Vinyl records are so 2010. Special Collections bookmaking gurus are back to celebrate the millennium renaissance of audio cassette tapes, those small, plastic, blasts from the past. We’ll provide vintage cassette tapes and you will go home with a hand-sewn, blank notebook with covers fashioned out of “upcycled” audio tapes. Low fidelity, high reward. All…Continue Reading DIY Bookmaking is back this J-Term!
At Middlebury, our new strategic plan calls for us to move in the direction of cultivating digital fluency and critical engagement. As we consider the outsized role of technology in our current age, the time is right for us to directly engage in helping our students (and ourselves) understand not only how modern technology functions, but also how to think critically about the kind of world we want to create….Continue Reading Digital Fluency and the Library
This month, we offer book reviews by Shenisis Kirkland, a second-year student at Middlebury, a Brooklyn native and a student staff representative at the Anderson Freeman Center; Hector Vila, who has taught in the Writing Program at Middlebury College for more than 10 years and regularly publishes his writing on The Policy; and Jeff Rehbach,…Continue Reading What Are You Reading and Why?
(Why?!! indeed! Click on the image to find out!)…Continue Reading An Age-Old Question
In each issue of Keywords, we profile one of the many student assistants who help make the Middlebury Libraries run smoothly. This issue features Jasmine Crane, who works at the Circulation Desk at Davis Family Library….Continue Reading Student Profile – Jasmine Crane
Odds and ends from around the library-verse……Continue Reading Et Al.
Nestled in the back of the main floor, the Center for Teaching, Learning and Research (CTLR) is, physically speaking, just a small part of the library. But despite its limited size, its reach extends into every conceivable area of campus. The Center hosts faculty development events almost every week, and every day student tutors run…Continue Reading Student Tutors Keep the CTLR Going
In each issue of Keywords, we profile a faculty member who makes innovative use of the library and/or academic technology. This issue features Dr. Marissel Hernández-Romero, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, 2017-2020. The questions are posed by Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer. Name: Marissel Hernández-Romero Hometown: Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Where are…Continue Reading Faculty Profile – Marissel Hernández-Romero
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