The Library will be holding a series of Zotero workshops for both faculty and students in late October – two in Davis Family Library and two in Armstrong Library. Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/4pfIGIZ8a56FzB5b2 Zotero is a free, easy, and powerful citation management tool that can help scholars and researchers collect, organize, and annotate resources as…Continue Reading Zotero Workshops
Middlebury students, faculty, and staff can now create their own reservations for the group study (150A-D, lower level) and video viewing rooms (240A-B, main level) in Davis Family Library. With our new booking system, you can easily make new reservations, view current reservations, and cancel or change existing reservation — all online. We are trying…Continue Reading Self-Service Booking for Group Studies
In each issue of this newsletter, we profile a faculty member who makes innovative use of the library and/or academic technology. This issue features Jim Ralph, Dean of Faculty Development & Research; Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning & Research; and Rehnquist Professor of American History & Culture in the History Department. What are…Continue Reading Jim Ralph
In each issue of this newsletter, we profile one of the many student assistants who help make the Middlebury Libraries run smoothly. This issue of our newsletter features one of our Library Assistants in the Discovery & Access Services area, Nemanja Stojanovic. Where are you from? Serbia. Why did you decide to come to Middlebury?…Continue Reading Nemanja Stojanovic
Welcome to the first issue of Keywords for the 2016-2017 academic year! As usual, it has been a busy summer here, with the libraries operating full-tilt year-round to support the Language Schools and Bread Loaf School of English. We have also begun to reimagine our physical spaces to meet evolving curricular needs and highlight new…Continue Reading A few words from Mike
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is one of the oldest and largest archives of social science data in the world. Founded in 1962, and hosted at the University of Michigan, staff at the ICPSR collect, curate, and make accessible more than 65,000 datasets for member organizations and the public at large….Continue Reading ICPSR – Sharing data to advance science
Middlebury Libraries’ Special Collections & Archives has recently acquired some 19th-century European peep shows! Peep shows burst onto the European scene in 1825 with Austrian printer Heinrich Friedrich Müller’s first “Teleorama.” These tunnel viewers, constructed from folded paper, became immensely popular in Germany, Austria, France, and England. Special Collections is now the proud custodians of…Continue Reading Peep shows at Middlebury
In each issue of this newsletter, we profile a staff member who works in the library or other related department. This issue features Janine McDonald, Circulation Services Specialist, whose voice you may have heard in the evenings as the library closes down. What type of work does your job entail? As a supervisor at the…Continue Reading Janine McDonald
Have you ever wondered which CDs are the most-used in the library’s collection of more than 21,000 CDs? Wonder no longer: 1. Regina Spektor: “Begin to Hope” / 67 circs 2. Bob Dylan: “Blonde on Blonde” / 65 circs 3. Sigur Ros: “Von” / 64 circs 4. Shins: “Chutes Too Narrow” / 63 circs 5….Continue Reading Most Popular CDs
In this issue of our newsletter, we are profiling two of the many student assistants who help make the Middlebury Libraries run smoothly. Both are student-athletes who work at the Davis Family Library circulation desk. Casey O’Neill is just concluding her first year at Middlebury, while senior Nicolette Amber is finishing her undergraduate career….Continue Reading Casey O’Neill/Nicolette Amber