With Spring Term around the corner, Library Reserves is processing print, media, and electronic materials for course work. We encourage you to submit your requests as soon as possible! We’re happy to generate a list of previously used reserve materials from past semesters, and we can also easily restore old EReserve pages — please let […]…Continue Reading Keep those Spring Term reserve requests coming!
Month: January 2014
Spring 2014 Organization Meeting Thursday, February 13, at 4:30 PM
Our first Peer Writing Tutor and Writing and Academic Mentor training session takes place Thursday, February 13, at 4:30 PM in CTLR (Davis Family Library 225). All new and trained PWTs and FYSMs must attend this Organizational Meeting. If you are new or were abroad last semester, we will take your picture for our wall, […]…Continue Reading Spring 2014 Organization Meeting Thursday, February 13, at 4:30 PM
A face-lift for the LIS Blog
Did you know the LIS Blog published its first post around the same time the iPhone was released? (For the technology history diehards in the audience: the first generation iPhone came out on June 29, 2007.) In that time, the iPhone went through eight generations, but our original blog design stayed the same. As a rule […]…Continue Reading A face-lift for the LIS Blog
Friday Links – January 24, 2014
With a tagline like this: ”A spectacular historical atlas refashioned for the 21st century” who can resist? Check out the Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States presented by the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond to view a digital version of Charles O. Paullin and John K. Wright’s atlas that was originally published in […]…Continue Reading Friday Links – January 24, 2014
Oxford Bibliographies Online (trial ends Feb. 21, 2014)
We have trial access to Oxford Bibliographies Online, (OBO) now with a new platform, better interface and other improvements since our previous trial of this resource in October 2011. Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Let us know what you think – email eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu or your liaison….Continue Reading Oxford Bibliographies Online (trial ends Feb. 21, 2014)
Should JusTalks Be Mandatory?
One of the great aspects of Middlebury is that it provides almost unlimited opportunities for students to grow—to engage with others, to learn about different viewpoints, and to gain self-knowledge. From guest lectures to symposia to open meetings to retreats, the options go on and on. By the time students graduate, if they have taken […]…Continue Reading Should JusTalks Be Mandatory?
ThinkImpact Now Offering Scholarships for Spring Institutes!
Announcing $30,000 in Scholarships for students to go on The Alternative Alternative Spring Break for in Africa or Latin America with ThinkImpact. (http://www.thinkimpact.com/institute) ThinkImpact has launched the Global Opportunity Scholarship Fund to support select applicants on Spring Institutes in Ghana, Rwanda and Panama this March. Immerse in a rural village and explore social or health […]…Continue Reading ThinkImpact Now Offering Scholarships for Spring Institutes!