​There is no doubt that the Williamsburg area is steeped in history. From the first permanent British settlement in the U.S. at Jamestown to the battlefield at Yorktown, and of course Colonial Williamsburg right next to the William & Mary campus, the area it is truly America's Historic Triangle.  

When people meet me, they often ask what I do, and when I give them my title, Digital Scholarship Librarian, they are just as unclear on my job duties as before they asked. Then, I flesh out the role a bit more. Essentially, I work to promote and support scholarship which goes on around campus.

Last week, I had the opportunity to meet HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and show him some of the rich materials held in Special Collections.  I wanted to make sure to highlight the dog book collection, and I came across titles related to HRH's grandfather, King George V, as well as his first cousin, Queen Elizabeth II.  Of the ones I chose to display, the following titles are my favorites.

Many students are intimidated by making a research appointment because they don't know what will or can happen. I'm here to dispel the myths and rumors around the conundrum that is the Research Appointment. This blog post will be the first in a series about how we conduct our Research Appointments.

Recently I had the opportunity to attend a conference at Radford University called The Innovative Library Classroom, or TILC. Radford University which is in, yep, you guessed it, Radford, Virginia, is about 270 miles from Williamsburg; therefore, road trip! The route from Williamsburg went along Interstate 64 and then south on Interstate 81.

The quotation in the title of this post is from a letter about an 1890 revolution in Buenos Aires known as The Revolution of the Park.

Did you know that May is National Photography month? Well if you didn't, now you do! I bet you're wondering -- what sorts of resources does Swem have for budding young students of photography?