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Every year, Swem Library hosts its annual Two-Sentence Horror Story Competition to encourage students, faculty, and alumni to share their scariest short stories. The competition challenges community members to use their creativity to create these bone-chilling tales in the most concise way possible…

  • Undergraduate Library Research Award Winners, 2022-2023

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    The William & Mary Libraries Undergraduate Library Research Awards recognize the creative and original library research completed by William & Mary undergraduate students. Awards are given to students whose papers best illustrate exemplary use of W&M Libraries tools and resources, and the development of information-gathering skills.

  • A Conversation with The Black Poets Society at W&M

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    By Jenna Massey '24, External Relations Student Assistant, W&M Libraries

  • Black History Month: Education, Play, and the Legacies of Carter G. Woodson

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    Black History Month can trace its roots back nearly a century, to the work of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a historian of African American History.

  • A Century of Reflection: Celebrating Charter Day in 1923

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    This post is written by Jennifer A. Merriman

  • Stereoviews and Culture: Love Letters and Tiger Skins

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    Valentine-related stereoviews are rare.   There are many series of views that depict love, courtship, and marriage.

  • Diving into Faculty Scholarship: Dr. Kate Conley

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    We are delighted to share about the work of Kate Conley, Professor of French & Francophone Studies and Chancellor Professor of Modern Languages & Literatures, who recently co-edited "So You Want to be a Dean? Pathways to Deanship."

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    Diving into Faculty Scholarship: Dr. Stephen Sheehi

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    Our faculty at William & Mary are making global contributions with their research.

  • Diving into Faculty Scholarship: Dr. Stephen Sheehi

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    Dr. Stephen Sheehi (Sultan Qaboos bin Said Chair of Middle East Studies) co-authored with Lara Sheehi (George Washington University Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology) to publish "Psychoanalysis under occupation: practicing resistance in Palestine."

  • Stereoviews and Culture: Santa and His Reindeer

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    Last year when I wrote about Santa stereoviews, I stated that I did not know of any stereoviews that depicted reindeer. Now, I stand corrected.

  • Interested in Digital Humanities?

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    William & Mary Libraries and the Dean of Arts & Sciences are pleased to provide funding to cover the registration costs for up to 5 faculty and graduate students interested in attending the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, June 5-9 (on-site at University of Victoria) and June  12-16, 2023 (online).

  • W&M Faculty Writers' Retreat

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    The Provost's Office and William & Mary Libraries invite you to a Writers’ Retreat in Swem Library.  The purpose of the retreat is to give you uninterrupted time to work on a specific writing project, complete research, edit a manuscript or prepare a grant proposal.  The retreat will provide quiet space in Swem, along with food, beverages and (perhaps most importantly) STRUCTURE.

  • Finals Week Activities at Swem Library

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    Take a minute each day during final exams to recharge with these activities at Swem! All events will take place in the first-floor lobby area unless otherwise noted.

  • Stereoviews and Culture: Thanksgiving

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    Although National Thanksgivings were periodically proclaimed from Colonial times in America, Thanksgiving as a Holiday was not formally adopted until Abraham Lincoln declared a day of Thanksgiving in 1863.

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    Diving into Faculty Scholarship: Dr. Fiona Shen-Bayh

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    Our faculty at William & Mary are making global contributions with their research. In our recent blog series, we interview faculty with recent publications for insight into their scholarship. Dr. Fiona Shen-Bayh, (Assistant Professor, Government and Data Science) recently published Undue Process: Persecution and Punishment in Autocratic Courts.

  • Introducing Afua Ferdnance, Head of Archival Processing

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    In this post, we introduce the newest member of the Special Collections staff, Afua Ferdnance!    

  • Introducing Erica Moses, Metadata Specialist

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    In this post, we introduce the newest member of our digital services team!  

  • Jack-O-Lanterns: Pumpkins were a thing before “Pumpkin Spice”

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    Pumpkins are squash plants native to Americas and did not make an appearance in Europe until the early 1500’s.

  • From fantasy to personal narratives: explore our new graphic novel and comics collection

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    Swem Library has carved out a space on our second floor for a comics/graphic novel collection! Located in the nook at the front of the building, this collection contains approximately 500 titles, although new ones will be added regularly.

  • Introducing Daneen Resnick, Development Associate

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    In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new Development Associate, Daneen Resnick! Name Daneen Resnick Title Development Associate

  • Institutional Access to Zotero

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    Say hello to our newest institutional access citation management tool available to William & Mary faculty, staff and students – Zotero! Zotero is an open access citation management tool – which means it has always been free to use, however, starting now, William & Mary Libraries is funding institutional access to Zotero’s cloud storage.