Rachel Roseman is an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer (2017- 2018) at the Center for Community Engagement at Middlebury College. Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer poses some questions and has Rachel share on the Privilege & Poverty Academic Cluster and balancing core duties with creative projects….Continue Reading Rachel Roseman, the CCE, P&P and the LSAT!
Science Data Librarian Wendy Shook provides an update on activities at Armstrong Library in Bicentennial Hall. This library serves the sciences including biology, chemistry, neuroscience, and psychology….Continue Reading Adventures in Armstrong
During the Fall 2017 semester Academic Technology, Borrowing Services, and Media Services piloted a virtual reality set up on the Library to support Professor Patricia Saldarriaga’s FYSE 1500A: Apocalyptic Representations class. The course explored theories and representations of “apocalyptic imagination” across many forms of media, including virtual reality. On Thursday, December 14th, students from the…Continue Reading New Realities In The Library
Did you know that, in addition to things like books, films, and music, the library also lends technology equipment? For example: • We have new MacBook Air laptops for students and faculty/staff. Student laptops must stay inside the Davis and Armstrong libraries. Faculty/Staff laptops are available for two-week loan periods. • USB-C Mac chargers and…Continue Reading New Equipment at the Circulation Desk
In the November 9 Community Conversation in Mead Chapel, a student, whose name I wish I knew, shared this quote: “You can’t be what you can’t see.” This student was advocating a more diverse faculty, a goal I endorse, and one I’d like to see extended towards staff. But I also appreciated hearing the quote…Continue Reading Curating Diverse Collections
Did you know the library subscribes to several streaming music services you can listen to from anywhere, at any time?…Continue Reading Music On The Go
Douglas Black, Collection Development librarian, provides an update on the recent journal/database review project….Continue Reading Database/Journal Review Update
Welcome to our new column about books and reading. This month, Katrina Spencer and Kat Cyr, two of our newest library staff, talk to us about what’s on their reading lists. If you are also a member of the Middlebury community and interested in sharing a brief review of something you are reading these days, please email us!…Continue Reading What Are You Reading And Why?
Now seems as appropriate a time as any to mention that Middlebury and MIIS students, faculty, and staff have access to the Digital National Security Archive, a database containing over 500,000 pages of declassified documents gathered through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This resource contains policy documents such as presidential memos, meeting notes,…Continue Reading Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) research tools
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