Unwanted books? Donate them to the library book sale!

If you just moved your office, or cleaned out your closets, you may find yourself with a stack (or boxes!) of unwanted books that you would like to be rid of. Please consider bringing them to the library so we can add them to our annual booksale, scheduled for late October. This way, you can be sure they reach people who really want and need them. And our students really enjoy and anticipate this event, so you’ll be making a real contribution to the MIIS community.

Of course, any books that are suitable for the library collection will be kept and added – another way that you can contribute to making more resources available to students and faculty alike.

Any questions, please contact:

Christie Tam
Reference Librarian/Language Specialist
William Tell Coleman Library


Academic Technology Resource Fair!

Come one, come all!!

Resource Trade Fair

Students, faculty & staff cordially invited to a collaborative resource and information fair during orientation week.  Representatives from campus technology departments will be on hand to answer questions and help point you in the right direction.

Tuesday, August 25th, 1-4pm in the Samson Center Courtyard.

Search the MIIS VHS Video Collection Online

Working with colleagues at Middlebury in a joint project this summer, the William Tell Coleman Library has added the Institute’s VHS video collection (more than 2000 items) to the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC).

The primary purpose of the project was to increase access to the collection for faculty and students by converting the existing Media Services data on the collection from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet into a set of MAchine Readable Cataloging  (MARC) records.  The project leveraged Middlebury cataloging expertise, made full use of the recent updated Millennium server’s capacities, preserved all useful  data  and presented it in a simple and web searchable format.   After several months of hard work by librarians on both campuses, under the guidance of Terry Simpkins and his talent cataloging staff at Middlebury, MIIS faculty and students are now able to find, identify, select, and obtain VHS video materials in the same way that they search for printed books and periodicals.  The project has greatly enhanced the usability of the video collection on and beyond campus.  A portion of the commercial tapes of documentary videos, performances, performance art, and feature films will be added to our library holdings on the largest union catalog — OCLC’s WorldCat.   Video tapes can be checked out at the Lab and Media Services Center for 24 hours. They will not be lent to other libraries except to Middlebury through interlibrary loan.

–from the Library

Copyright note:
The video cassettes and other A/V materials in the library are subject to the Revised Copyright Act of 1976, Title 17 of the U.S. Code, Sections 101-810, which took effect on January 1, 1978. The library prohibits the use of these materials in any way that violates Federal or State laws.