Year: 2016

On Access

As we wrap up the academic year and head into summer, most of our undergraduates and many of our faculty head off to other locations across the country and across the globe, and we welcome a new set of students and faculty who join us for our language schools and our Bread Loaf School of English. It is during these transitions that I am particularly reminded of the need and challenges of providing access to the library’s collections. …Continue Reading On Access

Mead Chapel turns 100

2016 marks the centennial celebration of Mead Chapel, dedicated on June 18th, 1916. In 1914, former governor Dr. John Mead, class of 1864, fulfilled President Thomas’s desire for a space large enough to accommodate the entire student body and faculty, pledging $60,000 to construct Mead Chapel in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation from Middlebury….Continue Reading Mead Chapel turns 100

Joseph Watson

In each issue of this newsletter, we profile a staff member who works in the library or other related department. This issue features Joseph Watson, the Library’s Preservation Manager & Special Collections & Archives Associate. What type of work does your job entail? I oversee the preservation of the physical collections held by the libraries,…Continue Reading Joseph Watson

Marybeth Nevins

In each issue of this newsletter, we profile a faculty member who makes innovative use of the library or academic technology.  This issue features Marybeth Nevins, Assistant Professor of Sociology/Anthropology What is your area of research? How did you come to be interested in this topic? I am a linguistic anthropologist and my broad research…Continue Reading Marybeth Nevins

New Print Style for Class Rosters in Course Hub

Instructors have been able to view class rosters in the Course Hub since 2011, a feature many have used to help learn students’ names or easily look up contact or other information.  However, some instructors also wanted to bring hard-copies of the rosters with them to class, but, until now, the layout was not particularly…Continue Reading New Print Style for Class Rosters in Course Hub

What Students Say About Research

Library research is sometimes like rounding the corner of a winding mountain path. The higher you climb, the more you realize how much there is to see. In a survey of last year’s incoming students, we noticed gaps between students’ perceptions of their abilities and their actual knowledge and skills. For example, only 50% of…Continue Reading What Students Say About Research