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Diving into Faculty Scholarship: Forthcoming W&M Press Publications
Posted October 23, 2025
In honor of International Open Access Week, we are excited to share details about two forthcoming publications from W&M Press.
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Black History Month – History, Antiracism, and You
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This February marks the annual celebration of Black History Month, officially recognized by President Gerald Ford as a period to "honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history."
The Day W&M was Beat
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Beatific. Sympathetic. Spiritually illuminated. An ecological, fresh-planet consciousness. So Beat writers Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac described their work, their art, their lives.
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
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On January 18, 2021 our nation marks the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. On this day we honor his life and legacy as a civil rights leader. W&M Libraries provides access to a host of resources chronicling the life and legacy of Dr. King.
The Diane R. Clark Movie Poster Collection and The Importance of Destruction
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A common and complex practice within Tibetan Buddhism is the millenia-old, slow and careful creation of sand mandalas.
Travel Grant Recipient Research Report: Russell Hooper
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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 Michelle Runyon, digital archivist
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In this post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new digital archivist, Michelle Runyon!
A Brief Look at Community and the Great Outdoors
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With the turning of the seasons we at Special Collections look back on our histories of outdoor activities, and the community that can be found therein.
William & Mary, A Century Ago
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Tracy Melton '85, member of the William & Mary Libraries Board of Directors, reflects on the university's previous experience with pandemic. Melton is generously donating the journal that he is keeping during the global health crisis; the journal will be open to research in 2022.
Introducing Andre Taylor, oral historian for W&M
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In today's blog post, we introduce W&M Libraries' new oral historian!
"No respecter of persons": Some Yorktown Visitors and the "Spanish Flu" Pandemic of 1918-1919
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Bill Cole ('70) shares the stories behind the names in Catherine Sheild's 20th-century Yorktown guest book.
30 Years of ADA and the History of Accessibility at W&M
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As we reflect on the past thirty years of the Americans with Disabilities Act at W&M—and the even longer history of activism preceding it—now we ask: What might the next thirty years look like?
Self-Acclaimed, Self-Published
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Did you know July is International Zine Month? To celebrate, Mosaic Fellow Shayna Gutcho introduces zines and their importance in our library.
Pride Month: Collections and Community
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In celebration of Pride Month, discover collections that highlight community and peer LGBTQ+ organizations.
Quarantine Through the Eyes of an Artist
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Artist Jen Fisher documents the beauty of the everyday, and finding the silver linings in our new normal. Her artwork will become part of the Special Collections' archive of personal experiences and documentaries of the coronavirus pandemic.
Juneteenth: Black History in Digital Collections
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Digitized manuscripts reveal the injustices of slavery, the hope for liberation, and opportunities to critically engage with the present.
Allyship: The Path Less Taken
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The path to allyship is not easy; it is paved by unlearning practices, thoughts, and challenging those around you that hold onto racist ways. Changing our societal structure is not the mission of one person, but the mission of all of us.
A Poison Pandemic
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Nature builds sharing into our DNA. Even the most cynical of us needs to be part of other people's lives by giving at least a bit of our selves. During a pandemic, however, sharing is not a good thing.
Librarian Problem Solver: Joining HathiTrust
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When the Libraries closed our buildings for safety reasons, students and faculty who rely on our print collections suddenly found themselves in a bind. Librarians jumped in to help our scholars make it through this difficult time.
Exploring Asian American History in the Archives
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Ferdison Cayetano '20 discusses collections at SCRC that document Asian and Pacific American history.
Work in the Time of Corona: Natalie Rowland, Reeder Media Center Student Assistant
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A new W&M blog series. In this post, Natalie Rowland chronicles what it's like to work in the time of Corona.